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Webinar | Getting on Board
Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
Category: Wisconsin

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Pacific)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Mountain)
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM (Central)
01:00 PM - 02:30 PM (Eastern)

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Zoom invitation will be shared the day before the event.

Overview

How to get on a board takes more than a title or tenure, it takes building the right acumen, training, customizing a resume and cover letter.  It is also about visibility and networking, knowing the right platform and being able to build your brand.

Thank you to our National and Gold Chapter Sponsors!

Panelists

 

Bill Edwards
President
Renewal Alliance, LLC

Bill Edwards is an entrepreneurial executive and board member with operations, sales, and strategic planning achievements in international manufacturing, industrial distribution, and logistics businesses.  He has served on three private company boards.  Bill is the past national chairperson for the PDA’s Director Development program and became an NACD Governance Fellow in 2013.

 

Cecelia Gore
Executive Director
Brewers Community Foundation

Cecelia Gore is a senior level executive with extensive experience leading community/external affairs, foundation and sports philanthropy.  She leads strategic change and transformation in her current philanthropic role with the Brewers Community Foundation, the charitable arm of Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club.  Gore maintains operational excellence, consistently advises on innovative strategies which support efforts to achieve recognition as a strong corporate citizen, and engages in activities that support the community. Gore previously represented one of the largest independent and most active foundations in the history of Greater Milwaukee philanthropy, the Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation where she led grant-making and managed board relations. She has served as a board member and committee chair for numerous nonprofit organizations. Currently, Gore serves as a director for C. G. Schmidt, a family owned/private construction company as well as Froedtert Hospital, The Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Sojourner Family Peace Center, Milwaukee Film and Alverno College. She has received numerous awards and recognition including a Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa from Carroll University. She looks forward to serving as co-chair of the 2019 United Way Campaign. Gore resides in Milwaukee, WI with her husband, Randy Bryant.

Moderator

 

Bob Puissant
Intrapreneur | Connector | Executive Mentor

Bob mentors 2 Executive Agenda peer-to-peer advisory groups dedicated to executive development across diverse business functions.  Formerly he was Chairman & CEO of Securus Datacenters LLC, a Milwaukee based SE Wisconsin, start-up company founded to bring state of the art data center technologies to businesses in SE Wisconsin.  He was an investor and led the Board of Directors. 

Mr. Puissant has deep executive experience:  Executive Vice President, @ Fuel Tech, an emissions control company.  Operating Executive and Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development for School Specialty.  Wisconsin Energy Corporation, Senior Vice President, Customer Analysis and Strategic Planning.  Advisory Board of Director with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition (NGVC). Mr. Puissant also held Executive positions at Novell, Inc., Inacom and Ameritech.

Bob has been an active angel investor for over 15 years.    He is a long-time member of the Association for Corporate Growth and a founding member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Private Directors Association.

Mr. Puissant earned an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management - Northwestern University.

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