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CSuite Focus Feb 27, 2025 ONLINE

Join us online to kick-off the CFO/GG/CSuite Focus season as we feature CFOs and GCs yes – but also CEOs, CPOs and CHROs who also have great stories to tell about their 2024 challenges and what they are looking forward to in 2025.  We’re inviting CSuite executives from the US, Canada and Mexico to beam in, and we’ll start with 12 minutes of networking at the top of the show in breakout rooms for your region.  We’ll also send Fair Trade Panamanian Dark Chocolate to the first 100 registered “CSweet” guests.  Anita Vogel anchors.  Join us!

CFO GC Focus Seattle March 12, 2025

CFO GC Focus returns to Seattle where we’ll gather the leading CFOs and GCs in what’s become a hotbed of business, innovation and capital.  We’ll gather for another off the record convo with secrets told to Jane Wells by some of the Emerald City’s top CFOs and GCs, including Top Pot Doughnuts CFO now CEO Jim Eschweiler, Rover’s CFO Charlie Wickers and Avalara CFO and President Ross Tennenbaum. If you’re a Seattle CFO or GC please register now for what will surely be a sell out in Seattle.

CFO GC Focus San Francisco/ Silicon Valley March 19, 2025

CFO GC Focus San Francisco/Silicon Valley has featured some of the leading CFOs in tech, consumer and healthcare here in the epicenter of the tech and capital mashup.  Join us we feature Jane Wells in off the record, unrecorded convos with Peter Daley, CFO, Contrast Security, Erica Gessert, CFO at Upwork, Sarah Spoja, CFO at Tipalti and Jenny Sohn, CFO at Mindvalley and Cercle. You don’t have to be a billionaire or millionaire to attend — free for CFOs and GCs who are on “b round or better” and looking for those m&a and IPO exits.  On a peninsula surrounded by churning seas we’ll gather churning c’s — those GCs and CFOs who always seem to be making epic moves at the right time.  Hear their stories at a secret, private location known only to those who RSVP.

CSUITE Focus Reno Tahoe March 20, 2025

CFO GC Focus lands in Reno Tahoe for the first time EVER on Thursday, March 20, 2025 as CSuite Focus so we can invite the CEOs, CFOs and GCS who run some of hottest companies in the Reno/ Tahoe area. Join us as CNBC’s Jane Wells takes on business moguls in a cozy ski lodge fireside chat at Lynn Chen & Bart Thielen’s home in Incline Village, Nevada. Then on Friday, March 21 it’s Cs on Skis!  Join us on the slopes for an Epic adventure with these CSuite Ikons!

CFO GC Focus Austin April 8, 2025

Jane Wells dives deep into the heart of Texas at CFO GC Focus Austin in a beautiful home, a great reception with leading CFOs and GCs and an off the record, unrecorded interview with our featured CFOs and GCs. Join us in the capitol to talk capital with Austin’s leading financial executives.

CFO GC Focus Minneapolis St. Paul April 9, 2025

Minneapolis St. Paul is home to dozens of Fortune 500 companies and hundreds of emerging companies in tech, healthcare, food and consumer products.  Join us when CFO GC Focus lands in MSP for our first-ever gathering of the best and brightest in the land of 10,000 lakes.  If you’re a “Minnesota nice” CFO or GC come on down.  Heck, you can sign up even if you’re not that nice.  See you there!

CFO GC Focus Phoenix April 15, 2025

CFO GC Focus returns to Phoenix at UKG Dan Hobaica’s beautiful home, a great reception with leading CFOs and GCs and an off the record, unrecorded interview with Jane Wells and our featured CFOs and GCs.  If you’ve never been to a CFO GC Focus be sure to sign up now as we always sell out.  Save yourself a spot by clicking to register today.

CFO GC Focus Orange County April 22, 2025

Join us at the sea to see all the C Suite leaders of Orange County as we gather in Laguna Beach at Rivian’s fabulous new showpalace featuring the latest in electric trucks and SUVs for CFOs and GCs on the move.  Join us!  This event — as most of our Orange County gatherings — will sell out so register early.  FREE to attend for CFOs and GCs in the OC.  C you there!

CFO GC Focus Los Angeles April 23, 2025

No lawyer has done more IPOs than Latham & Watkins’ Steven Stokdyk — with over 100 to date.  And with IPOs again slated to be “on trend” in 2025 we’ll gather at Steven’s home in LA with the region’s leading CFOs and GC’s.  Jane Wells, pictured here reporting from the NYSE (apparently in the dinosaur age before cell phones) will anchor.  Adele says Rumour Has It that Disney’s CFO will be featured.  Register now so we can keep you up to date on that breaking news.

