Latest News From Newport

Irene Helsinger will be moderating a CFA Event in Houston on Wednesday, June 19th titled "The Affordable Care Act: Strategies for Grasping the Myths, Facts, and Uncertainties."

Newport partner Phil Wofford presented "Lean Effects on the Supply Chain" for manufacturing executives attending the MAPI Manufacturing Operations Management Summit in Atlanta Georgia on April 11-12.

Helen Bulwik will be moderating a discussion titled “OMNI-CHANNEL RETAILING: THE CHANGING FACE OF ONLINE RETAIL STRATEGIES” next Thursday, May 23^rd at the San Francisco AGC monthly lunch event series. The discussion will focus on how retailers can bridge the gap between the online and offline shopping experience - how to use physical stores in conjunction with the information-rich online shopping experience to influence customer behaviors. Although Omni-channel retailing is relatively new, panelists will share their experiences and explain why gaining a single customer view along with shopping behaviors and preferences will be crucial to retailers’ competiveness in the future. 

Mike Kipp, Managing Director for Nashville, will be speaking at the New York Chapter of the Association for Strategic Planning on May 15th on Momentum Strategies for Mid-Market Companies. Mike has taken 8 middle market cases from his experience and pulled them through the 4M filter creating a program which presents a framework for sustaining momentum against the backdrop of a classic strategy development model.

ACG is the Association for Corporate Growth. Their members include professionals from private equity firms, corporations and lenders that invest in middle-market companies, as well as from law, accounting, investment banking and other firms that provide advisory services.

Helen Bulwik will be an expert panelist at ACG's Women's Networking Event, today, May 1st, in San Fransisco. ACG is the pre-eminent organization dedicated to helping middle market companies grow. The focus of today's event is "Why Women Matter: How Gender Diversity Improves Board ROI." To compete in today’s global marketplace, successful companies need a balance of both men and women to make critical strategic and operations decisions. But the lack of women on boards is dismal. What’s holding them back and how can we push forward?

Recently, Doug Tatum spoke with Paola Trentadue from Fundology on a number of concepts surrounding what Newport does and how the firm works for the emerging, middle-market sector.

Newport partner, Kim Denney, will be a leadership panelist at the upcoming Women’s Energy Network Biennial Conference in Houston, Texas. This conference will take place on April 3 - 5, representing the WEN Appalachia, Houston, Greater Atlanta, North Texas, Southeast Louisiana, and Washington, DC chapters.

The Association for Corporate Growth recently released a book graphically depicting data from GrowthEconomy.org. The book is titled Driving Growth: The Impact of Private Capital on the U.S. Economy. The book compares sales and job growth of private capital-backed companies compared to other companies in the US economy, 1995-2010. 

Newport partner David Gnass has assumed the role of CEO and Board Director for Onward Behavioral Health. David has 35 years of experience in the health care industry.