Private Company Governance Summit 2024 | Cvent | 15 May 2024 | The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, 1250 S Hayes St, Arlington, VA 22202, USA

This Summit will explore the most effective ways to ensure your board meets a company’s shifting needs during disruptive times. The only national conference focused exclusively on governance excellence for privately held, family-owned and private equity invested companies.

Sessions will examine:
• The warning signs of a dysfunctional board
• The places to find great board members
• The board’s role in both CEO development and risk oversight
• The most important skills for a modern board
• The best ways to prepare family members for board service

Who should attend?
• PCGS was created for the owners, shareholders, senior executives and advisory/fiduciary board members of privately held, family-owned and private equity invested companies. The event accommodates companies anywhere in their governance development — from just starting out to adding sophistication and improving the execution of already high-performing boards. Many full boards attend PCGS to advance their learning and perspectives, and there are special rates for them.

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Carrie Freeman Parsons
Chair, The Freeman Company

Jon Wells
President, CEO, Midmark Corporation

SPEAKERS:

James Taylor
Chair, ABARTA Inc.

Cara Heiden
Chair, Vermeer Corporation

William Etnyre
Chair, Etnyre International

Stephen Miller
Chair, Draper & Kramer

Marisa Edmund
Chairman of the Board, Chief Global Marketing & Sales Officer, Edmund Optics

Samuel Sadoulet
Chief Executive Officer, Edmund Optics

Stanley Chen
CEO, Telamon Corporation

James Mitchell Jr.
Director, Chair and Technology Committee Chair, Fora Financial, Aegion Corporation

Ruth Kennedy Sudduth
Principal, Vice Chair, LandVest

Andria Long
Director, Wesco Inc., Neuco Inc., Matot

Venita Fields
Director, Superior Group of Companies, IMA Financial Group Inc., Lifespace Communities Inc.

Diane Adams
Independent Director, Thrall Enterprises Inc., Valco Industries Inc., Lodge Cast Iron

Karen Coombs
Independent Director, Southworth International Group Inc.

Andrea Hayward
Director, Rehrig Pacific Company, Ideanomics, Atlanta CASA Inc

Sally Washlow
Director, Matot, Data IO, Costar Technologies

Cassandra Kelly
Chair, FutureFeed, Treasury Corporation of Victoria

Linda Fonner
Chief Financial Officer, Edmund Optics

Martha McGuire
Director, TAB Bank

Pradeep Saha
Director, Mustang Extreme Environmental Services

Alyssa Gelbard
Advisory Board Member, Peterra Kitchen LLC, Endicott College

Becky Pratt
Director, Wheatsfield Co-Op Grocery, Advisory Board Member, PrairieFire Wealth Planning

2024 Sponsors

FOUNDING:
• Deloitte Private

SILVER:
• The Family Business Consulting Group

BRONZE:
• CFAR

SUPPORTING:
• PDA Private Directors Association
• Family Enterprise USA