CFO GC Focus Las Vegas April 29, 2025

There’s no other city quite like Las Vegas.  And the CFOs and GCs reflect their city’s can-do attitude, its welcoming hospitality and extensive support network for homegrown companies and businesses relocating to the region.  Join us for CFO GC Focus in one of our favorite towns!

CFO GC Focus San Diego April 30, 2025

CFO GC Focus is always well attended in San Diego where the sense of community between CFOs and GCs is palpable.  Is there a cure for that?  You can ask one of the many biotech CFOs and GCs attending — and if you get stuck San Diego based WD40’s CFO is often there to help.  Join Jane Wells for great food and drinks, then a fireside chat with leading CFOs and GCs in what has quickly become one of our most popular CFO GC Focus gatherings. Surfs up!  Registerday today.

CFO GC Focus Denver May 6, 2025

Colorado has a lot of great companies headquartered in Denver — a once cowtown now major cosmopolitan world-class center of business and opportunity.  Join some of our favorite CFOs and GCs in The West interviewed by what many consider The Best in business journalism — Jane Wells.  We’ll gather at a beautiful home on a warm and sunny spring evening (or a May snowstorm — this is after all , Denver). Register today before we give all the good seats away.

CFO GC Focus Portland May 7, 2025

CFO Focus returns to Portland on May 7 as CFO GC Focus Portland — welcoming Oregon’s leading CFOs and General Counsels.  Join us for great off the record conversations and networking with your colleagues.  Co Producers invite their CFO and GC guests and about 40-50 attend.  RSVP soon so we can save you a spot!

CFO GC Focus Chicago May 13, 2025

As the chilly waters of Lake Michigan warm Jane Wells emerges again to anchor CFO GC Focus Chicago on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at a beautiful home not far from the shore in Winnetka, IL.   Who’s the catch of the the day?  Our panel of featured guests are always the most sought after CFOs and GCs on land and “c.”  Jane’s net-work honed interview skills get CFOs and GCs to tell all kinds of stories, from landing the big one to the one that got away.  Don’t miss the boat.  RSVP now and get CFO GC Focus Chicago on your calendar now.

CFO GC Focus New York May 14, 2025

CFO GC Focus returns to New York on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Join us as America’s most beloved business journalist Jane Wells sits down with leading finance and legal minds. Register before we sell out!

CFO GC Focus Washington, DC May 15, 2025

Join us in Washington, DC at Cooley Vice Chair Mike Lincoln’s beautiful home.  Jane Wells sits down with Washington, DC’s leading CFOs and GCs.  Hold your spot now by registering now!

CFO GC Focus Dallas May 20, 2025

We’re back in Dallas for CFO GC Focus Dallas, gathering in the Highland Park area for an exclusive sit-down with some of the leading CFOs and GCs in the region.  Jenny Wu, partner at Kirkland & Ellis, hosts us at K&E’s amazing space.  Jane Wells anchors.  And there’s a ticket with your name on it.  Register today!

CFO GC Focus Houston May 21, 2025

CFO GC Focus Houston finds us back in the energy capital of the world with a broad swath of tech, biotech and energy companies buzzing about the huge of amount of business energy in this dynamic city.  Jane Wells anchors a great panel of CFOs and GCs you’ll want to meet as we gather with leading CFOs and GCs like Vanessa Allen Sutherland, Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Fortune 50 Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), Don’t delay.  Register today!

CFO GC Focus Philadelphia May 21, 2025

CFO GC Focus Philadelphia returns with Anita Vogel anchoring a terrific panel of Philadelphia’s leading CFOs and GCs.  We’ll gather at a private home or club near CFOs and GCs homes so it’s an easy stop by after work for a private, off the record conversation with peers and partners. We always sell out in Philadelphia so register today!

CFO GC Focus Pittsburgh May 22, 2025

CFO GC Focus Pittsburgh marks our debut in the city of Steelers and Three Rivers. Anita Vogel anchors a panel of leading CFOs and GCs including Jessica Cicali, GC at S&B USA and Michael Sweeney, GC at Westinghouse. We’ll gather at a private home or club in a great location in Pittsburgh. Join us!

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CFO Focus Forums are held in private homes and feature leading CFOs networking over tray passed appetizers and drinks, followed by a fireside chat with CNBC’s Jane Wells and other leading business journalists. If interested in joining a host committee or hosting in your area please contact us!

Snapshots of Success: A Gallery of CFO Focus Gatherings

CFO GC Focus Phoenix November 20, 2024

CFO GC Focus Phoenix lands in Quarles & Brady Managing Partner Jason Wood’s backyard on November 20, 2024. Joining us will be Arizona’s finest CFOs and GCs for what promises to be an epic evening under the stars with Adrian Brown, CFO, A1 Garage Door Service and Maree Robertson, CFO, Freeport-McMoRan, (NYSE:FCX).  Free to attend if you’re a CFO or GC. Be sure to RSVP now so it’s on your calendar!

