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VIRTUAL EVENT: Inside the C-Suite with Derek Leathers, Vice Chairman, President and CEO of Werner Enterprises

Tuesday, August 4, 2020 (3:30 PM - 5:00 PM) (CDT)

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Derive maximum value from your Chamber membership by joining us at Inside the C-Suite – an exclusive, executive-driven discussion that can help you improve your leadership footing and implement both culture and bottom-line-enhancing best practices at your business.


Featuring: Derek Leathers, Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Werner Enterprises


 

Derek Leathers is the vice chairman, president and chief executive officer of Werner Enterprises. Leathers has over 29 years of experience in the transportation and logistics industry and more than 20 years of leadership experience with Werner.

Throughout his tenure at Werner, he has held integral executive management roles leading multiple organizational service offerings, including the establishment and development of Werner’s Mexico cross-border operations, oversight for the asset operating groups and leading the launch of Werner Global Logistics, which encompasses transportation management and freight movement within intermodal, ocean, air and brokerage. In May of 2020, the board of directors appointed Leathers to vice chairman, along with his current titles of president and CEO.

Prior to joining Werner in 1999, Leathers was one of the first foreign members of Mexico's trucking association and was based out of Mexico City for several years. Leathers holds an economics degree from Princeton University.


Agenda:

3:30 – 3:45 p.m. | Welcome
3:45 – 4:45 p.m. | Inside the C-Suite with Derek Leathers
4:45 – 5 p.m. | Q & A from Attendees


Pre-Registration: REGISTER HERE

Single Ticket: $50 (Members Only)
Pre-registration required.

A zoom link for this event will be emailed the day before the event.

Space is limited. Registration caps at 50 for this exclusive executive-driven discussion.

Reservations are due by August 3 or the event sell out. No refunds for cancellations received after July 31.

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Omaha, NE
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Kristy Fortenbury
(402) 346-1150
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020 (3:30 PM - 5:00 PM) (CDT)
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Registered Guests
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