2026 Surrender to Lead Summit

SESSION 1 – 28 MINUTES

Opening Keynote with Jessica Kriegel, Co-author of Surrender to Lead

SESSION 2 – 29 MINUTES

Fireside Chat with Billy Beane, Former Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Oakland Athletics

SESSION 3 – 29 MINUTES

CEO Panel: Clarity 

Moderated by Scott Syphax, Emmy Award Winning Producer and Journalist
Featuring:

  • Max Schwender & Mike Clifton, Co-CEO’s at Alorica
  • Scott Wine, Former CEO of CNH
  • Kristy Bryson, CEO of Beneco

SESSION 4 – 14 MINUTES

Case Study featuring Scott Wine, Former CEO of CNH

SESSION 5 – 20 MINUTES

Future of Work + AI with Janna Salokangas, CEO of Mia AI

SESSION 6 – 30 MINUTES

CEO Panel: Alignment

Moderated by Michael Marion, Chief of Compliance: Federal Student Aid & Host of Layers of Leadership Podcast
Featuring:

  • Jim McCann, Founder, 1-800-Flowers
  • Sam Reese, CEO Vistage
  • Amber Higgins, CEO, PeopleFinders

SESSION 7 – 19 MINUTES

Fireside Chat with Jennifer H. Cunningham, Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek

SESSION 8 – 25 MINUTES

Accountability and Love at Work, featuring John Barrand, CHRO of Utah and Ron Alvesteffer, President & CEO of Service Express

SESSION 9 – 25 MINUTES

Fireside Chat with Meredith Kessler, Professional Triathlete

SESSION 10 – 8 MINUTES

Closing Remarks with Jessica Kriegel and Joe Terry

4 HOURS

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