The May Executives Breakfast and Luncheons offered a place for insightful conversation and networking between local, Chicago entrepreneurs. Attendees were given opportunities to provide business advice and share valuable experiences with one another.
Guests at the Executive Breakfast were given the discussion topic of best practices pertaining to attracting top talent. Here are a few of the many responses:
Craig Stout, CEO, Stout, Risius, Ross: It is all about the core values of the firm and who they are. Retain the best things from large firms and leave the worst things. Be super transparent, follow open book management and create a team environment. I have the most luck when someone in the firm knows a potential new hire. If it doesn’t feel right don’t do it.
Tomer Yogev, CEO, TandemSpring: Strength-based leadership development is key. Most people are aware of what they are not good at. It’s about getting in touch with individual strengths and understanding the things that people are strong at and bring that to the forefront.
Entrepreneurs at the Executive Luncheon were asked how to best navigate growth and what they wish they had done differently. Here are some of their responses:
James Scherzinger, Managing Partner, Cray, Kaiser, Ltd: I would have spent more money and time on staffing needs. Also, trying to leverage our staff to a greater degree, get them acquainted with softer skills and groom everyone for leadership roles.
Ryan Mannion, EVP & Brand Strategy, Symmetri Marketing Group: There is no need to grow so quickly. I suggest building capabilities one at a time and get focused around specific verticals. Scaling knowledge and expertise is important. Focus on the right clients.
Thank you to all who attended!
If you’re a business owner with 20+ employees and are interested in attending future TAG events, please email Bill Himmelstein at Bill@TagCommercialBroker.com.
TAG Executives Breakfast Guest List
Bob Berland, President, Berland Communications
Barbara Best, President, Capital Strategies Investment Group LLC
Bruce Billmeyer, Partner, BCU Risk Advisors
Jake Dayan, CEO, Community Tax
Brian Deutsch, Founder, XV Venture Capital
Andrew Maloney, Owner, CNS+T
Mike LaVista, Founder, Caxy
Amy Leafe McCormack, CEO, McCormack Schreiber Legal Search
Mohammed Saleem, President, AES Services
Ann Simms, COO, American Planning Association
Kathy Steele, Founder & CEO, Red Caffeine
Craig Stout, CEO, Stout Risius Ross
Rosemary Swierk, CEO, Direct Steel & Construction
Tomer Yogev, CEO, TandemSpring
TAG Executives Luncheon Guest List
Jeff Asperger, Partner, Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle
Mark Bromberg, Director of Operations, GKIC
David Diamond, Managing Partner, Kutchins, Robins & Diamond
Morrie Elstein, Vice President, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
James & Michele Gustin, CEO and President, Fig Media
Ryan Mannion, EVP & Brand Strategy, Symmetri Marketing Group
Dan Porcaro, CEO, PSM Partners
Mark Rickmeier, CEO, Table XI
Arabel Alva Rosales, President and CEO of AAR & Assocs. Ltd, Co-founder, Principal and Producer of Latino Fashion Week
Jonathan Rothstein, Senior Vice President, MB Financial Bank
Michael Rothstein, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Tabet DiVito & Rothstein
James Scherzinger, Managing Partner, Cray, Kaiser, Ltd
Joanna Sobran, CEO, MXOtech
The April executives networking events brought together many new entrepreneurs to grow their networks and walk away with tangible knowledge. The Executives Breakfast and Luncheon created a convenient environment for entrepreneurs to offer valuable advice and build strategic connections.
At the Executives Breakfast, guests were prompted with the question: What are your best practices surrounding networking? Here are a few of the many responses:
Morrie Elstein, Vice President, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors: Take the high road and become a trusted partner. Everyone is always thinking about how to grow their business, and who their next client will be. Separate yourself by offering to help them grow their company. “How can I help you grow your business?”
Mark Meyer, President, ICI Staffing/E&M Development: Follow through on what you say you’re going to do, as it helps build your reputation and credibility. Also, reconnect with those who have supported you in the past. He jokingly added, “Attach yourself to Bill Himmelstein’s hip!”
Bill Himmelstein offered another discussion question at the Executives Luncheon: Most pivotal experience that has changed you and shaped the way you do business? Here are a few of their responses:
Dan Porcaro, CEO, PSM Partners: Listened to the CEO of the company who had a formula for integrating companies with an 80/20 rule. Fire 75% of clients and then over serve your current clients. About 90% of revenue comes from the top 25% of clients. Focus assets on the most essential revenue streams.
