The FEW Conference
Engaging, Educational, Enlightening, Entertaining by design
FEW (family|enterprise|wealth) is a conference design for high performing families and their advisors. This invitation only annual event is where thought leaders share a world full of emerging opportunities. Now in its fourteenth year, FEW provides a marketplace of ideas gathering “the right people with the right ideas at the right time.”
“A powerful and unforgettable program”
At the FEW CONFERENCE, every minute counts; carefully selected topics, no panel discussions, no sponsors, none of the tired clichés from the usual round of so-called experts, no sales pitches, no glory stories. Each thought leader presents their very best ideas in thirty minutes or less. In addition to a stellar program, FEW participants have ample opportunities to share ideas with presenters and other attendees.
An extraordinary event. Very relevant, informative and lively. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
The discussions were enlightening and inspiring; attendees and presenters were first class.
FEW CONFERENCE
(FAMILY|ENTERPRISE|WEALTH)
HIGHLY RATED THOUGHT LEADER PRESENTERS
In most cases, affiliations are noted at the time of FEW presentation.
MARK ACHLER
Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners
BRAD D. AKASON
Managing Director, Lincoln International
BRET ALEXANDER and LAUREN JORDAN
Advisory Directors, QUAD W Foundation
TIM ANDERSON
CEO and Founder, FOCUS
BOB ARCINIAGA
Founder and Managing Partner, Advisory Board Architects
STEPHANIE ARNOLD
Author of 37 Seconds: Dying Revealed Heaven’s Help
ADRIAN ASHKENAZY
Director, SRO
SARAH J. BAKER Esq.
General Counsel, All Points North
CHARLOTTE BEYER
Principle Quest Foundation,
Founder, Institute for Private Investors
JONATHAN BLUE
Founder and CEO, Blue Equity
JOE BOURGRAF
President and CEO, FERNO Group of Companies
STEVEN BOVA
Senior Director, Hillard Heintze Private Client and Family Office Services
JOHN CALAMOS SR.
Chairman and Global CIO, Calamos Investments
PAUL CARBONE
Managing Partner, Pritzker Group
JOHN COUZENS
Senior Managing Director, Northern Trust
GREGORY CURTIS
Chairman, Greycourt & Company
TI BRENNAN-MARTIN
Co-Proprietor, Commander’s Palace Group
RON DIAMOND
Chairman and CEO, Diamond Wealth, Chicago Chair, TIGER 21
JAMES DIORIO
CEO, Tradecraft Capital, Author, Crypto Decrypted
AMY DUNHAM
Managing Director, Strategic Communications,
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
PIERRE DUPONT
Partner, Cerity Partners
JOE DWYER
Co-Founder, Manifold Group
REGE EISAMAN
Principal, InterOcean Capital
GUILLERMO de SAINT MALO ELETA
CEO, Eleta Panama
KATHERINE GEHL
Author, The Politics Industry: Washington Isn’t Broken, It’s Fixed
ANGELA GEIGER
Chief Strategy Officer, Alzheimer’s Association
LORRAINE GEORGE-HARIK
Founding Partner, HPM Partners
KATHERINE RITCHIE HILL
Director, Nottingham Spirk
MICHAEL GRANT
Co-CIO, Calamos Investments
SCOTT HARRIS
Director, Baseball Operations, Chicago Cubs Baseball Club
JERRY HARRISON and BRIAN SMITH
CEO and Co-Founders, Red Crow, Songwriter, Musician and Producer, Talking Heads
ARNETTE HEINTZE
CEO & Co-Founder, Hillard-Heintze Security
MACKENZIE HERZOG
Founder and CEO, Prism Group, Advisor, NFL and NHL Rules Committees
ADAM HITCHCOCK
Managing Director, Guggenheim Partners,
Former Chief of Staff, White House Council of
Economic Advisors
MICHAEL HOLLOMON
Director, U. S. Strategic Metals
NED HOLLOWELL, M.D.
Founder, The Hollowell Center, Author, Driven to Distraction
PHILIP K. HOWARD
Founder, COMMON GOOD, Author, The Death of Common Sense, Life Without Lawyers,
The Rule of Nobody, Try Common Sense and his latest work:
Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions
BLAIR HULL
Founder and Chairman, Hull Investments
JAMIL JAFFER
Founder and Executive Director, National Security Institute
ALLEGRA JORDAN
Executive Director, The Rich Herrema Foundation, Ft. Bragg
MATT KAPLAN
President and CEO Kapstone Paper
LAIRD KOLDYKE
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Winona Capital
ROBERT KUDWA
Former Vice President and Director of Operations (D. O.) American Airlines,
(ret) Colonel, U. S. Marine Corps
TODD LITZSINGER
Former CEO, Follett’s
SIOBHAN MACDERMOTT
Vice Chairman, Global Corporate and Investment Bank, Bank of America
LINDA MACK
Founder and President, Mack International, LLC
JOHN E. MESSERVEY
Founder, NFBC, FEW CONFERENCE Facilitator,
Private Advisor to America’s Leading Families ™
JACK MILLER
Founder, The Jack Miller Center
SCOTT MORDELL
CEO, Young President’s Organization
JASMINE NAHHAS DIFLORIO
Senior Advisor, EFE, Education for Employment
SCOTT NATIONS
Author, The Anxious Investor
TOM NEYER JR.
Founder and CEO, Neyer Holdings
NOAH NORDHEIMER
Founder and Managing Principal of APN Capital
All Points North Wellness Center
ARDEN O’CONNOR
Founder, O’Connor Professional Group
ADITYO PRAKASH
Cofounder and CEO of Verseon
J. B. PRITZKER
Governor, State of Illinois
NORTON RAINEY
President and CEO, Alliance for Choice in Education, (ACE)
PRADEEP RAMAMURTHY
Former Senior Director for Global Engagement,
National Security Council, The White House
KURT REIMAN
Director, Global Investment Strategist, Blackrock
ANGELO ROBLES
Founder and CEO, Family Office Association
MICHAEL J. ROGERS
Former U. S. Representative,
Former Chair, U. S. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
FRANK SCHROEDER
Founder and CEO, Campus2Career, Inc.
TREADY A. SMITH
Founder and CEO, Bayshore Capital Partners
JEFF SHARFSTEIN
President and CEO, The Strive Group
THOMAS STEWART
Former Editor, Harvard Business Review,
Author, Woo, Wow and Win
JOHNNY C. TAYLOR JR.
President and CEO, Society for Human Resource
Management (SHRM)
J. RANDALL WATERFIELD
Co-Chairman, The Waterfield Group, Former Global Chair, YPO
KIMBERLY WEIMER
Director, RHF Foundation
MICHAEL WHITE
Former U. S. Secret Service Special Agent
Presidential Protection Division
RANDY WILLIAMS
Founder and CEO, Keiretsu Forum
BILL WYMAN
President, Family Office Services, Summitas, LLC
CARYN YANIS
Philanthropic Consultant
MARK YUSKO
CEO & CIO, Morgan Creek Capital Management
PETER B. ZWACK
Brigadier General, U. S. Army, (ret) former U.S. Attaché to Russia, NATO
I was struck by the refreshing difference in the FEW format and overall intimacy of the day. The right size group with John’s facilitation seems to be the key to this conference’s consistent success.
This is the right sized group–small enough to be personable, large enough to matter.