Spring 2019 FEI-Louisville chapter events
Terry McWilliams • December 18, 2018
(Updated Feb. 13, 2019)
FEI-Louisville's Spring 2019 programs:
- March 12 : Chris Ryan, VP, Strategic Advisory Services, ADP, "What in the world is happening with benefits?" Breakfast. Location: Big Spring Country Club.
- March 19: Evening social hosted by Norton Healthcare, SIHO Insurance and FEI Louisville - Innovations in managing health care costs. Location: Rabbit Hole Distillery.
- April 16 : Darren Srebnick, Internationanl Trade Manager, World Trade Center, Kentucky, "Commerce, Tariffs, Trade Wars and the Economy."
- May 14 : Glen Combs, Partner, Crowe, "Hold on to your (virtual) wallet: Cyber Security and more." Location: Louisville Water Tower.
- June 13: Business First "Best in Finance" honors program.
- Hilliard Lyons Chairman and CEO Jim Allen and Baird Vice Chair John Taft discussed the pending transaction joining Hilliard Lyons with Baird, an employee-owned wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm.
- Samantha Timmermann, VP Marketing, Ananda Hemp, "The future of hemp in Kentucky."
- Bill Engelking, managing director, Prudential Capital Group, "The state of today's capital markets."
- James E. Glassman, Managing Director & Head Economist, Chase Bank, New York. Glassman, managing director and head economist for Chase's Commercial Banking division, provides market insights on the economy and impacts on business.
- Dan Issel, ABA-NBA all star working to bring the NBA to Louisville;
- Scott Koloms, CEO of Kentucky's first B-Corporation;
- Ax-throwing (yes, really).
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