The firm of Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean's Green Business Practice Group of Oakland is hosting and sponsoring this roundtable at their offices.  Participating CEOs will be able to exchange ideas with other CEOs and discuss how current trends are affecting your businesses and future strategic initiatives.

Community Bank of the Bay's new Bay Area Green Fund is also a sponsor of this event.

This Regional Alliance Meeting will feature Chip Conley of Joie de Vivre Hospitality. Chip will talk with us about the innovative ideas in his two books: "The Rebel Rules: Daring to be Yourself in Business" and "Marketing That Matters: 10 Practices to Profit Your Business and Change the World."

Following Chip's discussion, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.

Comerica Bank is sponsoring this roundtable at The Rotunda Building in Oakland.

This CEO Roundtable will include 4 time-boxed discussions - each led by a subject matter expert who will “set the table” with a brief talk prior to opening it up for an interactive discussion for the remainder of the allocated 30 minutes per discussion. 

The four discussions are: 1) About your Site; 2) Reaching out Via the Internet; 3) Community Building; and 4) Operational Integration with Clients.

This Regional Alliance Meeting will feature Rick Cronk, Co-Founder of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream. Rick will talk with us about his leadership philosophies of how to build a company by empowering the employees and the "Dreyer's Groove."

Following Rick's keynote, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.

This CEO Roundtable will enable participants to discuss the range of challenges that CEOs face when dealing with their Board of Directors. 

We will be joined by two people that have given this topic a lot of thought:

• Pascal Levensohn, Managing Partner of Levensohn Venture Partners, and Chairman for a recent collaboration between 22 venture capitalists and technology CEOs that resulted in the attached "Simple Guide to the Basic Responsibilities for VC-Backed Company Directors."
• Tom Engdahl, CEO of Radiance Technologies and long-term Alliance member, brings a wealth of CEO experience from leading seven different technology companies

Alliance member, Martin McGlynn of StemCells, the first company to directly identify and isolate human neural stem cells from normal brain tissue, will join us for this regional Alliance Meeting.  Martin has spent several decades in the life sciences industry in Europe, Canada and the United States and will share his experiences in this developing area of biotechnology.

Following Martin's interactive discussion, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.

Alliance member, Tom Miller, CEO of The Trium Group, will lead a discussion on how they help create brilliant organizations.  He defines “brilliant organizations” as those that create value for multiple stakeholders, adapt well to change, bring out the best in others, deliver results and are organizations where we’d like our kids to work.  Tom specializes in working with both large companies and early-stage businesses on vision, strategy, performance improvement and creating leaders and companies of the future.

Following our discussion with Tom, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.

Eric Benhamou, Chairman of Palm, 3Com and Cypress Semiconductor, will join us for this regional Alliance Meeting.  We look forward to an interactive discussion with Eric about his 30 plus years of experience in building some very high profile, successful technology companies.

Following Eric's keynote, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.

Lynn Upshaw, principal of Upshaw Marketing, an accomplished author and award-winning educator at the Haas School of Business will join us for this regional Alliance Meeting.  Lynn has deep experience in a wide range of marketing and brand building services and will discuss how "Great Leaders are Great Marketers."

Following Lynn's keynote, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.

This Regional Alliance Meeting will feature Peter Magowan, General Partner of the San Francisco Giants. Peter will talk with us about his leadership experiences as CEO of Safeway and, currently in professional sports with the San Francisco Giants.

Following Peter's discussion, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.

Bill Coleman, the CEO of Cassatt and Founder of BEA Systems - the fastest software firm ever to exceed $1 billion in revenues will join us for this Regional Alliance Meeting. We look forward to an interactive discussion with Bill about his personal philosophies in building and leading companies.

Following Bill's interactive discussion, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.

This Regional Alliance Meeting will feature Tom Campbell, the Dean of the Haas School of Business. Since becoming Dean in August 2002,Tom has focused his efforts on moving the Haas School forward to be among the very top business schools in the world by teaching "Leading Through Innovation. We look forward to an interactive discussion with Tom.

Following Tom's keynote, members will begin their private Alliance Group meetings. We will also host a CEO Luncheon after the meeting, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, to enable our members to meet CEOs from throughout the Alliance.

Join Alliance members and their guests for cocktails and dinner at the Orinda Country Club in celebration of the holidays!

Reserve your space early.  This is always a popular event!