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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!

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 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!

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 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!

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. 

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 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!

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!

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 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 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!

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!

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 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

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.

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 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!

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.