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FEBRUARY 16, 2023
What's New & What's Important in Food Safety: Risk Mitigation & Compliance with Paul Benson of Michael Best, Jen Pino-Gallagher of M3 Insurance, and Ben DuCharme of M3 Insurance



 

DECEMBER 1, 2022
Leadership Council Meeting @ Saz's State House



 

OCTOBER 12, 2022
FaB's Farm-Factory-Fork Career Discovery @ Lakeland University

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
2022 Annual Meeting: Celebrating 10 Years of FaB



 

JUNE 20, 2022
FaB Industry Briefing: General Mills on Global Responsibility with Drew Felz, Governmental Affairs Manager at General Mills

 

 

JUNE 14, 2022
FaB Leadership Council Lunch Meeting with Kevin Depew, Deputy Chief Economist at RSM US LLP





 

MAY 25, 2022
FaB Member Forum: Best Practices for Digital Disruption in Grocery with Jamie Duklas



 

 

MAY 5, 2022
FaB's Spring Business Mixer at Central Standard Crafthouse & Kitchen

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MARCH 30, 2022
FaB Industry Briefing with Secretary Hughes, CEO of the WEDC



  DECEMBER 8, 2021
FaB HR & Talent Forum: A Conversation with Mona Kraft of Nueske's


 

 

NOVEMBER 11, 2021
FaB Food Safety Forum: LIVE! A Taste of FaBsafe & Michael Best's Regulatory Update with Leah Ziemba of Michael Best



 

OCTOBER 27, 2021
FaB Talent Forum: Navigating Talent Attraction & Retention through COVID Vaccine Mandates with Brenna Ratajczyk of SITE Staffing and Scott Allen of Foley & Lardner

 



 

OCTOBER 13, 2021
FaB Scaler Forum: What Experience Has Taught Us About Automation with Peter Olesen of O&H Danish Bakery and Eric Kraus of Doig Corp.



 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
FaB Industry Briefing - The State of COVID & Keeping Employees Safe with Dr. John Raymond of the Medical College of Wisconsin

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
FaB Food Safety Forum - Prop 65: What You Should Know with Denise Webster of Eurofins & Leah Ziemba of Michael Best

 



 

AUGUST 3, 2021
FaB Industry Briefing – The State of Wisconsin’s Workforce with Dennis Winters of the Wisconsin DWD

 



 

JULY 15, 2021
Food Safety Forum: Maintaining a Food Safety Mindset with Chris Bodendorfer and Leah Glaub of Johnsonville & Paul Benson of Michael Best

 

 

JUNE 28, 2021
FaB Marketing Forum: Telling the World with Katie Mleziva of Real Food Brands & Jennifer Wallace of C.O.nxt




 

JUNE 21, 2021
FaB Industry Briefing: The Return to Food Service & How Sysco Is Helping featuring Peter Peluso of Sysco

 

 

JUNE 16, 2021
FaB HR & Talent Forum: Workplace Diversity, Social Justice & the Impact on Talent featuring Sam Patterson, HR Services Manager at Chr. Hansen & Brittany Lopez Naleid, Shareholder at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren



 

JUNE 3, 2021
FaB Scaler Forum - Packaging & Sustainability: What Experience is Teaching Us featuring Keith Smith, President of Vonco Products

 

 

 

APRIL 29, 2021
FaB Food Safety & HR/Talent Forum: The Evolution of Mitigation Plans During COVID featuring Tammy Flora of Masters Gallery Foods, Cari Dufner of Cargill, and Paul Benson of Michael Best

 

   

APRIL 26, 2021
FaB CEO Briefing: Cases & Vaccines. Industry Movement & Innovation. featuring Dr. John Raymond, President & CEO of the Medical College of Wisconsin and Lech Czerski, Director at BMO Capital Markets




 

APRIL 19, 2021
FaB Marketing Forum Launch featuring industry research by Mark Gale of C.O.nxt and Maeve Webster of Menu Matters



  MARCH 12, 2021
FaB CEO Briefing featuring Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin

 



  MARCH 11, 2021
FaB Food Safety Forum Meeting




  MARCH 3, 2021
FaB Scaler Forum featuring Joe Wood, Chief Marketing Officer at Sendik’s


  FEBRUARY 25, 2021
FaB Supply Chain Forum Meeting


 

FEBRUARY 10, 2021
FaB Scaler Forum Meeting: What Experience Has Taught Us, featuring Milwaukee Pretzel Co.



