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SUMMARY:Mentor Session: The Mindset Shift: From Controller to CFO
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DESCRIPTION\nMaking the leap from Controller to CFO requires more than expanding your responsibilities—it requires a shift in how you think\, lead\, and create and cultivate value. Hear from experienced CFOs about the mindset changes\, leadership skills\, and broader business perspective needed to move from financial steward to strategic business leader. \n\nKEY TAKEAWAYS\n\nShift from managing the numbers to leading the business\nBuild executive presence\, influence\, and credibility\nExpand your perspective beyond Finance\nLearn what CEOs and executive teams expect from CFOs\nGet candid advice from CFOs who have made the leap\n\n\nSPEAKERS\nJohn Baule\, CEO\, FutureView Systems\nOver his expansive career\, John has served as the CFO for companies for 25 years in various industries\, helping guide those companies successfully\, including two IPOs and numerous M&A transactions. He understands the value of a mature Finance Function and its role in propelling a company forward. \nBen Stern\, CFO\, IntelliComp\nBen Stern is Chief Financial Officer of IntelliComp Technologies\, a Baltimore-based provider of managed IT\, cybersecurity and cloud solutions. He has progressed through senior financial leadership roles at IntelliComp\, including Director of Financial Planning and Analysis and Vice President of Finance\, before becoming CFO. In his current role\, Ben provides financial and strategic leadership to support the company’s growth and operations. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Baltimore chapter of the CFO Leadership Council and studied at the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. \nDanchell Taylor\, CFO\, Early Childhood Education Nonprofit\nDanchell Taylor\, MBA\, is a Chief Financial Officer and finance executive with experience spanning nonprofit\, healthcare\, and corporate environments. She currently serves as CFO of the Child Development Council of Franklin County\, where she provides financial leadership for a nearly $40 million organization serving children and families across Central Ohio. \nThroughout her career\, Danchell has evolved from a technically focused accounting and finance leader into an enterprise CFO whose work extends beyond financial reporting to organizational capacity\, risk management\, governance\, operational decision-making\, and leadership development. \nShe is particularly interested in the mindset shift required to move from managing the numbers to helping shape the enterprise\, learning to operate effectively amid ambiguity and balancing fiscal stewardship with strategy\, people\, and mission. \nModerator: Rebecca Leder\, CFO Leadership Council Chapter Director\, Founder of Opportunities Knock\, Bestselling Author of KNOCK\nRebecca Otis Leder\, the founder of Opportunities Knock\, is a career\, talent\, and leadership development instructional designer\, strategic advisor\, trainer\, and the bestselling author of KNOCK: How to Open Doors and Build Career Relationships that Matter\, which has been featured by FastCompany\, Inc. Magazine\, PBS\, and NPR. Over 4\,500 professionals\, leaders\, entrepreneurs\, and students have adopted Rebecca’s original career relationship-building and communications framework\, The Knock Method®️ through her training programs and workshops\, including at Aon\, Amazon\, Brinks\, Inc.\, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Office of HR\, Del Monte Foods\, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce\, and Salesforce. \nRebecca has advised over 75 businesses and leaders to develop and execute on their strategic visions\, and achieve heightened levels of collaboration among internal teams\, and with clients and partners. She was named Rising Star Finalist in the Austin Business Journal Women of Influence awards\, earned her Graduate Certificate in Learning Design and Technology from Harvard Extension School\, and Opportunities Knock is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). \n\nEVENT POLICIES AND RESOURCES\nPlease visit our Events Policies and Resources page for information about chapter leadership\, support\, CPE\, attendance\, cancelations and more.

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