GUEST SPEAKERS

Join an Executive Roundtable and meet with some of the best minds in family business. Guest speakers kick-off each meeting, sharing what they have learned about how to blend family and business successfully. Topics typically include their experience with family shareholders, family employees, succession planning, advisory boards and boards of directors. Guest speakers in Minneapolis/St. Paul have included:

Conley Brooks, Jr., President, Sawmill Trust Company (Family Office)

David Copham, Former Chair/CEO, Liberty Enterprises

John (Jay) Cowles III, former Chair, Cowles Media

Todd Hilde, CEO, Satellite Industries

John Lettmann, Former Chair/CEO, Malt-O-Meal

Reid MacDonald, Chair/CEO, Faribault Foods

Whitney MacMillan, Chairman Emeritus, Cargill

David Murphy, CEO, Red Wing Shoe Company

John Penn, Chair, Intek Plastics

Patrick Peyton, Chair/CEO, Despatch Industries

Bruce Steiner, Co-Chair, Ameripride Services

Charlie Zelle, Chair/CEO, Jefferson Lines