CHICAGO SALES LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY
The Chicago Sales Leadership Community was co-founded by DePaul University and SOAR Performance Group to create a forum for best practice sharing and executive networking within the greater Chicago area.
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The community is a cross industry organization of senior sales leaders focused on building a community within the Chicago market for advancing best practices in sales leadership.
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It also creates networking and mentoring opportunities for Chicago senior sales executives with DePaul University students participating in the DePaul University Sales Program.
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The community is led by the advisory board with representatives from companies that represent different industries and go-to-market models.
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In addition to the breakfast meetings that include panel discussions on sales leadership topics, the community also provides online options for participation.
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Recordings from the panel discussion will be posted in the previous events section.
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An online discussion group is available on LinkedIn.
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MEETING DATES
October 10, 2023
Executive Panel Discussion: Planning for Growth in 2024 – Balancing New Account Acquisition and Existing Customer Expansion
April 18, 2023
Executive Panel Discussion: Selling and Delivering Outcomes and Value During Uncertain Economic Times
October 21, 2022
How Do We Finish This Year Strong and Start Next Year Fast?
CHICAGO ADVISORY BOARD
Deirdre LaVerdiere
DePaul University
Center for Sales Leadership
Program Partner Manager
Co-Chair
John Thackston
SOAR Performance Group
VP, Client Engagement
Co-Chair
Daniel Barrett
Micro Focus
VP, Enterprise Software Sales
Robert Callaci
TransUnion
Senior VP, Sales
Dave Cichoki
Whirlpool
VP and GM, Sales and Marketing
David Cohen
LinkedIn
VP, Americas Sales, Talent Solutions
Barry Dixon
Acuity Brands
VP Sales, Holophane and Utility Channels
Mike Finke
Medco Sports Medicine
General Manager
Jim Grass
Zones
VP, Public Sector Sales
Sunil Hazaray
Philips Digital and Computational Pathology
Head of Global Commercial Operations and Marketing
Jonathan Leaf
Amazon Web Services
Area Sales Leader, Central US
Pat Loridas
Optum
National VP, Employer Market
Phyllis Millikan
Right Management
SVP, Career Management
Tom O’Connor
IRI
Senior Vice President
Rhonda Rogers-Gordon
Southwire
Regional VP of Sales
John Savage
SAP
Region VP, Sales
Joe Super
Shearer’s Foods
VP, Sales
Stephanie Wagoner
CH Robinson
Sales Manager
Jim Webb
Tableau Software
Senior Practice Manager