Joanna Sobran, CEO, MXOtech: Read the Pumpkin Plan. If you fill your land with lots of little pumpkins, then the big ones will have no room to grow.
Thank you to all who attended!
If you’re a business owner with 20+ employees and are interested in attending future TAG events, please email Bill Himmelstein at Bill@TagCommercialBroker.com.
TAG Executives Breakfast Guest List
Bruce Billmeyer, Partner, BCU Risk Advisors
Andrew Boron, President, Clear Spring
Steve Brown, CEO, Stratego Partners
Harry Cendrowski, CEO, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
Jake Dayan, CEO, Community Tax
Morrie Elstein, Vice President, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
Dave Feder, Principal, Office Revolution
Jon Fieldman, Managing Partner, Fieldman Law Group
Ben Fornell & Mike Dawson, Co Founder & CEO, Shurpa, Inc.
Keith Glantz, President, Glantz Design
Kevin Krumm, CEO, Objective Paradigm
Josh Lucas-Falk, Managing Director, Moment
Ben Olson, Managing Director, Forrest Capital Management
Mike O’Meara, CEO, O’Meara Capital Group
Paul Pagel, CEO, 8th Light
John Posner, CEO, Harrison & Held
Victoria Rock, CEO, Victoria Legal & Corporate Services
Joanna Sobran, CEO, MXO Tech
Craig Stout, CEO, Stout Risius Ross
Jon Talty, Chairman & CEO, OKW Architects
Robert R. Topping, CFA, CEO, Topping Capital
Ivan Vislavskiy, CEO, Comrade Web Agency
Rob Wilson, President, The Wilson Companies
Nick Zagotta, Managing Partner, Roberts McGivney Zagotta
TAG Executives Luncheon Guest List
Jeff Asperger- Meltzer, Purtille and Stelle, LLC
Daniel R. Bryant- Chief Executive Officer Sheridan Road Financial, LLC
Elizabeth Colón – President and CEO of Metaphrasis Language & Cultural Solutions
Zak Dabbas- Co Founder & CEO of Punchkick Interactive
Morrie Elstein
Slava Ruderman- President of Onward Technologies
Donna Salvatore- CEO Magalytics
Marne Smiley- CEO Bumper Lanes
Karen Todd- Principal Aurore Financial Group
Ryan Ventura- CEO of VEO Solutions
Insightful discussions bloomed at the Tenant Advisory Group Executives Breakfast and Luncheon in March. At each of these events, entrepreneurs offered valuable advice prompted by a discussion question led by Bill Himmelstein.
At the Executives Breakfast, guests were asked: How do you help your employees be more successful? Here are a few of the many responses.
Jeff Bartelt, CEO, MidwestHR: You should communicate your vision for your company. Employees have a personal vision of where they want to be, so it’s important to align your visions and make sure to share goals and values at the beginning.
Steve Krull, CEO & Co-Founder, BeFoundOnline: A company’s culture can’t be contrived. You must put your values on the wall and wear them on your sleeve, as well as follow through on your promises. Being successful means believing in yourself and the people around you.
Entrepreneurs in attendance at the Executives Luncheon shared their advice based on the discussion question: What does success look like to you? Here are a few of their responses.
Steve Gustafson, Managing Partner, Gould & Ratner: It’s about creating ongoing relationships. The key to success is to be a long-term team member for their clients.
Rob Sprague, COO, Smart Lift: For a company to be profitable, build a healthy culture that develops people to be successful in business and life. Lead from your strengths and outsource your weaknesses.
Thank you to all who attended!
If you’re a business owner with 20+ employees and are interested in attending future TAG events, please email Bill Himmelstein at Bill@TagCommercialBroker.com.
