UPCOMING EVENTS & MORE
Stay up to date with our COMPEL events: kickoff events in new markets, annual summit information and more!
UPCOMING EVENTS & MORE
Stay up to date with our COMPEL events: kickoff events in new markets, annual summit information and more!
UPCOMING EVENTS & MORE
Stay up to date with our COMPEL events: kickoff events in new markets, annual summit information and more!
UPCOMING EVENTS
14th Annual Summit at the Heritage Club in Bethpage
Featuring speaker Connor Lokar from ITR Economics.
November 9, 2026
Time: 8am to 12:30 pm
PAST EVENTS
NYC Launch Event
What’s that?: Equip your leadership with the framework to address mission-critical issues head-on, reducing friction and accelerating strategic execution
Date: Wednesday, September 16
Where: Long Ridge Equity Partners LLC, 505 5th Ave flr 22, New York, NY 10017, USA
Time: 8:30 am to 12:30pm
COMPEL Member Only Event @ Golf Pro Delivered in Medford
We are proud to co-brand this event with GPD. All COMPEL Groups Welcome!
September 2026
COMPEL’s First Annual Golf Outing
Date: June 23, 2026 | Time: 11:30am - 7:30pm
Locations: Engineers Country Club
Family Business Forum featuring speaker Natalie McVeigh
Mansion at Oyster Bay | 8:30am to 10:30am
May 5, 2026
COMPEL Launches in NJ: Connecting Growth-Minded Leaders
Speaker: Joseph Carnevale | NJ market kickoff event
Tom Deans, Best-Selling Author
April 20, 2026
UPCOMING SPEAKERS
Connor Lokar from ITR Economics
October 2026
PAST SPEAKERS
Jonathan Blau
Non-Emotional Investing: Strategies to Stay Rational and Protect Your Wealth in Any Market
January 2026
Alan Scharfstein
Selling Your Company At A Premium
January 2026
Ryan Reilly
Why Your Sales Team Isn’t Selling — and How to Fix It Fast
FEBRUARY 2026
Becky Wuest Creavin
Planning the Perfect Exit — Even If You’re Not Planning to Exit
FEBRUARY 2026
Matthew Luczyk (Peapod Bank)
Planning the Perfect Exit — Even If You’re Not Planning to Exit
FEBRUARY 2026
Jill Scher (CBIZ)
Planning the Perfect Exit — Even If You’re Not Planning to Exit
FEBRUARY 2026
Loren Armenti
Go Where Your Competition Isn’t
March 2026
Patrick Gilbert
Building an AI-First Organization
April 2026
Mitch Tobol
Why Smart CEOs Waste Money on Marketing
April 2026
Dr. Shahrzad Nooravi
Starting with You: Connecting with Your Purpose, Values and Core Self
April 2026
James Newton
May 2026
PAST EVENTS
COMPEL CEOs is a Proud Sponsor of MMALI Middle Market M&A Where we are, Where we're headed
At The Heritage Club at Bethpage
Thursday, Sept. 18th 8-10 am
13th Annual Business & Economic Summit The new science of persuasion in the age of intelligent machines.
At The Heritage Club in Bethpage Featuring Speaker Christophe Morin of Salesbrain
Oct. 14, 2025 8am- 12:30pm
PAST SPEAKERS
Tiffany Slowinksi
Talent Management & Culture Alignment
MARCH 2025
Tara Goodwin
Crisis Interception
MAY 2025
Ivy Slater
The CEO Dashboard: Steering Growth Today, Securing Legacy Tomorrow
September 2025
PAST EVENTS
12th Annual Business & Economic Summit
The Economy Ahead
At The Heritage Club in Bethpage Featuring Speaker Connor Lokar
Oct. 23rd from 8:30am - 12:30pm
Cocktails with COMPELCEOs
Featuring Mark Altman of MINDSETGO
At Rye Grill & Bar
Sept. 12th from 6-8 pm
PAST SPEAKERS
Antarctic Mike Pierce
Topic: The Journey of Endurance or Keep Fighting
MARCH 2024
Mark Fritz
Topic: Why You Never Wash a Rental Car
APRIL 2024
Mary Maloney
Topic: The Leadership Imperative: Creating your brand manifesto
MAY 2024
Sean Flaherty
JUNE 2024
Mark Altman
Make Up Your Mindset: Your Sphere of Influence
SEPTEMBER 2024
Connor Lokar
12th Annual Business & Economic Summit
Topic: The Economy Ahead
OCTOBER 2024
Carolyn Strauss
Surviving and thriving through the current level of global disruption
NOVEMBER 2024
Natalie McVeigh
Family Business 101 - Family Dynamics in High Net-Worth Families.
DECEMBER 2024
PAST EVENTS
LI’s 2023 Business Forum
Featuring Marty Lyons, Wendy Federman & Larry Siedlick
May 25th 9am-12pm
The Inn at New Hyde Park
COMPELCEOs and MMALI PRESENT:
AI FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESS OWNERS
October 26th 10:30am - 1pm
at Heritage Club at Bethpage
The Road Ahead: 2024 Outlook on Economy and Markets
February 22nd 8 - 10am
at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
1425 RXR Plaza, East Tower, 15th Floor
Uniondale, New York 11556-1425
PAST SPEAKERS
Severin Sorensen
Topic: Economic Update
JANUARY 2023
David Avrin
Topic: Being great at what you do is no longer a differentiator, it is merely the entry fee.
