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| The Spirit of Accountability |
August 17, 2010
12:00 AM |
The Pfister Hotel
424 E. Wisconsin Av.
Milwaukee, WI
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| Guest Speaker Lisa Hopkins |
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"The Spirit of Accountability" presented by our Guest Speaker, Lisa Hopkins, CPCE, CMP. Lisa is First Vice President on the NACE National Board and Director of Catering at The Houstonian Hotel in Houston, Texas.
 Accountability is an important value in today’s business environment, as it provides a powerful position of credibility with consumers, shareholders, colleagues and employees and builds trusting relationships. Lisa and Anne will help you gain greater insight into how to take ownership appropriately, hold others accountable using clarity, consensus and commitment and take responsibility for the important relationships that event professionals need in order to achieve success. In this session, you will learn:
· How to define what accountability really is (and what it isn’t).
· The necessary tools that will help you create a culture of accountability in your life and business.
· How to keep accountability a strength and not a liability in your life and business through the principle of balance.
Menu
Salad: Watercress and endive with strawberries, french feta, kalamata olives, baby tomatoes, toasted sunflower seeds and orange-basil balsamic dressing
Entrée: Grilled salmon with pistachio and dried apricot tabbouleh, prosciutto di parma wrapped asparagus, caramelized lemon and piquillo pepper coulis
Dessert: Chocolate Covered Strawberry Chocolate Mousse, strawberry mousse, strawberry-rose fluid gel, caramelized cocoa nibs, chocolate string
The event is located at the Pfister Hotel (424 East Wisconsin AV, Milwaukee, WI 53202) in downtown Milwaukee. Parking on the street or in the hotel ramp - a pass for the ramp will be available. No shows will be billed. Please notify us if you have any food allergies or concerns. All proceeds benefit the Southern Wisconsin Chapter of NACE and its continuing effort to provide educational and networking opportunities to the hospitality industry of Southern Wisconsin.
Please Help Hunger Task Force
Hunger Task Force has been operating over the past two years in a state of emergency as food demand rises unabated with no relief in the near future. The damage caused by the recent flooding to some of our areas of greatest need, coupled with the loss of two of our highest volume food pantries serving those areas, has exacerbated the situation. They project shortfalls of breakfast cereal, dinner starch (pasta, rice), canned vegetables, and milk. The cost of purchasing supplies of these essential foods to meet the demand is over $100,000.
Two of the highest volume partner food pantries in our network, the Jewish Community Center Pantry and the All Saints Community Food Pantry were destroyed in the flood and will be closed indefinitely. The JCC pantry served over 1,500 clients per month on average and All Saints served 1,000 people per month at pantry and 1,500 per month at meal program. All Saints lost over their entire inventory of food, a commercial freezer a residential refrigerator and must spend thousands of dollars in fees towards clean up and mold abatement. The JCC Pantry actually experienced a total loss, with over $15,000 in infrastructure and food storage equipment, over $15,000 of food, as well as the facility itself. They have been forced to abandon their facility. These losses leave two gaping holes in our food security net.
As members of NACE we can help. We are collecting donations this month to help the Hunger Task Force. All member donations will be matched by our NACE chapter, dollar for dollar up to $250. Please help. You can make a donation online when you register or place your donation in the box we'll have at the meeting. Thank you.
Lisa Hopkins, CPCE, CMP
Lisa’s catering career began in 1989 at the McCormick Center Hotel in Chicago as a Catering Manager. In 1992, she was promoted to the Director of Catering. In August 1993, she became the Director of Catering and Convention Services at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Charlotte. She returned to the Midwest in March 1995 as the Director of Catering and Convention Services at the historic Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, and was promoted to the Director of Sales and Marketing position in November 1995.
Lisa arrived in Texas in May 1996 and returned to her catering roots in 1998 at The Houstonian Hotel as the Director of Catering and Conferences. At The Houstonian, a member of Preferred Hotel and Resorts Worldwide, she oversees the sales and service efforts of seven service managers, $13 Million dollars of revenue annually, and personally handles several high profile events, including the Share our Strength Taste of the Nation Party, and the Hotel’s holiday events.
Lisa also joined The National Association of Catering Executives (NACE) in 1999 and served as the Houston Chapter President from 2003 until July 2007. After serving as the Region IV Vice President on the NACE National Board in 2007/2008, Lisa served a one year term as the Chair of the Chapter Presidents’ Council. In 2009/2010, Lisa was the chair of The National Membership and Chapter Relations Committee and served on the 2010 Leadership Summit Committee. She was recently elected First Vice President to the NACE National Board, and was also honored with the 2009 NACE Caterer Member of the Year Award.
Lisa earned the Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE) designation in July of 2002, and the Certified Meeting Planner (CMP) designation in July of 2006. She was also honored with the Houston Chapter of NACE 2004 Caterer of the Year Award, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in January 2008.
Lisa has been a frequent lecturer at the University of Houston’s Hilton College of Hotel Restaurant Management’s Hotel Sales Class, has participated with her Houstonian Hotel colleagues in “The Best of the Best” Series at the U of H, and also been a panelist and moderator for The Hall of Honor Industry Think Tank Sessions. She also was a featured speaker at the Catersource 2009 and 2010 Conferences, NACE Experience! 2009 and 2010 Conferences, The Special Event 2010 Conference and the Greater Seattle, Charleston, Philadelphia/South Jersey/Delaware, and Phoenix NACE Chapter Meetings.
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