CEO Breakfast Series

In a one-of-a-kind opportunity for local businesspeople to meet face-to-face with leaders, CEO Breakfast Series speakers will share their unique strategies for facing specific business challenges. Topics are selected by the speakers, and their comments are candid, insightful and not likely to be heard in public elsewhere.

Series highlights:

• More than 180 speakers have presented during the course of the series
• More than 12,000 registered attendees have joined us
• Speakers have been drawn from industries including, printing, logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, health care, retail, energy, sports/NFL/MLB, banking/finance, tourism, consulting, advertising, higher education, insurance, accounting, technology and the arts
• Themes have included talent acquisition and retention, brand building, change management, digital transition, strategy development, culture, crisis management, decision making, customer service, leadership transition, innovation and family-owned businesses/succession management.

Notable speakers

• John Bergstrom, an opening-season presenter
• Mark Murphy, President and CEO of the Packers, who has the distinction of having presented twice
• Marti Wronski, an SNC alumna who is also on the two-time speaker list, and chief operating officer of the Milwaukee Brewers
• Mike Haddad and Ron Dunford, former and current presidents/CEOs, respectively, of Schreiber Foods
• Laura Kohler, global business ambassador and former chief sustainable living officer of Kohler Co.
• Don Schneider, the late CEO of Schneider, an opening-season presenter for whom the college’s School of Business and Economics is named
• Susan Finco, owner and president of Leonard and Finco
• Louis Gentine Sr., farmer chairman of the board of Sargento Foods
• Dave Voss, executive chairman of Miron Construction
• Kurt Voss, owner and CEO of Amerilux International

• A personalized path to career success - MBA program
• A kickstart for nonprofit leaders - Phil Hauck Scholarship
• A nerve center for research and insights -  Strategic Research Institute
• New state-of-the-art facility  opening in time for 2025 fall semester - Schneider Family Hall