Where Philly's business leaders connect for conversation

Each month, successful business professionals from Philadelphia and the surrounding area gather to share in a conversation with a thoughtful author of a non-fiction book.  The content is excellent and participants always leave with a new contact.  And the view can't be beat!
Five years in a row, Philadelphia Business Journal includes us in the top 10 business networking associations!

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Past Authors & Guests:

2025:
Matt Paradise
Mary Fran Bontempo
Margaret Mandell
Kim Beam
Annmarie Kelly
Aviva Perlo
Carolyn Jenkins
Jamie Cooperstein
Judith Umlas
Steven Robertson
Bob Tiede

2024:
Scott Millson
Erin Mariah Murphy
Kim Farrell
Karen Kaufman
Imani Talley
Ali R. Rogers
Julie Donley
Helen Ober
Heather Shafter
Howard Prager
Susan Katein, Carole Algier and Kathy Lanyon
Jevon Wooden
Kat O'Sullivan
Karen Auld
Nora Barry
Cheri Andrews
Marian Vallotton
Kristen Kidd
Daniela Roman
Lisa Kohn
Lauren Yellin Weinberg
Scotty Prendergast
Matt Zinman
Michael LeBlanc
Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz
Amy Cohen
Geoffrey Klein

2023:
John Chen
Karen Bulluck
Orly Zeewy
Aesha Tahir
Dr. Aviva Legatt
Naketa Thigpen
Kristen Donnelly
Donna Kendrick
Patti McCracken
Harriet Stein
Dotty Brown
Irene Levy Baker
Jennifer Lin
Murray Dubin
Meg Butterworth
Tom Garvey
Natalie Pompilio
Tom Keels
Dr. Brian Glibkowski
Mark Herschberg
Amanda Lea Kaiser
Alvina Peat
Melissa Bloom
Sandy Joy Weston
Robbie Samuels
Lisa Hammett
Cindy Huggett
Camika Royal

2022:
Karith Foster
Nancy Barile
Laya Martinez
Jill Strickland Brown
Yvonne Caputo
Dr. Carol Penn
Dr. Candy Campbell
Rick Brandon
Gilbert Coble
Cheri Andrews
Alexa Bowers
Kerry Connelly
Candice Hozza
Kristen Kidd
Judith McDowell
Nicole Saunders
Rita Wilkins
Aden Eyob
Keith Baldwin
Julie Winkle Giulioni
Ken Sher
Joyel Crawford
Janice Coleman
Adrean Turner
Andrea Mower
Ford Myers
Kristina Kohl
Erika White
Fiona Jamison

2021:
​Debbie Kasper
Paul Lyons
Secily Wilson
Maurice Chammah
Rachael Boone
Bridget McGowan
Dr.James Smith, Jr.
Caleb Smith
Kevin Eikenberry
Megan Weinberg
​Natalie Nixon
​Lisa Kohn

2020:
Ed Eisen
Kathleen Walls
Rick Singer
Eric Gremminger
MaryFran Bontempo
Michael Sherlock
​David Newman
Rita Wilkins
​Mindie Barnett
​Stan Silverman

2019:
​Melinda Emerson
Tom McManimon
Thomas Keels
Due Quach
Dawn Graham
Jane Finkle
Lise Schwartz
Victor Brown
​Dr.Laura Sicola
​Mindie Barnett
Darla DeMorrow
Stacia Friedman
Daniele Hargenrader
Mary Dixon Lebeau
LVonne S McMillan
Michael Sherlock
Betsy Teutsch
L.Greg Smith​
Irene Levy Baker
Dr.Patricia Scott

2018:
Ilene Wasserman
Dave Bookbinder
​Peter Demarest
Jess Ponce
Elena Anguita
​Eric Kramer
Todd Erkis
Amanda Steinberg
Joann Pierdomenico
Karen Jett
Kate Forest
MaryFran Bontempo
Eileen Anumani Santos
Marie C Higgins
Melinda Emerson
Joslyn Ewart
Wayne Kimmel
Catherine Price
Talia Genevieve
Nehemiah Davis
Travis Wolfe
Ed Benkin
Jim Stuber

2017:
Matthew Christopher
Steve Young
Ed Wallace
Carol Vallone Mitchell
Nancy Brout
Kristina Kohl
Michelle Jones-Austin
Kimberly Hart
Kelly Jacobson
Jenne Johns
Daniel Sean Kaye
Tanya Morris
Joann Wismer
Terri Levine
Joe Vallee
Bill "El Wingador" Simmons
Irene Levy Baker

2016:
Kirk Berry
Steve Lubetkin
Suzanne Garber
Bob Bentz
Tyrone Robinson
Paul Downs
Barry Dornfeld
Margie Cherry
Dr.Brandi Baldwin-Rana
Madeline Boyer
Patti Carabba
Ashvini Mashru
Dr. Carol Minski
Ginny Palmieri
C.Natasha Richburg
Christine Miles
Stewart Snyder
Jose Palomino

2015:
Cathy Sikorski
Merrick Rosenberg
Ann Atkins
Wayne Anthony Conaway
Tara & Evan Marcus
Penny Zenker
Anne Dubuisson
Frank Felsburg
AnnMarie Kelly
Naketa Thigpen
Julie Cohen
Ashley Coleman
Andrea Walker
Dr.Nicole Lipkin
Paul Lyons
Cheryl Rice
Jim "Mr.Energy" Smith, Jr.

2014:
Dr.Janice Presser
Dr. Dana Lightman
Ford Myers
Franne McNeal