GOLDIE HAWN, LIZ CHENEY, THOMAS FRIEDMAN FEATURED AT DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES
A virtual press conference was held to reveal the speaker lineup for the Distinguished Speakers Series kicking off in September. Former BBC anchor and reporter Caroline Feraday (now at NPR/KCLU) moderated the presser. Featured guests at the press conference included Kathy Winterhalder, CEO and Co-Founder, Distinguished Speaker Series. Watch the press conference and let us know if you are interested in sponsoring this season by emailing [email protected]
Live@5 Crises in the County
Crises in the County
Ventura County has earned its Masters in Disaster Management this winter as water and mudslides have flowed from our own “atmospheric river.” But the rising crises in banking, education and affordable housing threaten to wash over local communities – and do longer term damage than what’s falling from the sky. In our next Live@5 on Tuesday, March 21 at 5-6 PM we’ll be talking with local leaders to get their take on what’s happening now, and their thoughts on the best ways forward. Livestreamed on YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
The Education Crisis
Local school boards have often been the first step for community leaders wanting to engage in their communities. And several of our local leaders started first as elected school board members. School boards across the country have been under fire. What do you think needs to happen to make school boards a place where people will want to serve?
Our guest for the hour is Dr. Victor Hayek, Deputy Superintendent for the Conejo Valley Unified School District, Ventura County’s largest school district. He oversees a $200 million annual operating budget, several enterprise programs, and a $197 million facilities bond program.
The Banking Crisis
Joining us will be Kyle Mcintosh, MBA Program Director, Accounting/Finance Professor at the California Lutheran University School of Management. Kyle was a longtime finance executive at Amgen and is now a part time CFO for a local biotech company.
We’ll be talking with Kyle about the “tech heavy Nasdaq” and banks like Silicon Valley Bank, Republic and Signature – the go to bankers and sources of funding for tech and biotech. How is that changing? If you were on a board of a local biotech or tech company would you move money out of community banks? Are the too big to fail big banks really that much better?
The Housing Crisis
Linda Braunschweiger, CEO, Housing Trust Fund Ventura County is the leading advocate for affordabl
Live@5 Elves in the Off Season - Finding and Retaining Talent
Join Live@5 on the 3rd Tuesdays each month in 2022! We’ll gather online at 5 PM PT with top talent interviewing newsmaking experts. More at www.peopletalentagency.com
Our next Live@5 focuses on the top headache for business leaders this winter – attracting and retaining talent.
Elves in the Off Season – An Online Forum on Best Practices for Finding and Retaining Talent in 2022
Live@5 Online on YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn
Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 5-5:50 Broadcast
Host/ Anchor: Frank Mottek, the “Voice of Business” in Southern California, formerly at KNX News Radio (CBS) now at KABC Radio
Roundtable/ Panel Guests:
Michael Lundberg, Partner, Deloitte
Kathleen Thompson, former Chief People Officer at Limoneira
Jackson Gilliam, Director at Merchant-Edge LLC, Capital Advisory and Merchant Banking Firm
Mike Fitzsimmons, CEO and Co-Founder, Crosschq
Bev Wiesen, Principal, Apex Executive Search
Kathleen Fellows, Attorney, LightGabler HR Law firm
John Lockhart, Chief Marketing Officer, People Talent Agency
FREE to attend. Just register! https://liveat5jan2022.eventbrite.com
Live@5 with Jerry Sullivan
Media Melting Point: Possibilities, Pains and Potential Pitfalls of the Reformation of American Mass Communication Amid the Digital Age.
Live@5 with Jerry Sullivan!
Join our Live@5 show with SullivanSaysSoCal's Jerry Sullivan, the longtime editor of the Orange County and Los Angeles Business Journals, who is now an online columnist raking muck and holding public officials' feet to fires all over greater SoCal.
On the June 30 Live@5 Jerry sits down with leaders to talk about how the Covid Reopening is going in California.
The Hits, Misses, Goals and Observations on How the Reopening is Going
Jerry's guests include:
Abelardo de la Peña, Jr., director of marketing and communications, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes -- De la Peña is a veteran journalist, ad agency veteran and communications specialist. He oversees strategic planning and execution of LA Plaza’s marketing, media and public relations programs, driving awareness of the organization with a goal of making it into a prime destination for locals and tourists alike.
Ilse Metchek, President, California Fashion Association -- Metchek has been a fashion designer, apparel industry executive, and now leads the trade organization for one of the largest employers in Southern California, a group that includes brand-name labels and allied professional and service providers throughout the region.
Paul Sanford, chief executive officer/asset manager for Wincome Management and Development Group -- Sanford is responsible for the group’s West Coast operations, including Southern California. His portfolio includes the Avenue of the Arts Hotel in the South Coast Metro area, as well as the newly opened, 613-room Westin Anaheim in the Disneyland Resort.
Watch the (Jerry) Sullivan Show on June 30 here!
Live@5 with Jerry Sullivan Miguel Santana, Jim Mazzo and Mike Mussallem
Join our new Live@5 monthly show with SullivanSaysSoCal's Jerry Sullivan, the longtime editor of the Orange County and Los Angeles Business Journals, who is now an online columnist raking muck and holding public officials' feet to fires all over greater SoCal. On the May 27 Show Jerry sits down with Miguel Santana, CEO of the Weingart Foundation, Jim Mazzo from Advanced Medical Optics and Mike Mussallem, CEO of Edwards Lifesciences for 21 years
Watch the (Jerry) Sullivan Show by clicking here at 5 PM on May 27!
Live@5 On ACES Aware
A special Live@5 on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Mental Health Awareness Month -- Presented by California Alliance of Child & Family Services and the Catalyst Center. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. On this show we’re focusing on the California Surgeon General’s statewide effort to cut ACEs and toxic stress in half in one generation. Anita Vogel from FOX News hosts with Special Guests California State Senator Anthony J. Portantino, California Assemblymember James C. Ramos, Chrstine Stoner-Mertz, Cornelle Jenkins and Stacy Shwartz Olagundoye from the California Alliance for Children & Families and Catalyst Center; and Jen Leland from Trauma Transformed.
Sullivan Says Live@5!
Longtime Southern California Journalist Jerry Sullivan interviews some of the region's leading newsmakers Feel free to email [email protected] if you’d like to join me for a streaming chat session sometime in the future.