CFO GC Focus Austin November 19, 2024

CNBC’s Jane Wells returns to Austin to anchor our CFO GC Focus — Fall Edition — featuring Matt Stark, Chief Legal Officer at Open Lending Corporation (NASDAQ:LPRO), Jennifer Parker-Snider, CFO, SpyCloud, and Dave Mehok, CFO, Q2 Holding (NYSE: QTWO).  Space is limited. Please register soon!

CFO GC Focus Chicago November 14, 2024

CFO Focus returns to Chicago for the second time this year when CNBC’s Jane Wells anchors our CFO GC Focus Chicago. Space is limited to our first 50 CFOs and GCs who register.  We have a terrific panel of featured CFOs lined up including Nick Smith, CFO of Alto Neuroscience (NYSE: ANRO), Jim Rogers CFO Tempus AI (NASDAQ:TEM) and Stephanie Solera, General Counsel, Numerator. We will sell out at 50 guests so please register soon!

CFO GC Focus Dallas November 13, 2024

We now have a terrific panel for CFO GC Focus Dallas on Wednesday, November 13, including Christopher Turner, CFO, Yum! Brands, (NYSE: YUM); Craig Storey, CFO, Vari; Bryan McCrory, General Counsel, Dave & Buster’s (NASDAQ: PLAY); and Tabitha Bailey, Chief Legal Officer, Multiple NASDAQ/NYSE listed public companies If you’re a Dallas CFO or General Counsel (GC) please join us! Free to attend thanks to our Hosts!

CFO GC Focus Houston November 12, 2024

CFO Focus is back in Houston on Nov 12 when Jane Wells sits down with leading CFOs and GC s from the region. Featured CFOs include Victoria Lazar, Board Member, Former GC, Technip FMC; Frank Parker, COO, Cart.com and Jennifer Whalen, SVP, CFO, Bristow Group Inc., (NYSE: VTOL) Register now so it’s on your busy calendar!

CSuite Focus October Surprise ONLINE Oct 29, 2024

Our friends at CSuite Focus are online– October Surprise — Managing Through Resiliency.  Join on LinkedIn Live! and CFO Focus’ YouTube Channel with FOX News’ Anita Vogel anchoring a great convo with top corporate security leader Jeremy M. Baumann, CPP from Corporate Security Advisors (CSA), risk mitigation expert Rebekah Schaapveld from Lockton Insurance, People/HR expert Jenny West, and surprise guests from the CSuite!  Register for free. We’ll take your questions… and you don’t have to leave your home or office. 

CFO GC Focus Philadelphia October 24, 2024

Please join CFO GC Focus when we return to Philadelphia on October 24.  Anita Vogel, national network news correspondent, anchors the show.  Featured Guests include Dennis Johnson, CFO, Qlik;  Michael F. Daly, Senior VP, CFO, RAF Industries, Inc. ; John Ryan, EVP, GC Temple University Health System; and Amy Trojanowski VP, CFO TW Metals

CFO GC Focus Salt Lake City October 22, 2024

CFO GC Focus lands in Salt Lake City October 22 featuring some of Utah’s leading CFOs and GCs.  Join us at a private location to hear from the fast-growing and established companies in one our favorite cities. Featured CFOs and CAOs include Nichole Lengel, CPA, CFO, Harmons Grocery Company; Michelle Lewis, CPA, CAO, PACS, (NYSE:PACS) and  Ryan King, CFO at Thread Wallets.  Our moderator is Lori Prichard, Anchor & Correspondent, KSL-TV. Attendance is limited to just 40 guests so RSVP today!

CFO GC Focus Denver October 17, 2024

Join CFO GC Focus in Denver as we return with some of Colorado’s leading CFO and General Counsels (GCs) including Caleb Carr, CEO and CFO, Vita Inclinata Technologies, Heather French, Chief Legal Officer, GHX, and Ned Preston, CFO, Gaia (NASDAQ: GAIA).  Free to attend, thanks to our Hosts! We’ll gather at a beautiful private home provided by Jewel Brown of LIV Sotheby’s with great tray passed appetizers and drinks before our fireside chat with Jane Wells and our CFOs and GCs.  Register now so we can save you a spot!

CFO GC Focus Portland October 16, 2024

See Jane go at CFO GC Focus Portland! Featured CFOs and GCs include Elizabeth Fouts, CLO, The Standard, Nitesh Sharan, CFO, SoundHound AI, MardiLyn Saathoff, GC, NW Natural and Wayne Marschall, President & CFO, The Stoller Group. Register now so we can save you a spot – we sold out last May!

