BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Social Current - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Social Current X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.social-current.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Social Current REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T130000 DTSTAMP:20260412T111700 CREATED:20241018T195118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250305T153419Z UID:10000436-1742403600-1742562000@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:2025 Convening for Chief Executives DESCRIPTION:About\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Sessions & Speakers\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Schedule\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Location\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Planning Team\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Sponsors\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n About \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Register Now \n \n \n \n This event is open only to the CEO or executive director of a human/social services organization. \nRegistration must be received on or before March 3 to receive the early bird rate. After that date\, regular rates apply. \nImpact Partners and/or Organizations that Have Achieved COA Accreditation: \n\nEarly Bird Registration $595\nRegular Registration $745\n\nOther Organizations: \n\nEarly Bird Registration $695\nRegular Registration $845\n\nAbout the Event\nThis event will offer learning and networking tailored to CEOs and executive directors of human and social services organizations. By bringing together leaders who truly understand each other’s day to day\, it will help you develop relationships\, share challenges\, find solutions\, and build community. \nWith facilitated sessions\, the event’s programming will emphasize dialogue and collaboration to identify solutions. This year’s session topics include: \n\nNavigating insurance and risk mitigation\nLeadership for resilience and sustainability in uncertain times\nAdvancing organizational readiness for artificial intelligence\nA new operating paradigm for human services leaders\n\nChief executives and executive directors are invited to make new connections\, deepen relationships\, and grow their network of go-to colleagues. \nWho Should Participate\n\nThis event is reserved for only the CEO or executive director of  a human/social services organization\n\nCancellation Policies\nCancellation by Participant: All cancellation requests must be made in writing. Conference cancellations are subject to a $100 processing fee. Cancellation requests received after March 3 will not be refunded\, including the optional tour. Credit toward future Social Current events is not currently possible. Notice of written cancellation must be emailed directly to Social Current. \nCancellation by Social Current: If Social Current cancels this conference\, all registration fees will be refunded in full. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Sessions & Speakers \n \n\n \n \n \n CEO Think Tank: Navigating Insurance and Risk Mitigation in 2025\nThis session will engage CEOs in a focused discussion on the evolving landscape of insurance and risk management in human services. Participants will analyze complex challenges within the insurance industry\, exchange knowledge and strategies\, and generate actionable insights to strengthen organizational resilience and leadership decision-making. \nPresenter: Eric Beck\, senior vice president and national nonprofit practice leader\, Marsh McLennan Agency \nPolicy Briefing\nGiven the current and ever-changing political landscape\, this convening will include a policy briefing from Blair Abelle-Kiser\, senior director of government affairs at Social Current. She will share relevant updates and answer participant questions regarding the current policy environment. \nPresenter: Blair Abelle-Kiser\, senior director of government affairs\, Social Current \nSuccess During Uncertain Times: Strategies for Positive Outcomes at the Individual\, Team\, and Organizational Levels\nNonprofits are facing uncertainty unlike any in recent history. On the horizon are seismic changes at the federal\, state\, and local levels that will result in significant changes to the nonprofit industry. Nonprofit organizations will be challenged over the next few years in ways that were previously unimaginable. How will we manage to persevere? What steps can CEOs take to ensure that their organizations stay mission focused and successful? How can I prepare my organization to remain on top? \nThis high-energy discussion will highlight strategies to leverage your leadership practice\, your team’s efficacy\, and your organization’s resilience. Participants will come away from this interactive and dynamic