CEO Connection

Equity and Opportunity Committee
2021-10-07 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-10-21 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-11-04 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-11-18 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-12-02 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-12-16 17:30 - 18:30, 2021-12-30 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-01-13 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) and 12 more dates
CEO Connection represents the largest group of Mid-Market CEOs in the world. As business leaders, we have the opportunity to impact not only the businesses we have the privilege to run but also the communities in which we live and work.
The CEO Connection Equity and Opportunity Committee, includes over 25 Mid-Market CEOs, and is charged with identifying and implementing programs that make equal opportunity in our companies and communities a way of life not just a slogan.
We are working on initiatives for the Mid-Market around equity and opportunity:

Minority Business Funding Program (Chair: Van Freeman, Director, Future Workforce Development & Strategy, Aerospace Industries Assoc.) CEO Connection member companies can deposit excess cash into designated partner minority owned financial institutions that will be used to provide capital and support to minority owned businesses.
Board Diversity  Chair (Anne Ward, CEO, CURiO Brands)  Identify and prepare minority executives to serve on corporate boards then match them to openings to help mid-market companies diversify their boards of directors and advisors.
Supply Chain Diversity   (Chair: David Hinson, Former National Director, Minority Business Development Agency) Match minority owned businesses to mid-market companies to access contracts together and make it easier to diversify supply chain.
Workforce Diversity (Chair: Sindy Benevides, CEO, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)) Create a pipeline of qualified minority candidates for mid-market companies to hire.

Read our statement to the community.
If you are interested in joining the task force to help create one of these programs and/or to utilize one of these programs for your company, click here.

Talent Management Committee Call
2021-11-17 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-11-15 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-06-24 17:30 - 18:30 | Video Call
The CEO Connection Talent Management Committee focuses on helping mid-market companies compete in the war for talent … and win.
The mission of the Talent Management Committee is to:

Identify and create opportunities for CEO Connection members and the mid-market at large around recruiting, onboarding, training and retaining talent.
Develop and encourage programs that can support individual mid-market companies and the mid-market at large compete for talent.
Connect CEO Connection members to resources that can help with Talent Management.

Chair of the Talent Management Committee: Joe Hart, President and CEO of Dale Carnegie Training.

M&A Advisory Board Meeting
2021-12-09 17:00 - 18:00 | Video Call
The CEO Connection M&A Advisory Board focuses on helping our members as buyers and/or sellers through the acquisition process.
The mission of the M&A Advisory Board is to ensure that the CEOC M&A Connection Network serves as a vehicle to:

Develop and create opportunities for our members who want to buy or sell companies
Provide our members with special resources to assess, structure and fund deals; then, integrate the companies after the deal is done
Share best practices for the M&A process

Private CEO Discussion Group Meeting with Young Professionals
2024-09-19 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-10-17 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-11-21 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-12-19 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-01-16 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-02-20 17:30 - 18:30 | Video Call
The value of diversity of thought extends across generations.
The CEO Connection Young Professional Advisory Board offers you and your team the opportunity to receive unfettered, unbiased insight into the next generation of consumers and workers. Your access to this board will enable you to:

Identify opportunities and risks in your dealings with the next generation of employees and customers.
Define clear paths to improve customer loyalty and employee engagement.
Provide unique value to a generation that will drive your profits.

Register here for the Video Meeting
