Wednesday, November 18, 2020

8:00 am – 9:00 am | Nonprofit Awards & Graduate School Grant Presentations

Moderated by:

Jackie Downing

Director Grantmaking & Nonprofit Effectiveness

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

Sponsored by:

Brought to you by:

8:50 am – 9:00 am | START WITH ART: ARTE

9:00 am – 10:00 am | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Hope is the Cure for Cancer of the Human Spirit

Bill Strickland

President & CEO

Manchester Bidwell Corporation

Sponsored by:

10:00 am – 11:00 am | PANEL DISCUSSION: Advanced Manufacturing: The Evolving Face of CT Manufacturing

Jill Mayer Lucia Furman Marcy Minnick Nick Perkins

CEO President COO Director of Operations

Bead Industries, Inc. Mercantile Development Inc. Excello Tool Engineering + Unicor Packaging/

Manufacturing Co. Connecticut Container Corp, North Haven

10:50 am – 11:00 am: Honoring Minority Owned Businesses

Moderated by:

Ray Andrewsen

Director of Membership Services

Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce

11:00 am – 12:00 pm | PRESENTATION from Commissioner

Katie S. Dykes

Commissioner

Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | PRESENTATION: Advancements within the BioScience Industry

Graham Goodrich David Light John A. Grosso, Ph.D Dawn Hocevar

SVP, Brand Marketing CEO Vice President of Chemistry President & CEO

Biohaven Pharmaceuticals Valisure, Inc. Manufacturing, and Controls, Arvinas BioCT