The 4^th Annual Forty Under 40 Leadership Retreat will be held at the Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina on Wednesday, June 9 and Thursday, June 10, 2010.

          

 

Donald Fehr to join Paul Tagliabue and Tom Benson at the Forty Under 40 Club Annual Leadership Retreat

Former Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Donald Fehr will join former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue; and New Orleans Saints Owner Tom Benson as featured speakers at this year's Forty Under 40 Leadership Retreat. Fehr who has been at the forefront of sports labor for more than 30 years, successfully negotiated the $280 million settlement of the free agency MLB collusion cases and, in 1994, led the players through the MLB’s strike and subsequent World Series cancellation. Tagliabue led the NFL from 1989 until 2006 and presided over an extended period of labor peace and revenue growth in professional football. Benson purchased the Saints in 1985 and, this past February, the franchise reached new heights as it defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV. Collectively, they have over 80 years experience in professional sports.

Special Spouse Program: Slideshow and Painting Session with Renowned Landscape Artist John Beerman

John Beerman is a master of painting the American countryside and is known as one of the country’s top landscape painters. He has exhibited at David Beitzel and Tibor de Nagy, New York City; and Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, N.C. Additionally, his work has been acquired by the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum, New York City; Center for Contemporary Art and Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn.; Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine; and the Neuberger Museum, Purchase, N.Y.; as well as by GE; Time Warner; Chase Manhattan Bank; and Chemical Bank.

In this special two-hour program, Beerman will show slides of his work. Each participant will then paint with him in nature. Participants will be supplied with a paint kit (brush, sketchbook, palette and paint, put together in a small bag/satchel they can take with them after the session).

Summit on the Summit Relived

On January 12, 2010, Momentum CEO and Forty Under 40 winner Chris Weil and 44 others reached the top of Mt.Kilimanjaro, culminating a five-day expedition to raise awareness about the need for clean water worldwide. The group – which included the names Kenna, Biel, Cousteau, Fiasco, Gore and Kennedy –  became known as the SOTSK 45 and were the subject of a 90-minute documentary, “SUMMIT ON THE SUMMIT: Kilimanjaro” that recently aired on MTV. Following dinner, Weil will recount the experience and share visuals and anecdotes from the 19,340 - foot ascent of Africa's tallest mountain.