Loading Events

BENS Southeast Luncheon with Katherine Gehl at the Buckhead Club

August 19, 2021 @ 11:30 am 1:30 pm EDT

BENS Southeast Luncheon with Katherine Gehl at the Buckhead Club. Ms. Gehl will lead a discussion on her latest book, “The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy.”

Katherine M. Gehl is the founder of The Institute for Political Innovation (IPI), a nonpartisan nonprofit founded in 2020 to catalyze modern political change in America. She is the originator of Politics Industry Theory. Her latest book is co-authored with Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter.

A veteran of the public and private sectors, Katherine is the former president and CEO of Gehl Foods, a $250-million high-tech food-manufacturing company based in Wisconsin that she sold in 2015. In the public sector, Katherine served on the Board of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s development finance institution. She is on several nonprofit boards, including Unite America, New America, and Business for America, and is an active philanthropist. She is also the honorary co-chair of the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers, and the co-founder of Democracy Found.

$43.00
3344 Peachtree Rd NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30326 United States
+ Google Map

Cost: $43.00

Organizer:

STalley@bens.org

event invitation: Katherine Gehl

Venue

The Buckhead Club
3344 Peachtree Rd NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30326 United States
+ Google Map

More Events

Discussion w/Vice Admiral Kevin Lunday

Please join BENS for a luncheon conversation with Vice Adm. Kevin E. Lunday, US Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander. We will discuss the Coast Guard’s strategic priorities and how they play out daily in the Atlantic Area, which oversees the transit of 58% of imports and 82% of total US maritime commerce through its ports. Vice Adm. Lunday is responsible for directing Coast Guard forces and operations across all mission areas within a geographic region spanning from the Rocky Mountains to…

Lunch w/Hamlet Yousef – San Antonio

Luncheon discussion on Iran with Iranian American and former national security official Hamlet Yousef

Tampa Fall BENS Dining Out

Please join us for our first BENS SE Tampa Fall BENS Dining Out (BDO) for an evening of great food and fellowship at The Tampa Club (101 E Kennedy Blvd, #4200, Tampa, FL 33602). You and your spouse/significant other are cordially invited to this exciting event! Since space is limited, please RSVP as soon as possible. If you have any questions or issues, please let me know. We all look forward to seeing you and your spouse/significant other on October…