Strategic Growth Forum 2018 | Ernst & Young (EY) | 7 November 2018 | Palm Springs, California, USA

The country’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.

The Strategic Growth Forum US is the flagship of the Strategic Growth Forum series and the country’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies. This by-invitation-only CEO forum convenes more than 2,000 of the nation’s top executives, entrepreneurs, advisors and investors to discuss growth and how to create it.

The Forum culminates on the evening of November 10 with the Entrepreneur Of The Year® National Awards gala, hosted by Seth Meyers, Host, Late Night with Seth Meyers. The entrepreneurs we honor break the mold to do things differently and change our world in the most unexpected ways.

2018 Speakers

Kiva Allgood
Chief Corporate Development Officer, GE Ventures

Aron Ain
Chief Executive Officer, Kronos Incorporated

Danny An
CEO & Co-Founder, TrustToken, Inc.

Erik Anderson
Executive Chairman, Topgolf Entertainment Group

Doug Baker
Chairman and CEO, Ecolab

Ray Beeman
Principal, Washington Council Ernst & Young

Joshua Ford Bonnie
Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Paul Brody
EY Global Innovation Blockchain Leader

David A. Brown
Senior Managing Director, Head of Equity Capital Markets, Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC

Michael C. Bush
CEO, Great Place to Work

Jim Carter
Senior Managing Director, Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC

William Casey
EY Americas Vice Chair, Transaction Advisory Services

Donna Flynn
Vice President, WorkSpace Futures, Steelcase

Jennifer Garner
Award-winning Actress and Philanthropist

Larry W. Gies
Founder & CEO, Madison Industries

Zvi Glasman
CFO, FOX Factory Holdings Corp

Jay Gould
President and CEO, Interface, Inc.

Kelly Grier
EY US Chairman and Managing Partner and Americas Managing Partner

Craig Hall
Chairman/Founder, HALL Group

Sonia A. Hollies
Vice President and Chief Tax Officer, Conduent

Chris Holmes
Director of SEC Regulatory Matters, Ernst & Young LLP

Mark Jeffries
Author and Communications Consultant

Nagraj Kashyap
Corporate Vice President, Global Head, M12

Charles Kittredge
Chairman & CEO (ret), Crane & Co.

Stephen W. Klemash
EY Americas Leader, Center for Board Matters

Henry Kravis
Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

David Levin
Head of Equity Capital Markets, Barclays

Seth Meyers
Host, Late Night with Seth Meyers

Patrick Moore
Chief Financial Officer, National Vision

Lonnie Moulder and Mary Lynne Hedley, PhD
Co-founders, TESARO, Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 National Overall Award winners

Dr. Dambisa Moyo
Global Economist and Author

Petra Nemcova
Co-founder, All Hands and Hearts - Smart Response

Deborah Norville
Anchor, Inside Edition

Leigh Radford
VP, P&G Ventures, Procter & Gamble

Asif Ramji
Chief Executive Officer and President, Paymetric

Kari Rihm
President/CEO, Rihm Family Companies

Alex Rodriguez
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, A-Rod Corp

Carolyn Saacke
Chief Operating Officer, Capital Markets, New York Stock Exchange

Paul Saffo
Distinguished Futurist

Greg Schooley
Principal, Value Creation Leader, Ernst & Young LLP

Allison Schuman
Senior Director of Sales, Schuman Cheese

Ian Schuman
International Business Manager, Schuman Cheese

Keith Schuman
Risk Management Analyst, Schuman Cheese

Neal Schuman
President and CEO, Schuman Cheese

Irwin Simon
Founder, Chairman, President & CEO, The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

Carolyn Slaski
EY Americas Vice Chair, Talent

Kendra Scott
Founder and CEO, Kendra Scott LLC

Jeff Thomas
Senior Vice President, Nasdaq

Mark A. Weinberger
EY Global Chairman and CEO

2018 Sponsors:

NATIONAL:
• SAP
• Merrill Corporation
• Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

FORUM:
• Steelcase

SESSION:
• Woodruff- Sawyer