session with at least three concrete steps to support their leadership practice and continue their organizations’ success. \nPresenter: Paul L. Dann\, president and CEO\, North American Family Institute \nNetworking Activity: Funny Bus Charlotte\nGet ready for a unique and entertaining experience with Funny Bus Comedy City Tour. This 90-minute bus tour of Charlotte\, featuring a local comedian as our tour guide\, will be filled with laughter and learning. This rolling comedy show promises to be a memorable journey. Be sure to dress for the weather\, as the bus is open air. Get ready for a one-of-a-kind adventure! \nAI and the Social Services Sector: Advancing Organizational Readiness\nIn this session CEOs will take a strategic look at the stages of AI readiness and frameworks for the safe\, ethical\, and effective design\, development\, and deployment of AI tools. Participants will engage in a collaborative effort to develop an AI readiness assessment rubric—an actionable resource designed to support organizational preparedness and implementation. Through this session\, participants will explore how AI can be integrated responsibly into the human services sector. \nPresenter: Lauri Goldkind\, professor\, Fordham University \nA New Operating Paradigm for Human Service Leaders\nThis session will explore a strategic framework for human services leadership\, emphasizing skills and strategies essential for navigating today’s complex landscape. Drawing insights from the Equip the Flip initiative\, a collaboration between Social Current and the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)\, participants will examine practical approaches to centering community voice\, building generative partnerships\, supporting people with lived experience\, enhancing political literacy\, and implementing participatory design. The session will also discuss strategies for fostering shared vision and achieving sustainable\, systemic impact in the human services sector. \nPresenters: Eric Schindler\, president and chief executive officer\, Child & Family Resources; and Robena Spangler\, senior director of leadership and organizational development\, Social Current \nSpeakers\nEric Beck\nSenior Vice President\, National Nonprofit Practice Leader\nMarsh McLennan \nEric joined Bouchard Insurance in 2003 and was invited into the ownership group in 2007. He became one of the majority shareholders and a board member. In February of 2019\, Bouchard was acquired by Marsh & Mclennan Agency where he is a senior vice president and national nonprofit practice leader. Prior to joining Bouchard Insurance\, he worked in many social service settings\, including residential group homes and as a teacher for middle school children with mental and behavioral health challenges. \nBeck is active in many nonprofit associations and has served on numerous boards. He is the endorsed insurance agent for the Florida Association of Community Health Centers and does a lot of work with the Florida Coalition for Children. He is a graduate of Leadership Pinellas and CEO Direct. He spends a lot of time working with clients to help defend their interests and funding sources. He regularly speaks at nonprofit seminars on ways to reduce insurance costs and how to develop a sound risk management program. \nIn 2016 and 2017\, Beck was recognized as a top 100 insurance agent in the country by Business Insurance magazine. He obtained his bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Mississippi in 1996. He currently lives in Clearwater\, Florida\, with his wife and their three children. \nPaul L. Dann\, PhD\nPresident and CEO\nNorth American Family Institute \nPaul Dann is the president and CEO of North American Family Institute (NAFI). The multiservice nonprofit organization has an annual budget of $130 million and provides 128 services to individuals across the lifespan in nine states. Prior to stepping into the president and CEO role he worked for 31 years to develop one of NAFI’s subsidiaries\, NFI North\, from a single program with an annual budget of $400\,000 and four employees in 1993 to the organization it is today\, with more than 28 services and annual budget more than $54 million and more than 400 employees. \nDann has published two books\, Introduction to Human Services: Policy and Practice\, 2019\, Pearson Publishing and Managing and Leading Nonprofit Organizations: A Framework for Success\, 2022\, Wiley and Sons Publishing. In 2022\, he received the NH Business Excellence Award. He serves as a core faculty in public administration in the Carsey School at the University of New Hampshire and provides consultation and training nationally in organizational culture\, change management\, and leadership development. Dann also serves on multiple nonprofit boards. \nIn his free time\, he is the frontman for a regionally recognized blues band\, The Brothers Blues Band. \nBlair Abelle-Kiser\nSenior Director of Government Affairs\nSocial Current \nBlair Kiser\, Ph.D.