Thursday May 14, 2015.

• Position: CONFERENCE PROGRAM - Calendar

7:30 am Registration Open

7:30-8:30 am Breakfast

8:30-8:45 am Conference welcome

8:45-9:15 am Keynote Interview

Jim Kristie interviews John "Jack" Brennan, chairman emeritus, Vanguard; Director, General Electric Company, Guardian Life insurance Company of America, LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

9:15-9:30 am Networking Break

9:30-10:45 am Strategy and the Private and Family Company Board

What the board needs to know in order to help jOrmulate and drive a private company's strategy. How a board sets strategy. Company strategy is perhaps the key role a private company board plays. Does that board set strategy or oversee the company strategic plans? What's the right balance? And how does a board's role evolve as a company strategy is pursued over time?

Speakers: Meghan Juday, Director and Family Council Chair, IDEAL Industries; B. Joseph White, President Emeritus, University of Illinois and Director, Gordon Food Service

10:45-11:00 am Break

11:00-12:15 pm Refreshing the Board

Competitive circumstances change--but board membership often doesn't. As the shifting marketplace, new technologies and globalization create new demands on management and the CEO, how can a private company ensure that its board is composed of engaged members who have the expertise and energy the company needs currently and in the future? How can the board balance new perspectives with the institutimial memory and valuable insights of long-serving directors? How can a board prevent groupthink? Panelists will discuss age and term limits, board evaluations, finding new talent and new skills, and tactfully asking ineffective directors to leave.

Speakers: Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, Senior Asso-date Dean for Executive. Programs & Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management, Yale School of Management; Director, Lennar Corp.; Gerry Czarnecki, Director, State Farm Insurance, MAM Software Group, Inc.; Challis Lowe, Director, Seaway Bank & Trust

12:15-12:30 pm Break

12:30-1:45 pm Lunch and Keynote Address

1:45-2 pm Break

2-3:30 pm Breakout Sessions

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