TAG Executives Breakfast Guest List
Jeff Bartelt, CEO, MidwestHR
Martha Bell, Principal, Tilton, Kelly & Bell
Bruce Billmeyer, Partner, BCU Risk Advisors
Richard Carden, Managing Partner, MBHB
Bob Domenz, CEO, Avenue
Brad Farris, CEO, Anchor Advisors
Steve Gustafson, Managing Partner, Gould & Ratner
William D. Himmelstein, CCIM, CNE, Founder & CEO, Tenant Advisory Group, LLC
Rhonda Jensen, President, Jensen Litigation Services
Steve Krull, CEO & Co-Founder, BeFoundOnline
Joe Liberty, COO, Better Business Planning
Larry Marin, Vice President, Near North National Title
Chris Miller, Managing Partner, Kelley Kronenberg
John Naughton, Vice President, Juneau Associates
Adriano Pedrelli, Impact Polymer LLC
Mark Rickmeier, CEO, Table XI
Ken Thompson, Managing Director, Level X Consulting
Keith Verisario, President, Wine Sergi Insurance
Haskel Weiss, President, TWG Benefits
Jonathan Weiss, Managing Partner, Levin Ginsburg
TAG Executives Luncheon Guest List
Joe Alioto, Managing Director, Madison Street Capital
Stuart Baum, President, Large Pond
Laurel Bellows, Managing Partner, Bellows Law Group
David Diamond, Managing Partner, Kutchins, Robins & Diamond
Morrie Elstein, Vice President, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
Steve Gustafson, Managing Partner, Gould & Ratner
William D. Himmelstein, CCIM, CNE, Founder & CEO, Tenant Advisory Group, LLC
Tom Madura, Controller, Carroll Seating Company
Jordan Matyas, CEO, 1818 Advocacy Group
Dan Porcaro, CEO, PSM Partners
Jonathan Rothstein, SVP, MB Financial Bank
Mohammed Saleem, President, AES Services
Joanna Sobran, CEO, MXOtech
Rob Sprague, COO, Smart Lift
Jordan Weiner, President, Internet Consulting Inc
February brought more than just snow this year. Tenant Advisory Group presented phenomenal networking opportunities for local business owners. Entrepreneurs across numerous industries gathered to expand their networks and find collaborative partnerships to grow their companies.
Both the monthly breakfast and luncheon saw valuable advice shared based on the discussion question: What’s the best way you’ve recently found new growth opportunities? Here are a few of the many responses:
Joanna Sobran, CEO of MXOtech: We used to do inbound marketing, but it stopped working. We hired a sales team, along with a coach, to buildout a sales playbook and processes to help hire a sales team.
Jonathan Rothstein, Senior Vice President, MB Financial Bank: I love finding ways to make my client’s lives easier, and one way I do that is through keeping the clients best interest at heart. We employ a marketing program called CORE; it breaks down the numbers to building a business and wants to be part of a client’s joint chief of staff.
Dan Porcaro, CEO, PSM Partners: There are ten different ways to sell, but you need to track them all. The best one is networking, as partners are great at spurring growth.
Thank you to all who attended!
If you’re interested in attending future TAG events, please email Bill Himmelstein at Bill@TagCommercialBroker.com.
TAG Executives Breakfast Guest List
Steve Brown, President, Stratego
Andrea Fox, CEO, Cloud Dental Marketing
Dan Gloede, CEO, Hatch Loyalty
John Gotschall, CEO, Coach Financial
Rick Gray, Chief Executive Officer, TalentRISE
Richard Grossi, CEO,Kensium Solutions
Jerry Holisky, Managing Partner, AGDG
Rhonda V. Jensen, President, Jensen Litigation Solutions
Scott Kitun, CEO, Technori
Craig Lowder, President, MainSpring Sales Group LLC
Anna Maria Viti-Welch, President, Guy Vitti Insurance
Larry Marin, VP, Near North National Title
Chris Miller, Managing Partner, Kelley Kronenberg
Scott Nicholson, CEO, KindredOnore,LLC
Garrick Nielsen, Partner, Oxford Bank
Grigory Pekarsky, Managing Broker/Partner, Vesta Preferred Realty
Graham Peck, Founder, The Alpha Group
Dan Porcaro, CEO, PSM Partners
Mark Rittmanic, CEO, ForteOne
Keith Verisario, President, Wine Sergi Insurance Group
TAG Executives Luncheon Guest List
Stuart Baum, President, Large Pond
Doug Bax, Managing Partner, Williams Bax & Saltman
Laurel Bellows, Managing Partner, Bellows Law Group
Jacqueline Camacho-Ruiz, CEO, JJR Marketing
Melanie DeCaprio, President, New Sky Strategies
David Diamond, Managing Partner, Kutchins Robbins & Diamond
Bernard Dier, President, Midwest Business Consulting
Morrie Elstein, VP, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
Erin Inman, President, Primera Engineering
Mindi Knebel, CEO, Kaizen Health
Margaret Pagel, VP, Sales & Marketing
Dan Porcaro, CEO, PSM Partners
Kim Robinson, President, Frontline
Ed Rossini, President, Palmer Printing
Jonathan Rothstein, SVP, MB Financial Bank
Jay Rudman, CEO, TopStepTrader
Joanna Sobran, CEO, MXOtech
Tim Webb, CIO & MP, RCM Wealth Advisors
Tenant Advisory Group kicked off its 10th year in business with a fantastic event at Gentleman’s Cooperative this month. The evening was filled with food, drinks, entertainment and rewarding networking opportunities.