\, joined Social Current in 2022 after working in health policy on Capitol Hill\, the nonprofit sector\, and as a biomedical researcher. Most recently\, she served as director of government relations & advocacy for NephCure Kidney International. \nDuring her time in public service\, she served as a professional staff member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. She led a corporate investigation regarding insider trading and financial improprieties\, conflicts of interest associated with Operation Warp Speed’s leadership\, and scientific information politicization. Prior to joining the Select Subcommittee\, she worked for Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)\, where she served as a health policy fellow. In Senator Brown’s office\, she led a range of legislative and oversight efforts involving public health and health care. During the COVID-19 pandemic\, she worked with several community hospice advocacy organizations and a Republican office to help craft the bipartisan COVID-19 Hospice Respite Care Relief Act of 2020. \nLauri Goldkind\, PhD\, LMSW\nProfessor\nFordham University \nDr. Lauri Goldkind\, PhD\, LMSW is an associate professor at Fordham University and the editor of the Journal of Technology in Human Services. Her current research focuses on artificial intelligence in social work practice and data ecosystems in nonprofit organizations. She is a network co-lead for the Grand Challenges in Social Work Harnessing Technology for the Social Good. \nEric Schindler\, PhD\nPresident and CEO\nChild & Family Resources \nSince 2005\, Eric Schindler has been the president and CEO of Child & Family Resources (CFR)\, a statewide community organization based in Tucson. CFR works in communities across 13 Arizona cities to promote strong\, healthy families and ensure high-quality early childhood education so children can reach their full potential. CFR also partners with teens to prevent pregnancy\, drug use\, and suicide. \nSchindler received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona in 1982. After postdoctoral studies in child and family psychology at U.C. Davis and pediatric psychology in Chicago\, he has spent the last 43 years working in Tucson community settings as an administrator\, director\, teacher\, and practitioner. A licensed clinical psychologist since 1984\, he had a private practice focused on marriage and family therapy and substance abuse. Schindler was an adjunct faculty in the Family Studies and Human Development Department at the University of Arizona for many years. \nSchindler and his wife\, a family practice physician\, have two adult sons. They enjoy scuba diving\, travel adventures to different countries\, yoga\, hiking\, and cycling in their spare time. \nRobena Spangler\nSenior Director of Leadership Development and Organizational Excellence\nSocial Current \nRobena Spangler is an innovative senior executive with over 30 years of experience in behavioral health\, human services\, and advancing equity and inclusion work. The majority of her career has been dedicated to systems improvement within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Spangler held several leadership roles in the public and private sectors. She has provided professional coaching and leadership development for teams and individuals on a national level. \nIn addition to her public and private sector work\, she is an adjunct instructor at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS)\, responsible for facilitating accelerated programs in human services for adult learners. Her current role\, as an equity\, diversity\, and inclusion and leadership strategist\, is to design and manage all aspects of Social Current’s leadership and organizational development portfolio. Spangler holds a bachelor’s in sociology and human services\, as well as a master’s in leadership and professional advancement. \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Schedule \n \n\n \n \n \n Schedule\nWednesday\, March 19\n5-6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception at 204 North Kitchen and Cocktails \nThank you to Thompson Child and Family Focus for sponsoring this reception. \nThursday\, March 20\n8:15-9 a.m. Networking Breakfast \n9-9:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions \n9:45-10 a.m. Break \n10-11:45 a.m. CEO Think Tank: Navigating Insurance and Risk Mitigation in 2025 \n11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Policy Briefing \n12:30-1:30 p.m. Networking Lunch \n1:30-3 p.m. Success during Uncertain Times: Strategies for Positive Outcomes at the Individual\, Team\, and Organizational Levels \n3-3:15 p.m. Break \n3:15-5 p.m. Networking Activity: Funny Bus Charlotte \nDine with Your Peers or Evening on Your Own \nFriday\, March 21\n8-8:45 a.m. Networking Breakfast \n8:45-11:15 a.m. AI and the Social Services Sector: Advancing Organizational Readiness \n11:15-11:30 a.m. Break \n11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. A New Operating Paradigm for Human Services Leaders \n12:30-1 p.m. Closing and Evaluation \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Location \n \n\n \n \n \n Welcome Reception\n204 North Kitchen and Cocktails\n204 North Tryon Street\nCharlotte\, NC 28202 \nMeeting Location\nThe Duke Endowment\n800 E Morehead St.