 

FEBRUARY 5, 2021
FaB CEO Briefing: A Check-In with WEDC & DHS as COVID Persists



 

FEBRUARY 3, 2021
FaB HR & Talent Forum Meeting: Do’s & Don’ts for Employer Vaccine Rollouts



 

JANUARY 21, 2021
FaB Food Safety Forum Meeting featuring a live regulatory update from Michael Best



 

NOVEMBER 23, 2020
FaB CEO Briefing - Feeding Wisconsin: A Need Like No Other

 

 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
FaB CEO Briefing: Accelerating the Success of Wisconsin’s Food and Beverage Businesses

 

 

 

AUGUST 11, 2020
OSHA, Liability & Lawsuits - Mitigating Risk in the Time of COVID with Paul Benson & Denise Greathouse of Michael Best



   

AUGUST 6, 2020
FaB CEO Briefing: The State of COVID’s First Wave in Wisconsin with Dr. John Raymond of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Eric Salm & Jeff Grider of CoVigilance, Keith Lindsey of Salm Partners, and Tim Sheehy of the MMAC

 

 

JUNE 22, 2020
FaB CEO Briefing: Navigating COVID-19 to Prevent & Manage a Shutdown with Health Commissioner Dr. Jeanette Kowalik





 

JUNE 18, 2020
FaB CEO Briefing: Crisis Communication Preparedness in the Era of COVID-19 with Mark Gale & Chuck Sanger of Charleston|Orwig

 

JUNE 12, 2020
Going Back to Work & Remaining Operational: Keeping your People Safer with Cari Dufner of Cargill, Peter Balistrieri of HGA, and Kim Bassett of Bassett Mechanical


 

    JUNE 9, 2020

FaB CEO Briefing: The State of Wisconsin’s Agricultural Supply Chain with DATCP Secretary Randy Romanski



 

MAY 21, 2020
Food Safety Planning for the Near Future in the COVID-19 Era by Chuck Palmer of Michael Best, Dr. Mark Roberts of Exponent, and Brian Harms of TRC



 

MAY 20, 2020
Navigating Employment Law and The Cares Act, FFCRA, WI Act 185 & PPP with Ann Barry Hanneman of von Briesen, Dan Kaplan of Foley & Lardner, and Christopher Schuele of Reinhart Boerner

 



 

MAY 14, 2020
Supply Chain Business Check-In Session

 

 

 

MAY 12, 2020
FaB CEO Briefing: Best Practices for Safe Food Production Workplaces with Traci Earls, GM at Cargill



 

MAY 7, 2020
Food Safety Check-In Session featuring Vivek Sharma, Co-Founder of Quigistics, on using a tool for traceability and document control



 

 

MAY 6, 2020
HR Check-In Session featuring Mike Kopczynski, Business Research Lead at MRA, sharing the results of FaB’s Talent Survey

 

 

MAY 1, 2020
Scaling Business Check-In Session featuring Cheryl Mitchell, Business Consultant at the Wisconsin SBDC, and Edward Bryant, Vice President at Wintrust, on access to CARES Act funding and programs

 

  APRIL 30, 2020
Supply Chain Check-In featuring Cory Wendt, Director at Baker Tilly, on processes and tools for turbulent times

 

  APRIL 27, 2020
Our Second CEO Briefing featuring Secretary Missy Hughes, CEO of the WEDC, for an update on the State of Affairs

 

 

APRIL 23, 2020
HR Check-In Session featuring Caleb Frostman, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce, on Development of the CARES Act

 

  APRIL 22, 2020
FaBscaler Session: Food Safety & GFSI, featuring Pat Werner, Director of Food Safety at FaB Wisconsin and Tim Lombardo, Lead Scientist at Eurofins

 

  APRIL 17, 2020
Scaling Business Check-In Session

 

 

MARCH 26, 2020
FaBscaler Session: Sources & Uses of Capital Finance Planning featuring Tera Johnson of the Food Finance Institute, Craig Cerbins of Wintrust Bank, Dan Scalia of Johnsonville, and Bob Heinrich of Reinhart Boerner van Deuren



