Leadership Forum
17 Aug 2020
The America’s Best Cleaners Leadership Forum is a place for our industry’s thought leaders to come together and share how they have managed and reacted to the current business environment, and what steps their businesses are taking to plan for the future ahead. Join us as we embark on a six-part monthly free online video forum where the leaders from various sectors of our industry share what they are doing to maintain continuity and how they are pivoting to meet the challenges we will be facing together in the future.
FORUM #1
9/16/2020 – 1:00 PM PT
RICHARD FITZPATRICK
Vice President, Kreussler Inc
WESLEY NELSON
President, Sankosha
DAVE TROEMEL
Partner, BeCreative360
TOM BEIDLE
General Manager, Spot Business Systems
SASHA ABLITT
CEO, Ablitts Fine Cleaners & Launderers
FORUM #2
10/14/2020 – 1:00 PM PT
VICTOR WILLIAMS
Vice President, Union Drycleaning
HARRY CARANZA
President, Select Risk
CHRISTA HAGEARTY
President, Dependable Cleaners
DAN MILLER
CEO, Mulberrys Garmentcare
JEFF SCHAPIRO
President, Cleaners Supply
FORUM #3
11/11/2020 – 1:00 PM PT
TIM MAXWELL
President, Greenearth Cleaning
MICHAEL HARRIS
Owner, Oceanside Cleaners
WAYNE WUDYKA
CEO, The Huntington Company
HABIB VEERA
President, Door to Door Cleaners
RYAN LUETZOW
Owner, Luetzow Industries
FORUM #4
12/9/2020 – 1:00 PM PT
MARY SCALCO
Executive Director, Drycleaners & Laundry Institute (DLI)
TOM STITES
President, Unipress
CATHERINE MCCANN
CEO Best Cleaners NY, Partner America’s Best Cleaners
JAMES PEUSTER
Owner, The RoutePros
TONY STEPHENS
President, Tower Cleaners
FORUM #5
1/13/2021 – 1:00 PM PT
LESLIE SCHAEFFER
CEO Textile Care Allied Trades Association (TCATA)
KERMIT ENGH
Owner, Fashion Cleaners & Managing Director Methods for Management
DAVE COYLE
Team Leader and Owner of In The Bag Cleaners & Maverick Drycleaners
DIANNE LEE
Chief Operating Officer, JSK Companies which include: The Press Dry Cleaning & Laundry
KURT WICKISER
Executive Vice President, Seitz, The Fresher Company, Inc.
FORUM #6
2/10/2021 – 1:00 PM PT
NATHANIAL DUBASIK
Project Director, Metalprogetti USA
JOEL LYONS
CEO, Lyons, Evans Restoration
NICOLE KIRBY
Manager of Client Success, Spot Business Systems
MONIKA MANTOR
Vice President, Balfurd Cleaners
MARK HATCH
General Manager, The French Cleaner
