Location
Riverside Yacht Club
102 Club Road
Riverside
Connecticut
06878
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Connecticut US
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 - 6:30pm
Sign up to celebrate the 101st Anniversary of the LWV Greenwich. All guests and non members are invited to join the League beginning at 6:30pm.
If you are not a member and would like to join and support the mission of the League, click HERE to sign up.
Members: The Annual Meeting portion of the evening begins at 5:30pm. Please plan to attend! CLICK HERE to access the materials for the Annual Meeting.
The Annual Dinner begins at 6:30pm with cocktails, a seated dinner, our Mary Award and Burnett Award presentations, our Keynote Speaker address by Mark Contreras, CEO of CT Public and the presentation of our 2022 Student Essay Contest winners!
Keynote Speaker
Mark Contreras, President and Chief Executive Officer of Connecticut Public, has led several media businesses through digital transformation. Prior to his role as Dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University, Contreras served as CEO of Calkins Media, a privately-held local television, digital and local newspaper publishing company. Calkins developed innovative strategies to maximize audience reach, engagement and revenue by embracing streaming media platforms such as Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV. He previously led local newspaper publishing and digital businesses for three public companies including Capital Cities/ABC; Pulitzer, Inc; and The E.W. Scripps Co.
In addition, he served as Chairman of the News Media Association and the American Press Institute. He is a Fellow of the Millennium Class of Henry Crown Fellows of the Aspen Institute. He serves on the Board of Directors of Highlights for Children in Columbus, Ohio and Woodward Communications, Inc in Dubuque, Iowa.
The son of an Irish-American school teacher and a Mexican immigrant, Mark grew up in the Midwest—first in Minneapolis and later Chicago. Mark has an A.B. in History from the University of Chicago and a MBA from the Harvard Business School.
He and his wife, Marybeth Sughrue, have one adult son, Michael.
In addition, he served as Chairman of the News Media Association and the American Press Institute. He is a Fellow of the Millennium Class of Henry Crown Fellows of the Aspen Institute. He serves on the Board of Directors of Highlights for Children in Columbus, Ohio and Woodward Communications, Inc in Dubuque, Iowa.
The son of an Irish-American school teacher and a Mexican immigrant, Mark grew up in the Midwest—first in Minneapolis and later Chicago. Mark has an A.B. in History from the University of Chicago and a MBA from the Harvard Business School.
He and his wife, Marybeth Sughrue, have one adult son, Michael.
