A feisty upstart and a venerable brand building an ever-larger presence will kick off the St. Norbert College CEO Breakfast and Strategy Series in a pair of morning sessions this month.
Ed Policy, vice president and general counsel for the Green Bay Packers, gets the 18th year of the leadership series started Oct. 1 with a presentation on the Packers’ proposed Titletown District development. The team has proposed a 34-acre, mixed-use development that will enhance both the team’s non-football revenue stream as well as the quality of life in the Greater Green Bay area.
That presentation will be followed Oct. 21 by Kurt Brenkus, founder and CEO of Aver Informatics, who will discuss how to scale agility and other principles from startup to the more mature phases of business growth.
“There’s nothing like hearing firsthand from your peers about how they have handled the challenges and issues confronting their own organizations,” says Thomas Kunkel, president of SNC.
Both presentations will take place at the F.K. Bemis International Center on the St. Norbert College campus.
The 2015-2016 CEO Breakfast and Strategy Series will feature eight presentations between October and May featuring business and community leaders sharing their strategies for meeting challenges facing businesses today. The presenting sponsor for the CEO Series is WPS Health Insurance/Arise Health Plan, and the title sponsors are Wipfli, Johnson Bank, Johnson Insurance, Insight Publications and Imaginasium.
All sessions are from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and take place at the Butte des Morts Country Club, Appleton or the F.K. Bemis International Center at St. Norbert College. To register: http://tickets.snc.edu/tickets, email jamie.mcguire@snc.edu or visit www.snc.edu/ceobreakfast.
After October, the schedule includes:
Feb. 2, 2016
Dan Ariens (sponsored by Navigator Planning Group)
CEO, Ariens Company
Butte des Morts Country Club, Appleton
“The Art of Leadership Balance”
Feb. 16, 2016
Kim Bassett (sponsored by Bank Mutual)
President and CEO, Bassett Mechanical
“By Failing to Prepare, You are Preparing to Fail” – Benjamin Franklin. One Family’s Journey through Business Succession”
Butte des Morts Country Club, Appleton
March 24, 2016
Peter McMahon (sponsored by Catholic Financial Life)
President and CEO
Shopko Stores Operating Company, LLC
F.K. Bemis International Center, St. Norbert College campus
“Shopko: A Turnaround Story”
April 5, 2016
Mike Jansen (sponsored by Davis & Kuelthau Law Firm)
CEO, Faith Technologies
Butte des Morts Country Club, Appleton
“Grow Big or Grow Home: Changing Your Business Model for Profitable Growth”
April 21, 2016
Steve Frantz (sponsored by New North)
President of Legendary Hospitality LLC, Frantz Community Investors Company
F.K. Bemis International Center, St. Norbert College campus
“Hotel Northland: Identifying and Executing an Opportunity in an Un-Served
May 4, 2016
Brian Johnson (sponsored by Nicolet Bank)
Current, Young Professionals Manager, Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Adrienne Palm
Director of Leadership, Pulse & Cultivate, Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce
Butte des Morts Country Club, Appleton
“Better than Portland: Creating a Young Professional Mecca”