Guest List:
Anil Ahuja, President, CCJM Engineers
Sandy Asanovic, The Simons Group
Amber Autumn, Business Development Summit Design + Build, LLC
Sam Barhoumeh, Managing Director, Ready Networks LLC
Stuart Baum, President, LargerPond Marketing
Laurel Bellows, Founder, The Bellows Law Group
Bob Berland, President & CEO, Berland Communications
Brian P. Brammeier, CEO, HIGHERGROUND Managed Services
Don Bora, Cofounder and Principal of Technology, Eight Bit Studios
Fletcher Boyle, Chicagoland Smile Group
Steve Brown, President, Stratego Partners
Richard Carden, Managing Partner, MBHB
Mason Cole, Founding Partner, Cole Sadkin LLC
Melissa Costello, Founder, MELISSACOSTELLO.COM
Bejan Douraghy, Founder & CEO, Artisan Talent
Ric Edinberg, Executive Director, INSITUM US
Jonathan Eisler, Managing Director, Perspectives Organizational Consulting Group, President, Association of Consultants to Nonprofits
Morrie Elstein, VP, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
Eric Feldman, Founder, Eric Feldman & Associates, P.C.
Jon Fieldman, Esq., Fieldman Law Group, P.C.
Dr. Gloria Garguilo, Owner, Garguilo Periodontics
Chris Gersch, Founder & CEO, Verde Solutions
Matt Gibbs, Founder, UPshow
Adam Glazer, Managing Partner, SFNR
Grant Gochnauer, Co-Founder & CTO, Vodori Inc
Rick Gray, CEO, Talent Rise
Mark Grazman, Strategic Business Development Consultant, Booksy
Michael Haeberle, The Patterson Law Firm
Adam Hirsen, CEO, UPshow
John Paul Hills, Hills Capital Management & Wintrust Commercial Banking
Rachel Horvath, COO, Move-tastic!
Pete Horvath, Founder, Move-tastic!
Robert Jacobi, President, Arc Technology Group
Ryan Jacobs, Founder, CloudSpotter
Andre Janus, CEO, Cristaux International
Leonard Kang, VP Solutions-Midwest People Driven Solutions
Jefferey Ogden Katz, The Patterson Law Firm
Lina Khalil, Co-Owner, Fetch PR
Richard Kincaid, Founder, Sagegreenlife
Josh Kritzler, President & Co-Founder, PCGSportsDesk
Stephen I. Lane, Law Offices of Lane & Lane, LLC
Michael LaVista, CEO, Caxy Interactive
Eddie Lou, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, Shiftgig
David Macknin, President & CEO, Alper Services
Michael Maddock, CEO & Founding Partner, Maddock Douglas
Mark Meyer, CEO, ICI Staffing
Chris Miller, Managing Partner, Kelley Kronenberg
Michael Millhouse, President, BridgePoint Technologies
Bryan Minier, Managing Partner, Lathrop Gage
Heather Morrison, CEO, MAPS
Tyler Mose, CEO, Indirap Productions
Mark Nadolski, Founder, VES Creative
Scott Nicholson, Partner, KindredOnore,LLC
Dave Norris, Chief Operating Officer, RedRidge Finance Group
CJ Parrilli, CFO, Cristaux International
Adriano Pedrelli, President & CEO, ImpactPolymer LLC
Phil Penton, CEO, Xcite Advertising
Daniel Porcaro, CEO, Porcaro Stolarek Mete Partners LLC
PJ Rashid, Managing Partner, Popskull
Paul Raya, Cook Alex
Ron Repking, Founding Partner, Sriracha Partners
Gregg Salkovitch, Managing Partner, Right Choice Resources
Tim Schumm, Managing Partner, Carver Peterson Consulting
Aalap Shah, Partner & Co-Founder, SoMe Connect
Sangeet Shah, Owner, Midwest Express Clinics
Mike Shannon, Co-Founder & CEO, Packback
Adam Silverman, Managing Partner, Adelman & Gettleman
Josh Strauss, Pekin Singer Strauss
Dave Stolarek, COO, Porcaro Stolarek Mete Partners LLC
Robert Szafarowicz, VP of Buzz, Cristaux International
Bob Tangredi, CEO, PHSI
Jim Vaselopulos, Founder & CEO, Rafti Advisors
Ivan Vislovskiy, Co-Founder and CEO, Comrade Web Agency
Anna Maria Viti-Welch, President, The Viti Companies
Jeremy Waitzman, Partner, Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP
Tony Wilkins, Mentor, Junto Institute, CE), AEWilkins Holdings
Bryan Wilson, Kogut & Wilson LLC
Will Wright, Managing Partner,Dunmore Capital Partners
The start of the year was met with new connections at the Tenant Advisory Group’s Executives Breakfast and Executives Luncheon. Owners and decision makers from a wide-range of industries came together to build their networks and learn how they can work together to grow their business.
At the breakfast, a lot of great responses were shared based on the discussion question: what is the largest transformation your company has been through? Here are a few responses.
Matt Green, Founder, VentureScale: We work with growth based VC-backed companies to help scale early stage companies, and so we launched a sales accelerator. We saw the need and addressed it.
Mike LaVista, CEO, Caxy: We had one client who was 50% of our business, and they stopped the engagement. We had to restructure the company and going forward made sure no single client made up more than 25% of our revenue. That has helped to stabilize our business.
Bob Goodman, President, ForteONE: Our business was in constant strategic transformation, and we set out to create more repeat, continual business. We built out a process to grow each service line in a thoughtful way, and it all started with who we were talking to.
Thank you to all who attended!
If you’re interested in attending future TAG events, please email Bill Himmelstein at Bill@TagCommercialBroker.com.
TAG Executives Breakfast Guest List
Stuart Baum, President, Large Pond
Bob Berland, CEO, Berland USA
Laurel Bellows, Managing Partner, Bellows Law Group
Rob Bisceglie, CEO, Action for Healthy Kids
Craig Castelli, CEO, Caber Hill Advisors
Melanie De Caprio, President, New Sky Strategies
David Diamond, Partner, Kutchins, Robbins & Diamond Ltd.
Daphne Dolan, Managing Partner, City Staffing
Ric Edinberg, Executive Director, Insitum
Morrie Elstein, Vice Presidentt, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
Chris Gersch, Founder & CEO, Verde Solutions
Keith Glantz, President, Glantz Design
Bob Goodman, President, ForteONE
Mark Grazman, COO, MailControl
Matt Green, Founder, VentureScale
Tim Van Mieghem, Partner, The Proaction Group
Bill Himmelstein, CEO, Tenant Advisory Group
Leonard Kang, People Driven Solutions
Scott Kitun, CEO, Technori
Michael LaVista, CEO, Caxy
TAG Executives Luncheon Guest List
Adnan Adamji, President, XCelCore
Jeff Bechar, President, ComforCare
Juan Carlos Bosacoma, President, CIO Landing
Jim Dash, Managing Partner, Carlson Dash LLP
Daphne Dolan, Managing Director and Owner, City Staffing
Atish Doshi, President and Founder, Black Sheep
Bob Goodman, President, ForteONE
Julie A. Kolodziej, Managing Partner, Matlin Law Group
Kevin Krumm, CEO, Objective Paradigm
John Posner, CEO, Harrison & Held
Junilla Sledziewski, Owner, Kershner Sledziewski Law
Anna Maria Viti-Welch, President, Guy Viti Insurance
Bill Himmelstein, CEO & Founder, Tenant Advisory Group
Dan Porcaro, CEO, PSM Partners
Kim Robinson, President, Frontline
Jonathan Rothstein, Senior Vice President, MB Financial Bank
Joanna Sobran, CEO, MXOtech
Morrie Elstien, Vice President, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
Stuart Baum, Owner, LargerPond
Melanie De Caprio, CEO, New Sky Strategies
Eric Lazar, Partner, SpeedPro Imaging
Laurel Bellows, Managing Partner, Bellows & Bellows
David Diamond, Partner, Kutchins, Robbins & Diamond Ltd.
The December Executives Breakfast provided an opportunity for local c-level executives to build new, beneficial professional connections with other Chicago entrepreneurs. We are glad to see local business owners adopting these events as valuable networking experiences. Thank you to everyone who attended!
If you’re interested in attending future TAG events, please email Bill Himmelstein at Bill@TagCommercialBroker.com.
TAG Executives Breakfast Guest List
Sandy Asanovic, COO, The Simons Group
Sam Barhoumeh, Managing Director, Ready Networks
Nirav Batavia, CFA, Co-Managing Partner
Brian P. Brammeier, CEO, Higher Ground
James Chen, President/CEO, Aura Innovative Technology, Inc.
Mason Cole, Founder and Managing Partner, Cole Sadkin
Melissa Costello, Owner, Melissacostello.com
Grant Gochnauer, Co-Founder, Vodori
Jonathan Gregoire, Director of Operations, Webster Dental Care
Jeff Hirner, Founder and COO, One North Interactive
Lisa Kalous, Residential Consultant, Lisa Kalous Group
Stephen I. Lane, Partner, Law Offices of Lane & Lane, LLC
Michael LaVista, CEO, Caxy
Stanton Lewin, Managing Director, Principal
Craig Lowder, President, MainSpring Sales Group LLC
Noah Mishkin, Co-Founder, CraftJack
Anders Norremo, Founder & CEO, Third Party Trust
Ross Petersen, Co-Founder & CEO, Blitsy
Mark Rice, CEO, Energy Connection
Melanie Roberts, CEO, New Sky Strategies
Ann Simms, COO/CFO, American Planning Association
Josh Strauss, Co-Founder, Pekin Singer Strauss
Rosemary Swierk, LEED Green Associate President, Direct Steel and Construction LLC
Hal Tezcan, Startup Port
Timothy Van Mieghem, Partner, The ProAction Group
Nicholas Zagotta, Roberts McGivney Zagotta
The November Executives Breakfast and Luncheon provided an opportunity for local c-level executives to forge valuable connections with other Chicago business owners. We are happy to see local entrepreneurs embracing these events as valuable networking experiences in a relaxed and casual environment. Thanks to all who attended!
If you’re interested in attending future TAG events, please email Bill Himmelstein at Bill@TagCommercialBroker.com.
TAG Executives Breakfast Guest List
Lauane Addis, Stahl Cowen Crowley Addis LLC
Richard Bergman, Senior Vice President, Bergman Wealth Management Group
Joseph Brocato, Gozdecki, Del Giudice, Americus, Farkas & Brocato LLP
Steve Brown, CEO, Stratego Partners
Morrie Elstein, VP of Business Development, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
Matt Gibbs, Co-Founder, UpShow TV
Josh Golden, Founder, Table XI
Jeff Hirner, Founder & COO, One North Interactive
Rhonda Jensen, President, Jensen Litigation Solutions
Lisa Kalous, Residential Consultant, Lisa Kalous Group
Stephen Lane, Managing Partner, Law Offices of Lane & Lane, LLC.
Mark Meyer, President, ICI Staffing/E&M Development
Christopher Miller, Managing Partner, Kelley Kronenberg
Mark Nadolski, Producer & Founder, VES Creative
Dave Norris, Chief Operating Officer, RedRidge Finance Group
Dan Regan, Attorney
Chris Rentner, Founder & CEO, Akouba, Inc.
