BizTimes Media hosted its annual Family & Closely Held Business Summit on June 29 at the Brookfield Conference Center. About 200 people were in attendance at what was BizTimes’ first in-person event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event included a keynote Q&A with Carl Rick, training manager and third generation spokesperson at Kwik Trip, as well as a panel discussion with the leaders of four family-owned companies based in southeastern Wisconsin. The program was followed by breakout sessions and then a cocktail reception.
See video of the entire program on demand.
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- The 2021 Family & Closely Held Business Summit.
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- BizTimes executive editor Andrew Weiland sat down with Carl Rick, training manager and third generation spokesperson at Kwik Trip for a Q&A on the company’s growth and family business philosophies.
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- Carl Rick, training manager and third generation spokesperson at Kwik Trip.
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- Associate editor Arthur Thomas moderated a panel discussion with Andrew Steinhafel, president of Steinhafels Inc.; Lacey Sadoff, president of Badger Liquor; Martin Gallun, chairman and owner of Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc.; and Ollie Ellsworth, president of GDI Adhesives.
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- Ollie Ellsworth, president of GDI Adhesives.
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- Martin Gallun, chairman and owner of Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc.
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- Lacey Sadoff, president of Badger Liquor.
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- Andrew Steinhafel, president of Steinhafels Inc.
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- Andrew Steinhafel, Lacey Sadoff and Andrew Steinhafel.
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- Lacey Sadoff, Martin Gallun and Ollie Ellsworth.
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- Event attendees at BizTimes Media’s Family & Closely Held Business Summit.
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- Event attendees at BizTimes Media’s Family & Closely Held Business Summit.
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- Jay Rosencrantz of PappasDelaney, James Wawrzyn of Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nicholas S.C., and Paul Vragel of 4aBetterBusiness Inc.
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- Rick Fessenbecker of Northwoods Software and James Cantrell of Financial Strategies Inc.
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- Erin Hooge of Insperity and Debbie Quinn of Individual & Organizational Consulting.
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- Jim Meyer of JMeyer Consulting, and David Kircher and Tate Mattingly, both of Phoenix Financial Advisors.
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- Patti Plough of Excel Legacy Group LLC and Kevin Perlberg of Silverhawk Capital Management.
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- Paul Knower of METCO, Inc., Rose Knower, and Gifford Collins of Collins Law Firm LLC.
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- Aaron Hall and Pagette Fischer, both of Davis|Kuelthau, s.c.
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- Scott Rasmussen of Lauber Business Partners and Dan Meyer, publisher and owner of BizTimes Media.
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- Jay Rosencrantz of PappasDelaney, Jon Armstrong of SVA Certified Public Accountants s.c., and Sue Kohlmann of Kohlmann Management Group.
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- A cocktail and networking reception followed the program and breakout sessions.
