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• Winter Social + "Creating Value in Unexpected Places"

  • When
    Wednesday, December 04, 2024
  •  
    5:15 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Skyview Room, Fluno Center, 601 University Ave, Madison WI

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  REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

  Kick off the holiday season with a fun gathering of MCFR and MITA members and their guests. 

  A special holiday Appetizer menu will include pulled chicken sliders, cocktail meatballs, boneless chicken bites, cheese curds, cheese / crackers / veggies / dip / cookies, and a cherries jubilee station with Door county cherries, brandy, babcock ice cream and streusel topping.  A champagne toast is also included. 

  Listen to Steve Wallace, CEO of the Omanhene Cocoa Powder Co tell how he went from being a student in Ghana to a CEO of the first company in the US to bring African cocoa bean products to US consumers.  Savor tasting hot cocoa made with his company’s cocoa product.  

  Enjoy related holiday and chocolate treats while getting to know others interested in international affairs / issues.
  

  Registration is open!

  Last day to Register for this in-person event:  Wednesday, November 27

  This event is being presented in collaboration with MITA (Madison International Trade Association). 

  The Venue for this in-person event will be the Skyview Room at The Fluno Center, 601 University Ave., Madison WI

  Parking is available in the Lake & Johnson Ramp (Lot 46) at 301 N. Lake St. or the University Square Parking Garage at 324 N. Lake St.

  Reception with appetizers and cash bar beginning at 5:15, with a short presentation at approximately 6:00

  Be sure to register on time!

  Registrations and payments will not be accepted after Wednesday, November 27.

  Mr. Steven Wallace will present:  Creating Value in Unexpected Places

  
  

  Mr. Wallace currently serves as the North American Project Manager for Niche Cocoa and was instrumental in bringing to Wisconsin the largest African Food & Beverage foreign direct investment in US history.

  He is also the founder and president of The Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company in Ghana, West Africa, the first entity to sustain exports of fine quality chocolate and premium cocoa powder from a cocoa-growing country-of-origin.  He is responsible for the strategic direction of Omanhene and divides his time between the US and Ghana.

  He is the author of Obroni and the Chocolate Factory:  An Unlikely Story of Globalization and Ghana's First Gourmet Chocolate Bar in which he's credited with coining the phrase, "The New Globalism".

  Mr. Wallace spent the summer of 1978 in Ghana as an AFS high school foreign exchange student from Whitefish Bay High School.  He returned at the age of 29 to start The Omanhene Cocoa Bean Co.  The company has been recognized by the United Nations Global Compact for its path-breaking business model and corporate citizenship.

  Mr. Wallace earned his bachelor's degree (magna cum laude - Phi Beta Kappa) from Brown University and his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School.  He has served on the Board of Directors for AFS-USA, the Board of Trustees of AFS Intercultural Programs, and is member of the Council on Foreign Relations. 

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  • You may invite as many guests as you like.

  • Each guest may attend one program per season.

  • To use the online system to register guests, you must register them when you register yourself. Otherwise contact us at: info@mcfr.info to have your guests registered.

  Cancelation and refund policy:

  • All cancellations must be in writing to info@mcfr.info.
  • Cancellations received before registration closes will be fully refunded.
  • We will not be able to refund registration fees for cancellations received after registration closes.

  If you have questions about registering, please see our "Registration Tips For Members" or contact us at info@mcfr.info.

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