\nCharlotte\, NC 28202 \nParticipants will be responsible for their own transportation to and from The Duke Endowment. \nLodging\nParticipants are welcome to stay at the hotel of their choice. The Duke Endowment recommends: \nFairfield Inn & Suites Charlotte Uptown\n201 South McDowell St.\nCharlotte\, NC 28204\n*approximately 0.7 miles from The Duke Endowment \nHoliday Inn Express & Suites Charlotte – South End\n1617 South Tryon St.\nCharlotte\, NC 28203\n*approximately 1.0 miles from The Duke Endowment \nExplore Charlotte\nPlaces to Eat\nThere is a plethora of places to enjoy a bite to eat in Charlotte. Here are just a few suggestions: \nThe Market at 7th Street\nThis nonprofit food hall is a bustling urban food destination in the heart of Charlotte’s Center City! The Market’s mission is to celebrate the food culture of the Carolinas and promote local and regional farmers\, food artisans\, and entrepreneurs. \nHaymaker\nHaymaker is known for using southern cuisine and ingredients in a fine dining setting. Locally sourced ingredients and a seasonal menu make dining at Haymaker a uniquely Carolina experience. \nMac’s Speed Shop\nMac’s Speed Shop has won numerous barbecue awards for its signature style and recipes. Pull up a stool and grab a cold one\, just don’t forget the extra napkins when your meal arrives. \nAmélie’s French Bakery & Café Uptown\nAmélie’s French Bakery & Café Uptown focuses on French-inspired pastries\, soups\, salads\, and sandwiches\, creating a place of community\, comfort\, and nourishment. \nMcNinch House Restaurant\nPerfect for special occasions\, McNinch House offers three daily menu options for guests to pick their culinary experience. It is the city’s only AAA Four Diamond dining spot. \nThings to Do\nSpending a little extra time in Charlotte? There’s lots to do in Charlotte\, but here are a few highlights. \nHarvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture\nThe Gantt Center serves as a reflective prism to present\, preserve\, and promote African-American art\, culture and history for the enlightenment of all. \nTour Charlotte’s Public Art\nLarge and small\, loud and subtle\, Charlotte’s public art is reflective of the city’s vibrant\, diverse culture. \nBirkdale Golf Club\nLocated on rolling terrain\, Birkdale Golf Club is a Championship golf course carved between tall pines and natural streams. It is Charlotte’s only Arnold Palmer signature design course. Check out Charlotte Golf for information on other courses. \nNASCAR Hall of Fame\nLocated in Uptown Charlotte\, the NASCAR Hall of Fame is an interactive entertainment attraction honoring the history and heritage of NASCAR. \n  \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Planning Team \n \n\n \n \n \n Planning Team\nMike Bertrand\nPresident & CEO\nLutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois \nTom Campbell\nPresident and CEO\nFamily Service of the Piedmont \nMary Garr\nPresident & CEO\nFamily Service Association of San Antonio \nAndrea Hall\nPresident/CEO\nMYSI Corporation \nBeverly Hardin\nChief Executive Officer\nCarolina Youth Development Center \nLenora Hardy-Foster\nPresident & CEO\nJudson Center\, Inc. \nDesiree Jennings\nPresident & CEO\nThe Children’s Center of Wayne County \nWill Jones\nPresident/CEO\nThompson Child and Family Focus \nJenny Livelli\nPresident & CEO\nThe Children’s Guild \nMichelle Murray\nPresident & CEO\nNexus Family Healing  \nKirsten Olson\nChief Executive Officer\nChildren & Families First \nAnita Paukovits\nExecutive Director/President\nThe Children’s Home of Easton \nEric Schindler\nChief Executive Officer\nChild & Family Resources \nMichael Sexauer\nPresident\nHoly Family Institute \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Sponsors \n \n\n \n \n \n Thank You to Our Sponsors\n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \nNetworking Reception Sponsor\n\n  URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/2025-ceo-convening/ CATEGORIES:Leadership Development and Organizational Excellence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/successful-business-professionals-presenting-analytical-report-working-together-in-corporate.jpg_s1024x1024wisk20cpDVuc5F8NK6Dv0eRoDZ4DB1t9LTCZGIK-QHm8uWO1Js.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR