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SUMMARY:An Evening with Dennis Chookaszian — NNCI Distinguished Speaker Series
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DESCRIPTION:Join us on October 29 for an in-person Distinguished Speaker event featuring Dennis Chookaszian\, former Chairman and CEO of CNA Insurance Companies\, CPA\, and one of the nation's most experienced corporate directors. Throughout a career that has included leadership roles across industry\, finance\, and entrepreneurship\, Chookaszian has helped shape organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startups and nonprofit institutions.  3:30-4:45 — Lecture   4:45-5:30 — Light networking reception      Dennis Chookaszian is the former Chairman and CEO of CNA Insurance Companies\, a $17 billion multiline insurer with 20\,000 employees\, where he spent 26 years in a variety of senior leadership roles\, including Chief Financial Officer\, President and Chief Operating Officer\, and Chairman of the Executive Committee. During his tenure\, he oversaw CNA's property\, casualty\, life\, health\, and investment operations and also served as Chairman of both Agency Management Services and Intergroup\, CNA's HMO operation. Before joining CNA\, he spent eight years as a management consultant with Deloitte\, and later served as Chairman and CEO of mPower\, an internet startup providing electronic financial advice for 401(k) plan management. A Certified Public Accountant\, Chookaszian chaired the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC) from 2007 to 2011 and served on numerous AICPA and FASB committees and task forces\, the Public Oversight Board Panel on Audit Effectiveness\, and the international Financial Crisis Advisory Group (FCAG).  Throughout his career\, he has served on the boards of thirteen publicly traded corporations\, approximately eighty private companies\, and numerous nonprofit organizations; he currently serves on the boards of Career Education Corp\, Pillarstone Capital\, twenty private companies\, and six nonprofit organizations. Chookaszian earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Northwestern University\, an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business\, and a master's degree in economics from the London School of Economics. In 2010\, he received the Financial Times Outstanding Directors Exchange Outstanding Director Award.\n\nWebcast Link: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/94197755681\n\nRegister: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/pFbktNVb4r
LOCATION:Scott Hall\, Guild Lounge\, 601 University Place\, Evanston\, IL 60208
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URL:https://planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/646881
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