 
MARCH 25, 2020

FaB CEO Briefing: An online discussion about the state of affairs

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JANUARY 16, 2020

FaBscaler Session: Marketing & Branding @ Charleston|Orwig

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

2019 Strategy Session @ Central Standard Craft Distillery

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

FaB's Sixth Annual Meeting: A Refreshed Perspective @ Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Innovation Café: An Industry Metatrends Exploration @ The Wisconsin Club

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AUGUST 14, 2019

A FaB CEO Briefing: Levy Leadership. The Bucks Experience. Game On. @ Fiserv Forum

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JULY 11, 2019

FaBscaler Series Kickoff & Summer Social @ Milwaukee Brewing Co.

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  JUNE 20, 2019

FaB’s Innovation Market, Panels & Pitches @ Marquette University

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  MAY 10, 2019

FaB’s 2019 Farm-Factory-Fork Career Discovery @ Concordia University

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  MAY 2, 2019

FaB CEO Briefing: An Industry Advocacy Viewpoint with Special Guest Governor Tony Evers @ Wisconsin Club

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APRIL 25, 2019
Supply Chain Forum Event | Moving Our Food @ Sargento Foods

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APRIL 3, 2019
Food Safety Forum Event | The Top 3 Challenges of FSMA & Food Safety @ University Club

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MARCH 19, 2019
International Forum Event | New Frontiers in Food: Innovation Goes International @ University Club

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  FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Talent Forum Event | Sargento: Developing Our Future Workforce @ Blue Harbor Resort

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018
FaB's Fifth Annual Meeting: Sweet Success @ Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
FaB Innovation Café: Trends of the Trends @ Marquette University

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JUNE 21, 2018
FaBcap 2 Pitches & Capstone @ Wisconsin Club

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MAY 8, 2018
FaB Talent Committee Feature Presentation with Special Guest Secretary Ray Allen @ Mount Mary University

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APRIL 24, 2018
FaB's 2018 Farm-Factory-Fork Career Discovery @ Mount Mary University

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MARCH 15, 2018
FaB Talent Best Practice Session: Made the Johnsonville Way @ Blue Harbor Resort

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018
FaB CEO Briefing: Creating a State Innovation Cluster Fund @ University Club

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017
FaB's Fourth Annual Meeting: A Food Journey for the Future featuring Jim Snee, President & CEO of Hormel Foods @ Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
A FaB Café Event: Building Your Business,  Making Food Our Future @ Marquette University

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AUGUST 15, 2017
FaB CEO Briefing: Packaging for an Innovative Future @ Miron Construction

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JULY 19, 2017
FaBcap_scaler: Scaling Your Food or Beverage Business @ MMAC

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JUNE 13, 2017
Best Practice Session: Creating a Food Safety Mindset 
@ University Club

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MAY 11, 2017
FaBcap_starter: How to Start Your Food or Beverage Business @ MMAC

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MARCH 24, 2017
FaB's Farm to Factory to Fork Career Discovery @ Milwaukee Public Museum

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017
FaB CEO Briefing: Plans to Attract Industry Talent & Development featuring Joe Bartolotta @ Italian Community Center

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016
FaB's Third Annual Meeting: Rethinking Inside and Outside the Can featuring Denise Morrison, President & CEO of Campbell's Soup @ Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
FaBcapstone Forum, Celebration & Pitch Event @ Discovery World

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
FaBtalent Best Practice Session: Leadership featuring Klement's @ University Club

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AUGUST 30, 2016
FaB CEO Briefing: The State of Industry Growth @ Miron Construction

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AUGUST 16, 2016
Summer Social @ MobCraft Beer

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JULY 20, 2016
2016 Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Challenge @ Milwaukee Area Technical College

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MAY 31, 2016
FaB CEO Briefing & Members-Only Forum: Driving Business Growth featuring FaB's Executive Board @ Rockwell Automation

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APRIL 12, 2016
FaBtalent Best Practice Session: High-Performing Organizations featuring Campbell's Soup @ University Club

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MARCH 16, 2016
FaBsafe Best Practice Session: Preparing and Tracking for FSMA featuring Chr. Hansen & Quigistics @ University Club

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016
FaB CEO Briefing: The State of Industry Talent @ University Club

