Zimmer Midwest Communications has welcomed 11 leaders from local government, real estate, education, development, tourism, insurance and chambers of commerce to brainstorm ways to work together to make our community a more vibrant place to live and work.
Our seventh CEO Roundtable featured a lunch panel at the KWTO studios in Springfield on Thursday.
Topics ranged from whether our country will see a recession in 2023, to how we attract and retain top talent in the Ozarks’ workforce, to how our business community can work together to sell southwest Missouri in order to bring in new business and industry.
Thanks to the following CEO’s for attending and contributing to this important discussion:
Jason Gage—-Springfield City Manager
Diane Nicholas—Murney Associates Realtors
Dr. Jeffrey Zimmerman–Dean, Drury University Breech School of Business
Curtis Jared—Jared Enterprises
Jeff Layman—FORVIS
Jason Outman—CEO Branson/Lakes Area Chamber and Convention and Visitors Bureau
Andrea Croley—Co-owner of Croley Insurance
Matt Morrow—President and CEO of Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
David Cameron—Republic City Administrator
Tina Pham—Development Director of Foundation for Springfield Public Schools
Daniel Ogunyemi—OTC Director of Diversity and Equality
Our next CEO Roundtable is being planned for May, 2023.