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Networking Breakfast featuring Michael Polsky

October 31, 2017 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 am

Chicago has many incredible business leaders, many who have helped the Big Shoulders Fund and our schools get to where they are today. Please join the Chairmen’s Advisory Council for a morning with clean energy pioneer, Michael Polsky, Founder CEO of Invenergy. The details about the event are as follows…

When: Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Time: 7:30am to 9:00am
Where: Northern Trust (50 S. LaSalle, enter on Monroe Street)
Notes: Breakfast will be served.
RSVP: Limited seating is available and will be distributed on a first come first served basis. To secure your seat RSVP by Wednesday, October 25, 2017.

Michael Polsky is a leading clean energy industry entrepreneur and innovator. In 2001, Polsky founded Invenergy, which provides power generation and storage solutions around the world that are creating a cleaner energy future. Invenergy, headquartered in Chicago, is North America’s largest independent, privately-held renewables company. Between 1985 and 2000, Polsky founded and led two predecessor companies to Invenergy – Indeck Energy Services and SkyGen Energy – that helped pioneer the independent power generation and cogeneration industries.

Polsky’s philanthropic reflect his passions for entrepreneurship and energy innovation. He endowed the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and co-founded the nonprofit startup accelerator Clean Energy Trust. He also serves on the boards of World Resources Institute and University of Chicago.

Polsky holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Kiev Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

If you have questions about the event, Big Shoulders Fund or the Chairmen’s Advisory Council contact Colleen Dugo (312-544-8691). Please feel free to share this event with friends and colleagues.

Thank you so much for your support and involvement with Big Shoulders. We look forward to seeing you there!

All the best,
The CAC Networking Breakfast Committee

Details

Date:
October 31, 2017
Time:
7:30 am - 9:00 am
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/139127590152307

Organizer

Big Shoulders Fund

Venue

Northern Trust – Chicago – LaSalle Street
50 S. LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60603 United States
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