COVID-19 CEO Leadership Series Webinars

Aurora WDC and the Regional Leadership Council bring you #CloseTheDistance, CEO Leadership Conversations. Join us each Thursday at 11am, to hear how business leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators and strategists direct their organizations to prepare for the future? How is the organization you lead adapting and evolving to this “Next Normal” and guiding your stakeholders into an uncertain future?

Don’t Miss the Next #CloseTheDistance, CEO Leadership Conversations

Watch the August 27^th #CloseTheDistance Future of Meaningful Work webinar featuring: Arik Johnson, Chairman & Co-Founder, Aurora WDC, Craig S. Fleisher, Chief Analytics Officer, Aurora WDC, Michelle Schuler of TechSpark Wisconsin at Microsoft, Joe Kirgues of gener8tor, New North President & CEO Barb LaMue and Lew Erwin, a graduate of the gener8tor Upskilling program. The conversation will center on the future of meaningful work and an update on the recently launched Upskilling partnership.

Watch the July 9th, #CloseTheDistance Restaurants & Dining Webinar featuring: Arik Johnson, Chairman & Co-Founder, Aurora WDC, Craig S. Fleisher, Chief Analytics Officer, Aurora WDC, David Conley, Chief Innovation Officer, Aurora WDC, Craig Culver, Co-Founder, Culver Franchising and Joseph Koss, President & CEO, Culver Franchising. This #CloseTheDistance webinar takes a look at how restaurants are working to evolve and improve the dining experience, featuring guests Craig Culver and Joseph Koss of Culver’s.

Watch the June, 25th, Close the Distance: CEO Leadership Conversations on Tourism + Entertainment webinar featuring: Arik Johnson, Chairman & Co-Founder, Aurora WDC, Craig S. Fleisher, Chief Analytics Officer, Aurora WDC, David Conley, Chief Innovation Officer, Aurora WDC, Mark Murphy, CEO, Green Bay Packers, and Greg Marcus, CEO, Marcus Corporation.

Watch the June 18th, Close the Distance: CEO Leadership Conversations on Health + Medicine webinar featuring: Arik Johnson, Chairman & Co-Founder, Aurora WDC, Craig S. Fleisher, Chief Analytics Officer, Aurora WDC, David Conley, Chief Innovation Officer, Aurora WDC, Kevin Conroy, CEO, Exact Sciences and Dr. John Raymond, CEO, Medical College of Wisconsin. 

COVID-19 CEO Leadership Series Webinars: Lessons Learned from WI CEO’s on How They are Managing the COVID Crisis

In early April, the WEDC and the Regional Leadership Council created the COVID-19 CEO Leadership Series Webinars: Lessons Learned from WI CEO’s on How They are Managing the COVID Crisis. This series consists of 8 very informative and content rich discussions, hearing from state business and health leaders on the latest medical updates, insights into how companies are adapting their operations to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how these best practice examples might apply to your business.

Watch past webinars listed below:

Watch the May 29th, CEO Leadership Series Webinar featuring: Barb LaMue, Executive Director, New North, Arik Johnson, Chairman, Aurora WDC, Dr. John Raymond, MD, President & CEO, Medical College of Wisconsin,Troy Streckenbach, County Executive, Brown County, Tamas Houlihan, Executive Director, WI Potato & Vegetable Growers Association and Giacomo Fallucca, Chairman & CEO, Palermo’s Pizza

Watch the May 22nd CEO Leadership Series Webinar featuring: Dr. John Raymond, MD, President & CEO, Medical College of Wisconsin, Caleb Frostman, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Jennifer Romanin, Sr. Director, In Vitro Diagnostics Operations, Promega Corp. and Rebekah Kowalski, Vice President, Manpower Manufacturing, ManpowerGroup.

Watch the May 15th CEO Leadership Series Webinar featuring: Dr. John Raymond, MD, President & CEO, Medical College of Wisconsin, Ann Christiansen, Director/Health, North Shore Health Department, Steve Loehr, VP of Operations Support, Kwik Trip, Inc., Jay Ellingson, Corp. Director of Food Safety & Quality Assurance, Kwik Trip, Inc. and Rick Chernick, CEO, Camera Corner Connecting Point, Green Bay.

Watch the May 8th CEO Leadership Series Webinar featuring: Missy Hughes, Secretary & CEO, WEDC, Dr. John Raymond, MD, President & CEO, Medical College of Wisconsin, Bernie Sherry, Ministry Market Executive, Ascension WI, Sr Vice President, Ascension, and John Kreul, Vice President Supply Chain, Amcor, Oshkosh, WI. 

Watch the May 1st CEO Leadership Series webinar featuring: Missy Hughes, Secretary & CEO, WEDC, Dr. John Raymond, MD, President & CEO, Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Lisa Dodson, Campus Dean, Medical College of Wisconsin, Michelle Gass, CEO, Kohl’s Corp., Menomonee Falls, WI and Dave Pflieger, President/Owner, Lemke Industrial Machine LLC, Marathon, WI

Watch the April 24th CEO Leadership Series webinar featuring: Missy Hughes, Secretary & CEO, WEDC, Dr. John Raymond, MD, President & CEO, Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Jeff Pothof, MD, Chief Quality Officer, UW Health, Bryan Hollenbach, Executive VP, Green Bay Packaging & Jan Allman, CEO, Fincantieri Marinette Marine

Watch the April 17 CEO Leadership Series webinar, featuring:  Missy Hughes, Secretary & CEO, WEDC, Dr. John Raymond, MD, President & CEO, Medical College of Wisconsin, Dan Ariens, Chairman & CEO, AriensCo and Greg Frank, Vice President, Food Fight Restaurant Group, Madison

Watch the April 10 CEO Leadership Series webinar, featuring:  Missy Hughes, Secretary & CEO, WEDC, Dr. John Raymond, MD, President & CEO, Medical College of Wisconsin, Bob Kirchoff, CEO, Organic Valley and Rich Totzke, CFO, Greenheck