03 Dec December 3, 2019 – Salo Lisa Brezonik, Societal Impact Indranil Ghosh and Talk Chief Jack Modzelewski
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Lisa Brezonik – President at Salo, LLC and Co-Author of Fire Yourself!: Reignite Your Career and Live Your Life with Intention
Lisa Brezonik is the President of Salo, LLC. Before becoming President of Salo, Lisa aquired nearly a decade of experience growing businesses at the executive coaching and consulting firm she founded, Brezonik Consulting. While working for EBC Dan Rauscher, she further honed her business acumen working as an administrative officer and a head of human resources and communication. At Salo, she’s worked as the Chief Administrative Officer and the Chief Operating Officer, employing her an extensive knowledge of the inner workings of Salo to further the company’s goals. As President, she helps her employees and consultants gain the information and resources they need to perform their jobs to the fullest. Lisa is also a co-author of Fire Yourself!: Reignite Your Career and Live Your Life with Intention, a book that translates much of the wisdom she gained about building and managing careers into an easy to read package with helpful exercises.
Indranil Ghosh – CEO of Tiger Hill Capital
Indranil Ghosh is an MIT-trained scientist, sustainable investor, author, and strategic advisor to governments and leading global corporations. He is CEO of Tiger Hill Capital an advisory firm that partners with visionary leaders to build sustainable investing platforms and businesses with a societal impact mission. Prior to Tiger Hill Capital, Dr. Ghosh was Head of Strategy at Mubadala, Abu Dhabi’s Sovereign Investment and Development Fund, and held senior roles at Bridgewater Associates and McKinsey & Co. His new book is Powering Prosperity: A Citizen’s Guide to Shaping the 21st Century.
Jack Modzelewski – CEO of JackknifePRGroup.com and Author of Talk is Chief: Leadership, Communication & Credibility in a High-Stakes World
Jack Modzelewski is founder and president of JackKnifePR, a business communications consulting firm in Chicago. His extensive career in public relations, marketing, communications, and executive management included roles with global agencies. Most recently, he was president of FleishmanHillard, where he worked for more than 26 years in executive and international positions, including five years as president of Europe & Africa and nearly five as president of the Americas. Modzelewski has more than thirty-five years of experience with corporate and brand communications programs for a wide spectrum of clients in the telecommunications, automotive, food service, technology, energy, financial, healthcare, and professional sports industries. He has worked with companies such as McDonald’s, AT&T, General Motors, Chase Bank, Baxter, Tribune, Monsanto, and Procter & Gamble. He also advised associations such as the Consumer Electronics Association and not-for-profits such as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He has considerable first-hand experience in corporate and financial communications, mergers and organizational restructurings, issues management, and all means of strategic stakeholder outreach. He has assisted clients in 25 major crises, both domestic and international. One of Modzelewski’s past clients called him the “counsellor’s counsellor.” He has given speeches and written articles on subjects spanning leadership, international business, marketing and social media, and risk and crisis management. He’s attended five World Economic Forum (WEF) conferences in Davos and WEF meetings on five continents. He has been listed on PRWeek’s Global Power List and in 2015 was inducted in the Medill Hall of Achievement at Northwestern University. He is currently chairman of the board of the Better Government Association in Illinois, and also sits on the Medill board. Prior to his career in public relations and communications, he was a multi-media, award-winning journalist. His book, Talk Is Chief, inspires leaders and aspiring leaders to treat their daily communication practices as seriously as their fiscal, operational, value creation, deal making, business transformation responsibilities.