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Join industry colleagues for CAGC's premier event of the year

featuring Keynote Speaker

Kevin Warren

Chicago Bears President & CEO

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2023

3:30 PM - 6:30 PM

SCHAUMBURG RENAISSANCE HOTEL

1551 N. THOREAU, SCHAUMBURG, IL 60173

3:30 pm - 4:20 pm:  Registration & Networking

4:20 pm - 5:30 pm:  Program

Board Recognition

Outstanding Committee Member - Dan Ruane, VP of Safety, Pepper Construction

Project of the Year Awards

KEYNOTE ADDRESS by Kevin Warren

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm:  Cocktail Networking Reception

About the Speaker:  Kevin Warren is the first Black President & CEO in Chicago Bears club history and the first to assume that position from outside the organization.  He spent the last several years as Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference, and is the first Black leader to serve as commissioner of any Power Five conference.  He guided the Big Ten to an expansion of 16 schools effective next year, and led the negotiation of an unprecedented media rights deal of over $1 billion annually.  Prior to his three years at the Big Ten, Warren served as Chief Operating Officer of the Minnesota Vikings from 2015-2019 after joining that organization in 2005.  He played a critical role in all business, financial, legal and operational aspects related to the U.S. Bank Stadium and was involved in the design, construction, business, legal and operational components of the stadium which hosted Super Bowl LII.  He serves on the NFL Committee on Workplace Diversity and served in several capacities with the St. Louis Rams and Detroit Lions.

Warren attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, playing basketball for the 1981-82 Ivy League Championship team.  He earned a Business Administration degree from Grand Canyon University where he played basketball and was inducted into its Athletic Hall of Fame.  After earning his Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University, he attended the University of Notre Dame Law School, where he earned his Juris Doctor in 1990.