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015
FaB's Second Annual Meeting featuring Sendik's, Growing Power, Johnsonville & Bartolotta's @ Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin

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OCTOBER 13-14, 2015
2015 FaBcap Conference: Capitalizing Growing Food Businesses featuring Nutrition Capital Network & Food Finance Institute @ Miller Park

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JULY 23, 2015
2015 Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Challenge @ MATC Education Center

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MAY 21, 2015
My Life! My Plan! Food and Beverage Career Coaching @ Vincent High School

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MAY 18, 2015
Fifth Annual Food and Beverage Forum: Sustainability featuring SEH, Grant Thornton, Didion Milling, Masters Gallery Foods, Maglio Companies, MillerCoors & Marcus @ Wisconsin Club

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  APRIL 22, 2015 

FaB's Second Annual Farm-Factory-Fork Career Exploration @ Vincent High School

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  MARCH 25, 2015 

FaB Forum: Branding for Hungry Talent featuring 
The Good Jobs & Living As A Leader 
@ Wisconsin Club

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  FEBRUARY 23, 2015 

FaB CEO Briefing: Center of Excellence @ Milwaukee Area Technical College

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014 
FaB's First Annual All Member Meeting featuring Sargento, Usinger's, Gehl Foods & Leinenkugel's 
@ MATC Education Center 

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JULY 17, 2014 
2014 Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Challenge 
@ Milwaukee Area Technical College

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JUNE 17, 2014 
Food Maker School Meeting and Site Tour @ MATC Education Center

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MAY 7, 2014 
Fourth Annual Food and Beverage Forum featuring Rockwell Automation, Grant Thornton, Grassland Dairy Products, Didion Milling, Galloway Co., Milk Source & Sendik's @ Crowne Plaza

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APRIL 9, 2014 
FaB's First Farm-Factory-Fork Career Exploration @ Vincent High School

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APRIL 2, 2014
Learn How Becky's, Angelic, & Rishi are Handling their Growth featuring Becky's Blissful Bakery, Rishi Tea & Lovino Sangria @ Iron Horse Hotel

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MARCH 18, 2014
FaB Advisory Council Career Coaching @ Vincent High School

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  FEBRUARY 18, 2014

What Has Attracted These International Companies to Wisconsin? featuring Kerry & Seda International @ Discovery World 

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OCTOBER 17, 2013
Lessons from Milwaukee's Water Council featuring Dean Amhaus, President & CEO @ Global Water Center

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JULY 31, 2013
Attracting Top Talent + How Great Lakes Distillery Got Started featuring Great Lakes Distillery & Rebecca Ryan of Next Generation Consulting @ Harley Davidson Museum 

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  MAY 21, 2013

Third Annual Food and Beverage Forum: The Game Changer featuring Grant Thornton, GLK Foods, Salm Partners, Sprecher Brewing Co., UW Provision Co., WI Hospitality Group & AON Risk Solutions @ Crowne Plaza

     
  APRIL 25, 2013

How to Get your Product on the Shelf featuring Good Harvest Market, Sendik's, Whole Foods & Lovino Sangria @ Kasana Gourmet

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  NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Food Industry Productivity Panel featuring GE Global, Chr. Hansen & MillerCoors @ University Club

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  OCTOBER 18, 2012

Ag Program Tour @ Vincent High School

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JULY 24, 2012
Winner of the 2012 Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Contest @ Lakefront Brewery

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  MAY 15, 2012 

Second Annual Food and Beverage Forum: Social Media in the Food Industry featuring Sysco, Parlay Communications, Grant Thornton, Palermo’s, Grass Point Farms,  Patrick Cudahy, Cousins & Schoep’s Ice Cream @ Crowne Plaza

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MARCH 15, 2012
Launch of FaB Milwaukee @ Discovery World

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Tours of Sweet Water Organics @ Sweet Water Organics

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  JUNE 7, 2011

Our Vision for the Industry and Our Region @ Grain Exchange

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  APRIL 19, 2011

Food Safety Best Practice Feature @ Chr. Hansen

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  JANUARY 27, 2011

Milwaukee 7 Executive Food Forum featuring Paul Jadin, Secretary of Commerce and Ben Brancel, Secretary of Agriculture @ MillerCoors Caves

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