Ron Repking, CEO, Sriracha
Mark Rice, CEO, Energy Connection
Aalap Shah, Co-Founder, SoMe Connect
Sapan Shah, CEO, Flagship
Hal Tezcan, Startup Port
Tony Wilkens, Owner, AEWilkens Holdings
Will Wright, Managing Partner, Dunmore Capital Partners
Nicholas Zagotta, Roberts McGivney Zagotta
TAG Executives Luncheon Guest List
Stuart Baum, President, LargePond Marketing
Laurel Bellows, Managing Partner, Bellows Law Group
Karen Burmeister, MXOtech
Irwin Cohen, CEO, Affiliated Financial Specialists
Maryann Czarnota, Partner, Abrix Group
Melanie DeCaprio, President, New Sky Strategies
Morrie Elstein, Vice President, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
Bill Himmelstein, CEO, Tenant Advisory Group
Jeff Hirner, Founder & COO, One North Interactive
Sandy Marsico, Principal, Sandstorm Design
Margaret Pagel, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, 8th Light
Dan Porcaro, CEO, PSM Partners
Ashish Rangnekar, CEO & Co-Founder, BenchPrep
Mark Rice, CEO, Energy Connection
Kim Robinson, President, Frontline
Jonathan Rothstein, Senior Vice President, MB Financial Bank
John Ruh, Founder, John M. Ruh & Associates
Lindsey Simon, Founder & CEO, Simon Compliance
Joanna Sobran, CEO, MXOtech
Don Tarkington, Managing Partner, Novak & Macey
Megan Wessels, CEO & Connector Extraordinaire, Powerful Partners
The October Tenant Advisory Group Executives Breakfast and Executives Luncheon saw quite the turnout! Attendees from a variety of industries came together to build their individual networks and learn how they can work together to enhance their business results. Thanks to all who attended!
TAG Executives Breakfast Guest List
Faheem Ahmad, COO, Technical Doctor
Sam Barhoumeh, Managing Director and CEO, Ready Networks
Rob Bisceglie, CEO, Action for Healthy Kids
Jon Borg-Breen, Co-Founder, Symbiont Group
Erryn Cobb, Co-Founder, Fetch Public Relations
Gina Cocking, Managing Director, Colonnade Securities LLC.
Kim Eberl, CEO, Motion PR
Jonathan Eisler, Managing Director, Perspectives Organizational Consulting Group, President, Association of Consultants to Nonprofits
Adam Glazer, Managing Partner; Schoenberg, Finkel, Newman and Rosenberg, LLC
Mitchell Gordon, Co-Founder, Bradford and Gordon, LLC
Jeff Hirner, Founder and COO, One North Interactive
Eric Lazar, Partner and Lead Evangelist, SpeedPro Chicago Loop
Stephanie LoVerde, Jameson Sotheby’s
Tyler Mose, CEO, Indirap Productions
Sagar Pandaya, CEO, Middleground
Grigory Pekarsky, Managing Broker and Partner, Vesta Preferred Realty
Dan Porcaro, CEO, Porcaro, Stolarek and Mete, LLC
Jason Randolph, CEO and Founder, Savant
Paul Raya, Attorney, Cook Alex
Scott Seagren, Vistage Chair
Robert Szafaraowicz, Vice President, Buzz
Jeremy Waitzman, Partner, Walker Morton LLP
Michael Ward, Riley, Safer, Holmes and Cancila LLP
Greg Woodard, Principal, Solve
TAG Executives Luncheon Guest List
Jon Adler, Managing Partner, Adler Law
Stuart Baum, President, LargePond Marketing
Bob Berland, President, Berland Communications, Co-Founder, Hire Elite Athletes
Bill Bolotin, Partner, Funkhouser, Vergosen, Liebman and Dunn
Brad Factor, President, Chicago Messenger Service
Jerry Holisky, Managing Partner, AGDG
Rashod Johnson, President and Owner, Ardmore/Roderick Group
Michael LaVista, CEO, Caxy Interactive
Kim Robinson, President, Frontline
Sapan Shah, CEO, Flagship
Ann Simms, CFO & COO, American Planning Association
Karen Villaflor, President, Algonquin Bank
Tenant Advisory Group had an exciting August, hosting multiple events including an Executive’s Breakfast, Executive’s Luncheon and Networking Boat Ride. TAG is committed to making connections that matter and hosts these events for the purpose of helping those in our network grow their businesses by coming together in relaxed, intimate environments designed to help build new strategic relationships.
Thanks to all who attended!
