What an inspirational morning for BCA!

What a great speaker for our second installment of the All-Star Speaker Series. Ken Schmidt shared his extraordinarily unexpected point of view on competition, brand management, positioning, reputation management, human behavior, and loyalty.

Key takeaways:

Three key questions Ken shared, he put these on his door when he started at Harley- Davidson:

• What do we want them to say?
• What are people saying?
• What are we doing to get them to say it?

NEW DECISION MAKERS

We welcomed our newest Decision Makers from The Safegard Group.

Brian Courtney and Jennifer Ackerman

A vital part of BCA’s culture is creating a safe, comfortable environment where business leaders (“Decision Makers”) can build relationships with peers. To maintain our integrity as a Decision Maker organization, we vet this during the membership interview process. If leadership changes within a Member Company, the new leader is also vetted by our Board.

CHARITY SPOTLIGHT

Hope For Hallie was established in 2020 in memory of Hallie Jackson, who died by suicide at the age of 16. Born out of unimaginable loss, they are dedicated to transforming conversations around mental health and building support for adolescents and young adults through Connection, Awareness, Resources, and Education (C.A.R.E.). To learn more about this wonderful organization or to donate, visit Hope For Hallie

Thank you to Maily Cunningham, President of Cunningham Pest Control, for introducing us to Hope For Hallie.

OG’s

As we celebrate 20 years of BCA, we honor the visionaries who were with us from the very beginning. These are the members who believed in BCA before it was a proven model, before there was a waiting list to join, before BCAProud became a hashtag. They didn’t just join BCA — they helped build it.

1. Passehl Financial, Geoff Passehl 
2. Allied Mortgage, Wendy Monaco 
3. Ron Jaworski Golf, Liz Jaworski 
4. Clear Channel Outdoor, Matt Clark 
5. Gibbons P.C., Alan Gries
6. Joseph Anthony Spa & Salon, Joe Gaglioti 
7. Spike’s, Keith Baldwin
8. The Bancorp (McMahon Automotive), PJ McMahon 
9. Krapf’s Coaches, Gary Krapf
10. Henry A. Davidson, Brian Lipstein  

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