Wednesday — 10/12 magazine will host the Louisiana CEO Forum at 7 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza in Kenner. Participants include Jay Lapeyre, president of Laitram in Harahan; Marty Mayer, CEO of Stirling Properties in Covington; Alden McDonald Jr., president and CEO of Liberty Bank and Trust Company in New Orleans; Dennis Stine, CEO of Stine Lumber in Lake Charles; and Scott Wester, CEO of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge. Tickets are $20 and include a continental breakfast. Seating is limited and available on a first-come basis. To purchase tickets online, click here.
Wednesday — Women and Wine on Wednesdays, a new social networking group, will meet at 5:30 p.m. at Juban’s. The group was set up to help women make business contacts while socializing and trying new wines. To sign up, go to womenwinewednesday.com.
Thursday — The Sales & Marketing Executives of Greater Baton Rouge will hold their 2010 Distinguished Sales Award Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at Boudreaux’s. Tickets are $40 for guests. To reserve seats, call 755-8763.
Friday — LSU’s Women in Business will continue its brown bag lunch series at 11:15 a.m. at the Ione Burden Conference Center. Jennifer Peters, the owner of Varsity Sports, will give a presentation on nontraditional ways to market a business. To register for the event, click here.
Saturday — The 59th annual Gridiron Show will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Nicholson Post American Legion Hall. The show, which raises money for local public television and radio as well as scholarships for communications students, features satire from local print and broadcast reporters looking at recent happenings in state, local and national politics. Tickets are $50 and include a catered buffet by Gary Bonanno. For more information, contact gridironshowbr@yahoo.com.
For the full list of upcoming events, click here.