TAG Executives Breakfast Guest List
Eddie Lou, CEO, Co-Founder, Shiftgig; Rhonda V. Jensen, President, Jensen Litigation Solutions; Keith Glantz, President and Chief Creative Officer, Glantz Design; James Taylor, Managing Partner, Taylor Group; Stephen G. Daday, Klein, Daday, Aretos & O’Donoghue, LLC; John Fakhoury, CEO, Framework Communications; David Crowell, Managing Director, CEO, rmc International; Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic, Security Fanatics & BSSi2 LLC; Craig Castelli, CEO, Saber Hill Advisors; Mark Meyer, President, ICI Staffing; Michael Erin, CEO, Progressive Management; Fletcher Boyle, VP of Business Development and Strategy, Chicagoland Smile Group; Amber Autumn, Business Development, Summit Design + Build LLC; Daniel Porcaro, Managing Partner, Porcaro Stolarek Mete Partners, LLC; Adam J. Glazer, Schoenberg Finkel Newman & Rosenber, LLC; Tyler E. Mose, CEO, Indirap Productions; Jim Anderson, President, Switchfast; Andrea Fox, Managing Director,
TAG Executives Luncheon Guest List
Stephanie Storkel, COO, Pedersen & Houpt; David Diamond, Partner, Kutchins Robbins & Diamond; Haskel Weiss, President, TWG Benefits; Jennifer Masi, Partner, Torque Digital; Bridget Brennan, Founder and CEO, Female Factor; Dan Walsh, CEO, Aurora Management Partners; Steve Dinelli, CEO, Blackbird Garage; Rich Bartell, CFO, 8th Light; Tom Patterson, Managing Partner, Patterson Law; Adam Glazer, Managing Partner, Schoenberg, Finkel, Newman & Rosenberg LLC; Brian Gurber, Partner, Pokorny & Marks LLC; Lisa Mirabelli, Business Performance Advisor, Insperity; Morrie Elstein, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors; Joanna Sobran, CEO, MXOTech; Jonathan Rothstein, Senior VP, MB Bank; Colleen Warner, CEO, LulaFit; Laurel Bellows, Managing Partner, Bellows and Bellows; Margaret Pagel, Partner, 8th Light; Irwin Cohen, CEO, Affiliated Equities.
TAG Networking Boat Ride Guest List
Josh Golden, CEO, Table XI; Tim Schumm, Founder, Carver Peterson; Joanna Sobran, CEO, MXOTech; Bruce Johnstone COO, Apex Design/Build; Dave LeTourneau, COO, Gregg Communications; Jordan Matyas, Managing Partner, 1818 Advocacy Group; Mark Meyer, CEO, ICI Staffing, E&M Development; Jim Anderson, President, Switchfast; Tim Smith, Managing Principal and COO, Catalyst Consulting; Tom Goldblatt, Founder, Ravinia Capital; Larry Levy President and Founder, CFO Options Inc.; Amber Autumn, Business Development, Summit Design + Build, LLC; Scott Nicholson CEO, KindredOnore; Tyler Mose, CEO, Indirap Productions; Pierce Hutchings, Partner, Club1 Hotels; Melanie DeCaprio, CEO, New Sky Strategies; Steven Thomas, CEO, BizIntro; Morrie Elstein, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors; Dr. Gabriel Martinez-Diaz, Dermatologist, CompHealth; Jonathan Rothstein, Senior Vice President of Commercial Banking, MB Financial Bank; Dave Stolarek, Partner, PSM Partners; Greg Fenton, CEO, VirDocs; Samuel P. Gussis, Managing Partner, Gussis Lichtenfeld & Alexander LLC; Grant Gochnauer, Co-Founder and CTO, Vodori Inc; Sanjay Sharma, Co-Founder, Bridge; George DePalma, CEO, DePalma Group Architects and Design; Andrew D. Bell, Spain, Spain and Varnet, P.C.; Kaitlin H. Reimann, Co-Founder, uBack; Sam Barhoumeh, Managing Director, ReadyNetworks; Joel Wicks, CFO, Belly Card; Brian Kasal, CEO, Four Star Wealth Advisors; Jay Breeden, COO, ACT Dental Practice Coaching; Becka Bates, CEO, Bates Moran Design; Michael Ward, Partner, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila; Doug Harris, CEO, Kaleidoscope Group; Pete Cunningham, CEO, CCO Healthcare Partners; Elizabeth Peterson, CEO and Founder, Eastwood Group; Stuart Baum, CEO, Larger Pond; Alap Shah, Co-Founder, SoMe Connect; Paul Raya, CEO, Cook Alex Law; Angelika Coghlan, Founder, Success Catalyst; Stefan Birrer, CEO and Founder, Phoenix 2P; Brendan Flanigan, CEO and Founder, Smark Labs; Jim Mattei, Sandler Sales