Past CFA Meetings

2011

November 7-8, 2011 ( Chicago, IL)
Union League Club
A special casual Mill Dinner was held in the Main Lounge at the Union League Club. On Tuesday morning, CFA hosted George Hedley who speak on "Effective Leadership In Tough Times." Following by Hedley's presentation, members participated in an panel discussion with AISC representatives about Steel Solutions.

September 12-13, 2011 (Chicago, IL)
Union League Club
The Mill Dinner was onboard the "Mystic Blue Cruise" ship and included a guided three-hour skyline cruise of the city. On Tuesday morning, CFA members regrouped for our Breakfast Breakout sessions to exchange ideas about relevant aspects in your organizations. Following the breakfast sessions members and guests attended Dr. Thomas Schleifer’s presentation: “Surviving the Recovery: Avoiding a Cash Flow Crisis.”

April 25-26, 2011 ( Chicago, IL)
Union League Club
The Mill Dinner was held at the Shedd Aquarium.  On Tuesday morning members participated in an educational session about the new EPA regulations relating to Metal Fabrication Hazardous Air Pollutants (MFHAP).

February 7th & 8th, 2011 ( Charleston, SC)
Francis Marion Hotel
The Mill Dinner was held at the Patriots Point Maritime Museum on the Charleston Harbor. On Tuesday morning members enjoyed a tour of the Nucor Berkeley Beam Mill.

2010

February 8 - 9, 2010
CFA hosted its February meeting at the Hoel Sax in the River North District of Chicago. Following the Mill Dinner on Monday night members and guests continued networking in and around the hotel. Tuesday's program begin with breakout sessions for members which were followed by a very well received presentation on "Coaching Your Team to Greater Success thru Difficult Changes” from Jim Cederna of Cederna International.

November 16 - 17, 2009
The Networking and Mill Dinner was held at Osteria Via Stato . On Tuesday CFA hosted Thomas Schleifer, Ph.D.speaking on "How to Survive a Recession in the Construction Industry."

September 14 - 15, 2009
The Cubs game was the location for the Mill Dinner in Chicago. Dan Gowen, Sr. V.P. of Wells Fargo Employee Benefits spoke on the possible changes in Healthcare and their effects on the business at our Tuesday morning program.

2009

May 11 - 12, 2009
The Mill Dinner was held at the Union League Club - Chicago.  After a tribute to Ralph Clarbour of Arlington Steel, we heard from Andy Busch, Global FX Market Strategist for BMO Capital Markets' Investment Banking Division in Chicago about the economy.
Tuesday morning we talked again with Andy Busch and hosted a panel discussion about Project Management featuring Gary Larsen of Zalk Josephs Fabricators, Tony Aniello of Paxton & Vierling Steel Company, Jim Buzzie of Douglas Steel, and Jason Bosscher of Steel Supply & Engineering.

February 9 - 10, 2009 
Our Winter Meeting was held at the Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel & Yacht Club. Members went to the Billy Joel Concert, golf outing, Mill Dinner Cruise on the Intracoastal and a plant tour of Steel Fabricators, LLC.

November 10 - 11, 2008
The Mill Dinner was held at the Union League Club - Chicago
Tuesday Morning program with Dr. Judy Liu, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Purdue University who presented a program that covered the impact of previous research, ongoing research sponsored by AISC & National Science Foundation and her thoughts about future research projects. 
Matthew A. Gillies, Esq. of Stites & Harbison of Lexington & Louisville, KY reviewed ConsensusDOCS which have become the first consensus standard contracts written by and for the construction industry.

September 8 - 9, 2008
Mill Dinner at Nick's Fishmarket
Tuesday seminar on Leadership in the 21st Century with Russ Cherry

May 12 -13, 2008
The CFA Annual Meeting was held at the Union League Club - Chicago
Our featured speaker at the Monday, Mill Dinner was Scott Churilla, VP of Design-Build Services at HDR, Inc. and on Tuesday, our program speaker was Lynn Cohn, Clinical Associate Professor of Law from Northwestern Law School.

February 18-19, 2008
The Winter meeting was held February 18-19, 2008
in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona. The members enjoyed a
round of golf, a Hummer tour and Lock & Load event,
followed by a wonderful Mexican buffet, and finally
a tour of the Schuff Steel plant.