Young Jewish Presidents to Host CEO Growth and Inn

NEW YORK, May 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Young Jewish Presidents (YJP) announced their upcoming event, the CEO Growth and Innovation Conference this May 30-31st, 2018 in New York City.

The two day event will bring together CEOs, presidents, founders and chairmen from industry leading companies all over the world including the United States, Canada and Israel. The conference will feature executive speakers from both public and private companies including Steelcase, Carvel, Young & Rubicam and Cimarex.

Speakers for the event include:

1. Benson Smith, Chairman, Teleflex         
2. David Sable, Global CEO, Young & Rubicam  
3. Bill Lovette, CEO & President, Pilgrim's Pride Corporation                 
4. Jim Keane, CEO & President, Steelcase
5. Thomas Jorden, CEO, Cimarex Energy 
6. Elliot Portnoy, Global CEO, Dentons
7. Jack Martin, Global Chairman & CEO, Hill+Knowlton Strategies
8. Uri Levin, CEO, IDB Bank
9. Luke Schoenfelder, CEO & Founder, Latch
10. Mark Turner, CEO & President, WSFS Bank
11. J.Paul Haynes, President & COO, eSentire Inc
12. Charles Weinstein, CEO, EisnerAmper LLC                 
13. Stan Jewell, CEO & President, Renfro Corporation     
14. Chris Walters, CEO, Encompass Digital Media
15. Arnab Gupta, Chairman, Opera Solutions
16. Bill Hagaman, CEO & Managing Partner, WithumSmith+Brown
17. Frederic Trinel, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, EcoVadis/CyberVadis        
18. Lauren Bailey, CEO & Co-Founder, Upward Projects 
19. Andy Goldberg, CEO & President, Publishers Clearing House        
20. Aditya Satsangi, CEO, Entegrio/NPEV
21. Edward Baumstein, CEO & Founder, SolomonEdwardsGroup                                             
22. Jeff Snyder, Chief Inspiration Officer, Inspira Marketing Group        
23. Martin Parent, President, Aliments ULTIMA Foods Inc.           
24. Alan Pollard, CEO & President, Vitality Group              
25. Avner Mendelson, CEO & President, Bank Leumi USA         
26. Alan Annex, Chairman, Greenberg Traurig       
27. John Thomas, CEO & President,  Physicians Realty Trust    
28. Matthew Rosen, CEO & Founder, Fusion         
29. Katherine Kostereva, CEO & Managing Partner, bpm'online
30. Justin Rosenberg, CEO, Honeygrow
31. Dahai Guo, CEO, PuraCap Pharmaceutical & Epic Pharma 
32. Brad Horowitz, CEO, Elite Marketing Group      
33. Dan Schneider, CEO & Founder, SIB Fixed Cost Reduction LLC    
34. Jeffrey Erb, President, Healix       
35. Harley Lippman, CEO & Founder, Genesis10   
36. Kevin Jones, CEO, MV Transportation   
37. Marc Bodner, President, L&R Distributors         
38. Gad Tobaly, President, GTL International          
39. Andrew Stern, CEO, Sungard Availability Services     
40. Myles Peacock, CEO, CreativeDrive
41. Ronald Kasner, President & COO, ICIMS
42. Rodrigo Barbosa, CEO & President, Aura Minerals
43. Ted Lerman, CEO, Steel Warehouse
44. Bill Sandbrook, CEO, President, & Vice Chairman, U.S. Concrete, Inc.
45. Robert Jakobi, CEO & Founder, BOU Brands
46. Michael Bassik, CEO, Yes and Company
47. Geoffrey Cook, CEO, The Meet Group
48. Anthony Graziano, CEO & Chairman, Integra Realty Resources
49. Scott Rosen, CEO, Visible Alpha
50. David Goldin, CEO & President, Capify
51. Steve Busby, CEO, Greenwich Associates
52. Sachin Gupta, CEO & President, IKS Health
53. Edward Daniel, CEO, Metropolitan Healthcare Services, Inc.
54. Toni Pergolin, CEO, Bancroft
55. David Levy, CEO, EHE

Topics that will be discussed at the conference include:

• “Seeing Around the Corner”: what is out there that might disrupt your business, cause your business to fail unexpectedly. How can you be proactive vs. reactive? Do you have a process in place?
• Growth and Expansion: how to manage and create growth, both in thriving and declining climates? How to scale without losing quality?
• Lessons Learned: a discussion of great successes and terrible failures
• Emerging Technologies in Your Industry: impacts on your business. Will it disrupt your industry? How? How can you harness technology to your greatest advantage? Utilizing technology to create jobs, not to destroy them?
• Raising Capital for Your Business: methods and success stories + Mergers & Acquisitions vs. Organic Growth
• Managing a Profitable Business: top line vs. bottom line growth. Innovation and procedures to cut costs without sacrificing quality and service.
• Media and Corporate Image - how to position and brand your business? how to build and maintain your image in the age of social media and influencer marketing?
• Going from Private to Public -  IPOs, boards and managing the transition.
• The millennials have come of age. What do millennials desire as a consumer and employee? How can CEOs enhance innovation and ambition in the millennial era?
• The economy has been in low gear for years. What strategies can CEOs use to create long-term value in a low-growth world?

“We are honored to be hosting an expansive group of impressive men and women from a variety of industries and backgrounds at our upcoming conference,” says Rebekah Edelstein, Director of YJP’s CEO Network. “Our CEO Network conferences help create meaningful, productive business connections between our speakers and attendees in a unique, highly curated, peer-to-peer environment.”

More information about the May CEO Growth and Innovation Conference can be found here .

About Young Jewish Professionals (YJP): The YJP Organization is the world’s largest community of business leaders, executives, and investors to teach, mentor, and invest in the new generation of Jewish business leaders. Our community of leaders, executives, and professionals are dedicated to combining their efforts to make the world a better place through Goodness & Kindness.

Contact: Brooke Fallek Associate Event Planner - CEO Network Young Jewish Professionals Direct: 646-202-1685 ext. 6 brooke@yjpnewyork.com