The private company governance summit 2017: May 10-12, 2017 * Swissotel, Chicago.

"The quality of the attendees and the speakers was incredible! The collective experience in that room was very humbling."

"This conference may be the best thing I've done all year!"

"Top nocth. Organized, great content, well managed."

"Excellent conference--the best! Quality and valuable content, excellent networking. Everyone was engaged and engaging."

"Loved the focus on private versus public company issues. It is often hard to benchmark in this area--but here, you could talk directly with these similarly situated.

"The conference completely changed my view on how a board is conducted and run."

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Paul C. Darley

Chairman, CEO & President, W.S. Darley & Co.

Cheryl Mayberry McKissack

Chief Executive Officer, Nia Enterprises, LLC; Director, PrivateBanc Corp, Deluxe Corporation

Rajan Sheth

CEO and Chairman of the Board, Mead & Hunt Companies, Inc.

Venita E. Fields

Partner, Pelham S2K Managers, LLC, and Director, Derry Enterprises, Inc.

Dennis Chookaszian

Retired Chairman and CEO, CNA Insurance Companies

Robin Letchinger

Chief Legal Officer, and former Director, Sasser Family Holdings, Inc.

Jim McHugh

Director, Southworth International Group Inc. and Kennebec Technologies Inc.

Kenneth Gorman

Senior Vice President, Power Construction Company. Chairman/ CEO, Power Wellness Management LLC

Michael R. Kiolbassa

President, Kiolbassa Provision Company Inc.

David W. Juday

Director, and retired Chairman, IDEAL Industries Inc.

Joanna Peters

Managing Principal, StratConGlobal, Inc.

Charles E. Shepard

Board Member, Menasha Corporation

Milton Pinsky

CEO, Banner Apartments LLC

Drew Everett

Chairman of the Board, Bush Brothers & Company

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017

3-8 p.m. Registration Open

4-5:15 p.m. Preconference Session: Lessons on Starting and Building the Private Company Board

Where do you start? A special session for owners/ shareholders of privately owned companies who are at the early stages of designing, launching or building a fiduciary or advisory board. The focus will be on best practices and the role of independent directors, and will feature case studies from companies that have exhibited best practices in private company governance--how they got started, how they evolved and where they are today. Speakers: Rajan Sheth, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Mead & Hunt Companies, Inc.; Kenneth Gorman, Senior Vice President, Power Construction Company and Chairman/CEO, Power Wellness Management LLC, Drew Everett, Chairman of the Board, Bush Brothers & Company Moderator: Jennifer Pendergast, Senior Consultant, The Family Business Consulting Group

5:15-5:45 p.m. Networking Break

5:45-6:45 p.m. Opening Session: Getting the Composition of the Board Right

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