CFO GC Focus Las Vegas October 15, 2024

CFO GC Focus returns to Las Vegas for a discussion with CFOs and GCs in this fascinating city. It’s not all fun and games when CNBC’s Jane Wells sits down with Jackie Miller, CFO of Smart City Networks, John Rudy, Chief Corporate Counsel, Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) and CleanSpark CFO Gary Vecchiarelli. We’ll gather at a private home. Join us!

CFO GC Focus Orange County October 10, 2024

CFO GC Focus returns to Orange County as CFO GC Focus featuring Andy Hersh, CFO, SUPER73 – the hot e-bike company based in Orange County, Ricardo Perdigao, Global CFO & COO, Sambazon and trending Z Supply CFO Ann Fong Wildes.  Register now!

CFO GC Focus San Diego October 8, 2024

If you’ve missed CFO Focus San Diego in the past you won’t want to miss this one on Oct 8 as we feature some of  America’s most remarkable CFOs in one of its most remarkable cities.  Jane Wells moderates and Brittany Bradrick, CFO and COO, Neurelis, Inc.; Liam Kelly, CFO, General Atomics; Erik Nakamura, CFO, Orange Comet, Inc. and Jonathan Pong, CFO, Realty Income (NYSE: O) are featured!  We’ll gather at a private home. Join us!

CSuite Focus Santa Barbara Ventura Oct 24, 2024

CFO Focus is CSuite Focus featuring CEOs, CFOs, CLOs on Tuesday, Sept 24, 2024 at Vallavanda, the mountaintop estate near Thousand Oaks, CA. NBC’s Lisa Breckenridge anchors, with Stephen Hatke from Takeda, Yasser Hazzaa from MannKind  (NASDAQ:MNKD), Nikita M. Shah M.D., Oncologist at City of Hope & Adventist Health Simi Valley, Latha Vairavan from Arcutis Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:ARQT), and Thomas Zindrick, CEO, Genelux Corporation (NASDAQ:GNLX) Space is limited – RSVP today!

CFO Focus New York Sept 17, 2024

CFO Focus returns to New York in September for a East Coast Tour with CNBC’s Jane Wells anchoring at NASDAQ in Times Square!  Glen Leibowitz, CFO of Bitcoin Depot, Lisa Akhionbare, Chief Accounting Officer, AlphaSense, and Adam Townsend, CFO at VIZIO featured! CFOs from throughout the tri-state region are welcome to attend. We’ll gather at a great location, to be provided with your RSVP. Register so we can keep you updated. Other featured CFOs to be announced soon!

CNBC’s Jane Wells leads another great discussion with CFOs on Sand Hill Road in the heart of Silicon Valley when we gather at Lightspeed Venture Partners for SF Silicon Valley CFO Focus.  Free to attend for CFOs but registration is a must. Register now. Headlining CFOs include Elias Murraymetzger, CFO, Botrista; Annie Mitchell, CFO, Allbirds (NASDAQ:BIRD); Saurabh Sinha, CFO, AEVA, (NYSE:AEVA); and Dan Zhang, CFO, ClickUp

CFO Focus Seattle Sept 5, 2024

Join CFO Focus Seattle on Sept 5 for what promises to be another great program with CNBC’s Jane Wells!

Featured CFOs and GC’s include Luke Fisher, CFO, Talking Rain Beverage Company; Christopher Kearns, CLO, Trupanion and Karl Moehring, CFO, Washington Shoe Company.  Register Now! Free to attend for CFOs and GCs.

CFO Focus Summer Social June 25, 2024

Join us for our first ever CFO Focus Summer Social and Pickleball Tournament in Newport Beach! Play, Watch or join us for Happy Hour. Free to attend or play for charity. Click below to register and learn more.

CFO Focus San Francisco Silicon Valley Sept 11, 2024

CFO Focus gathered at NASDAQ in San Francisco May 23. Join us we keep the conversation going with Ravi Kumar and Laura Moreno Lucas in a quick LinkedIn Live for 30 minutes 4-4:30 PT. Leading Bay Area CFOs including Jamie Cohen, CFO Alto Pharmacy & Board Member, Rover Shannon Nash, Esq, CPA, CFO Wing (an Alphabet Company) Board Member, NETSCOUT (NASDAQ:NTCT) and Mike Bufano President & CFO, League One Volleyball, Former CFO, Panera, Allbirds & Board Member, Rowan are featured!

CFO GC Focus Houston Nov 29, 2023

Houston’s leading CFOs and GCs gather at a private location for an elegant reception with tray passed apps and drinks. Featured

CFOs and GCs include:
Christopher Hough, CFO
IndiGO Auto Group
Braden Merrill, CFO
Sequitur Energy Resources
Jess Cole, CFO
Nacero, Inc.
Laura Tyson, COO and GC
The Energy & Minerals Group

Join us for what promises to be a memorable evening at a private club in Houston’s River Oaks area.