FEBRUARY 2023
Dave Nelsen
Topic: Leadership and Innovation with Steve Jobs – The Lost Interview
MARCH 2023
Roger Harrop
Topic: Staying in the Helicopter
APRIL 2023
Sam Goodwin
Topic: Resiliency & Embracing Uncertainty
JUNE 2023
Severin Sorensen
Topic: Key Behavioral Economic Trends that Impact Businesses and Their Opportunity Frontiers
SEPTEMBER 2023
Stormie Andrews
Topic: Buyer Persona
NOVEMBER 2023
Janice B. Gordon
Topic: The Way You Sell Has Changed
DECEMBER 2023
2022 Summit | November 1st
November 1st at Heritage Club in Bethpage, NY
NEW! Launch by COMPEL
A program for start-ups & early stage businesses
An 10-week business bootcamp led by current and former COMPEL members who are subject matter experts in their fields. It’s designed to provide education and training on how to catapult your business – whether it be an idea, a start-up or full fledged small operation – into the future.
Stay tuned for upcoming events! Throughout COVID, we’ve been able to utilize our network to offer professional & social virtual events. Here’s a big thank you to everyone in our network that’s supported our virtual events over the past year.
Looking ahead in 2021, we are expecting a few more virtual events before transitioning back to live offerings!
See our Launch by COMPEL page for more information.
PAST SPEAKERS
Severin Sorensen
Topic: Economic Update
APRIL 2022
Roger Harrop
Topics:
1. Staying In The Helicopter®️ - The Key To Profitable Growth
2. Win! How To Succeed In The New Game Of Business
MAY 2022
Dale Richards
Topic: Performance Dashboards and Metrics, Productivity Pyramid (Goals, Coaching, Accountability and Rewards) & Tribal knowledge to Systems and Processes
NOVEMBER 2022
Carolyn Strauss
Topic: Genius Concept
Description: Lower your team's turnover from genius concept by Patrick Lencionie - there are 6 geniuses, every human has 2 geniuses, 2 competencies & 2 frustrations. This presentation will teach you how to map geniuses within a team to help people approach their jobs given their skill set and how to complement the projects they are working on.
DECEMBER 2022
2021 - 9th Annual Business & Economic Summit
Join us for a full day of Keynotes, Networking, Sponsor-led workshops, business prizes and more!
| Time: | 7:30am to 3pm |
|---|---|
| Date: | October 26, 2021 |
| Location: | The Heritage Club | Bethpage, NY |
AGENDA:
7:30am: Registration begins
8:30am: Breakfast
9:00am: Opening comments
9:10-10:45: Keynote with Denise Logan
11:00: Panel | What are CEOs thinking about today?
11:45: Sponsor led workshops
12:30pm: Lunch
1:00: Member Testimonials
1:15-2:45: Keynote with Tom Deans
2:45: Closing remarks
Denise Logan
“The Seller’s Journey: How Smart Sellers Navigate the Obstacles to Exiting Their Business”
Tom Deans
“Willing Wisdom: How Great Families Are Built to Last”
A keynote focused on the principle that how you leave your money and possessions is as important as what you leave.
NEW! Launch by COMPEL
A program for start-ups & early stage businesses
An 10-week business bootcamp led by current and former COMPEL members who are subject matter experts in their fields. It’s designed to provide education and training on how to catapult your business – whether it be an idea, a start-up or full fledged small operation – into the future.
Stay tuned for upcoming events! Throughout COVID, we’ve been able to utilize our network to offer professional & social virtual events. Here’s a big thank you to everyone in our network that’s supported our virtual events over the past year.
Looking ahead in 2021, we are expecting a few more virtual events before transitioning back to live offerings!
See our Launch by COMPEL page for more information.
2020 Summit | December 1st
Thank you to our 2020 Summit sponsors
for making this virtual event possible!
We look forward to our continued work together.
SUMMIT RECAP
Alan Beaulieu of ITR Economics provided a timely keynote titled “Guidance in an Uncertain Economy” where he touched on 2021 business demand, forecasting, leading indicators and potential changes given the election and the pandemic during our 8th Annual Business & Economic Summit on December 1st. Thank you to our members, facilitators and sponsors for making this event possible. Click here for a recap of his presentation. The recorded keynote is available for members only – click here to access.
NEW! Launch by COMPEL
A program for start-ups & early stage businesses
An 10-week business bootcamp led by current and former COMPEL members who are subject matter experts in their fields. It’s designed to provide education and training on how to catapult your business – whether it be an idea, a start-up or full fledged small operation – into the future.
Stay tuned for upcoming events! Throughout COVID, we’ve been able to utilize our network to offer professional & social virtual events. Here’s a big thank you to everyone in our network that’s supported our virtual events over the past year.
Looking ahead in 2021, we are expecting a few more virtual events before transitioning back to live offerings!
See our Launch by COMPEL page for more information.
OCTOBER 30, 2019
7TH ANNUAL BUSINESS & ECONOMIC SUMMIT
Neuromarketing: The New Science of Decision Making
Recent studies show that the average consumer receives nearly 20,000 selling messages a day. Yet, how many of these messages successfully reach the part of the brain that decides? The Persuasion Code merges neuroscience with marketing to help target the part of the brain that drives buying decisions: The PRIMAL brain. Dr. Christophe Morin will present on this and much more on October 30th.
-Event begins at 8am
-Breakfast & Networking
-Keynote Presentation by Dr. Christophe Morin
-Followed by Lunch and Panel presentations
The Heritage Club Bethpage, NY | Oct. 30, 2019 | 8am-5pm
Keynote Speaker Dr. Christophe Morin
Panels by Bank of America, Nixon Peabody, Grassi & co. and more!
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