{"id":8240,"date":"2022-03-25T11:15:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/?p=8240"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:15:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:15:37","slug":"over-1000-business-leaders-gather-for-greater-louisville-inc-s-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/press-releases\/over-1000-business-leaders-gather-for-greater-louisville-inc-s-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,000 business leaders gather for Greater Louisville Inc.\u2019s Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Louisville, Ky.<\/strong> (March 25, 2022) \u2013 Last night, over 1,000 business leaders joined Greater Louisville Inc., the Metro Chamber of Commerce, for its Annual Meeting presented by Baird at the Kentucky International Convention Center. The event is the region\u2019s largest annual convening of business leaders and this year\u2019s meeting focused on how businesses can attract, retain, and develop degreed and non-degreed talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur business community is at an important turning point as we prevail from more than two years of pandemic-related economic uncertainty and face new obstacles like a growing shortage of talent,\u201d said Sarah Davasher-Wisdom, president and CEO of GLI. \u201cAnnual Meeting is a unique opportunity to get top business, elected, and community leaders in one room to dive into how we can make our region stronger in the year ahead. I am confident all attendees left with renewed energy and creative ideas to address talent shortages in their businesses and throughout our region.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Silver Fleur-de-Lis awards are a signature part of Annual Meeting presented by Baird. Each year, the awards recognize local businesses, community members, and leaders, who made outstanding contributions in the past year to make Louisville a better place to live and work. This year\u2019s recipients include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Four community minority business incubators and accelerators for their joint contributions: One West\u2019s the Plan Room, AMPED\u2019S Russell Tech Incubator, GEDDI\u2019s Just Boss Up Academy, and Old Walnut Street\u2019s Purpose Driven Developer Academy. The award was presented by Dana Johnson, senior director of diversity, equity and inclusion at GLI and leader of GLI\u2019s Power to Prosper Minority Business Accelerator.<\/li>\n<li>Vincenzo\u2019s for their commitment to downtown Louisville\u2019s hospitality industry. The award was presented by Lance Mann, Assurance Director at Dean Dorton.<\/li>\n<li>UPS for their role in distributing lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines. Award sponsored by Baptist Health. The award was presented by Gerard Colman, CEO of Baptist Health.<\/li>\n<li>Jefferson Community Technical College for the launch of the Advanced Manufacturing and Information Technology Center (AMIT). The award was presented by Kent Suiters, executive director of business transformation at GE Appliances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event concluded with a keynote fireside chat between Ginnie Carlier, EY Americas Vice Chair \u2013 Talent, and Ankur Gopal, CEO of Interapt, a leader in Louisville\u2019s talent space. Carlier has several decades of experience in talent attraction, retention, and development. In her current role, she creates transformative experiences for 80,000 people across 31 countries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8243\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8243\" class=\"wp-image-8243 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireside-chat-am-2022-final-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireside-chat-am-2022-final-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireside-chat-am-2022-final-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireside-chat-am-2022-final-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireside-chat-am-2022-final-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireside-chat-am-2022-final-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireside-chat-am-2022-final-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ginnie Carlier and Ankur Gopal discuss talent strategies during GLI&#8217;s 2022 Annual Meeting presented by Baird<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Between the current workforce transformation, the future of work and diversity, equity and inclusion priorities, I believe talent is going to be at the top of the leadership agenda for the long term. This moment is really a great opportunity for companies to rethink who they are, how they operate and how they support their people,\u201d said Carlier.<\/p>\n<p>Participants also experienced exclusive access to a special performance of the Louisville Ballet\u2019s Sleeping Beauty, top-tier networking with local leaders, and special updates from GLI leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGLI\u2019s Annual Meeting is a unique opportunity for the business community to come together to celebrate our successes and rally around ways we can take our economy and community to the next level.\u201d said Purna Veer, chair of GLI\u2019s board of directors and founder of V-Soft Consulting. \u201cAs we heard last night, thoughtful and inclusive talent strategies are the foundation for successful economic development. I am optimistic our attendees will apply what they learned to grow their businesses and better our entire community.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8242\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8242\" class=\"wp-image-8242 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/am-2022-photo-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/am-2022-photo-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/am-2022-photo-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/am-2022-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/am-2022-photo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/am-2022-photo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/am-2022-photo-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chair of GLI&#8217;s Board of Directors, Purna Veer, addresses the sold-out crowd at the Kentucky International Convention Center<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louisville, Ky. 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