Join FEI Detroit for the November Dinner Meeting “Cultivating Executive Impact and Influence”, our Annual Emerging Leader Night!
What's your personal leadership brand? Whether in the boardroom or the breakroom, finance leaders at any level should be ready to deliver their message with confidence and competence. Business Communication Strategist, Hunter Torres, joins us as our evening's keynote to help you not only identify who you are as leader, but become valued and appreciated within your organization for more than just your technical finance skills.
Event Agenda
- 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.- Cocktails & Networking
- 6:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. - Dinner
- 7:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Welcome & Keynote Presentation, “Your Most Valuable Portfolio: Leadership Assets That Accelerate Your Success ”, with Hunter Torres, Senior Business Consultant & Executive Coach, High Gain Solutions.
Learning Objectives:
- Appreciate the pivotal career shift from being valued for technical expertise to being recognized as a strategic leader, and identify specific competencies that define executive impact at the next level.
- Apply proven communication techniques for translating complex financial analysis into compelling narratives for boards, senior leadership, and cross-functional teams.
- Define the core elements of a personal leadership brand and articulate, with clarity and confidence, what you want to be known for at this stage of your career.
- Identify the leadership assets most worth developing now, and understand why investing in them early creates compounding returns throughout your career.
1 CPE Credit Offered
What is an Emerging Leader?
Do you have someone on your team or within your organization who you see as a future leader? We invite you to bring your up-and-coming financial team member to network and meet others at their level.
Criteria can include:
- Employees who need to finesse their networking skills
- Team members looking to grow in their career and within your organization
- Frontline members of your team who would engage with a frontline strategic partner's team member, regardless of qualifications.
Emerging Leaders can be recent graduates within the last 3- 5 years, who are ready to take that next step in the industry or professionals you have been working with for some time who are ready to start engaging more!
Members are invited to bring any number of Emerging Leaders from their organization, or another organization, who they feel meet this criteria.
Strategic Partners may bring the number of Emerging Leaders equivalent to their sponsorship level attendance policy. Requests for additional Strategic Partner Emerging Leaders will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Please find additional cost details below.
How to REGISTER as an Emerging Leader?
All Emerging Leaders must self-register. This allows FEI Detroit to ensure we have their correct information on file, and their name badge prints accurately. Emerging Leaders cannot be registered as guests. If you are a member, and have an Emerging Leader attending with you, please forward the instructions below, or direct them to this webpage.
- Select REGISTER NOW at the top of this event webpage.
- LOGIN or CREATE an account – please be sure your full name, title and company are all included in your profile.
- If you have attended an event in the past, you can reset or look up your password. The system will not allow you to create a new account, with a previously used email address.
- Once logged in, you should be able to see the “Emerging Leader” REGISTRANT FEE. Please select this and follow the prompts all the way through registration. You registration is not complete until you see the CONFIRMATION page.
- To confirm, please check your email for a CONFIRMATION EMAIL. You should also now see the event under MY REGISTRATIONS, in your FEI profile.
For additional assistance or questions contact detroit.chapter@financialexecutives.org.
Location
The Westin
1500 Town Center
Southfield, MI 48075
(Map / Directions)
Dress Code
Business Casual
Menu
Caesar Salad
Panko & Herb Crusted Chicken
New York Cheesecake with Mixed Berries
Please indicate dietary restrictions during registration or contact detroit.chapter@financialexecutives.org as soon as possible.
Last day to Register: Tues. Nov 3, 2026
Cost & Cancellation Policy
- FEI Detroit Chapter Members: Free
- Emerging Leader: Free, Unlimited
- Chapter Strategic Partners: Free
- Strategic Partner Emerging Leader: Free - Equivalent to sponsorship level representative attendance number (i.e. 1, 2 or 3).
- Additional Emerging Leaders, outside of the allotted number, will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Please email FEI Detroit for consideration. FEI Detroit reserves the right to decline additional partner's Emerging Leaders if they do not feel their title qualifies.
- Qualified Prospective-Members: Free - CODE REQUIRED; contact detroit.chapter@financialexecutives.org for qualified membership criteria and to register.
- Non-Strategic Partner Guests, Significant Others - $95
- Additional Strategic Partner Representative - $250*
*Please note: This fee applies to each strategic partner representative attending the event over the maximum allowed within a partner's sponsorship level. Please contact FEI Detroit administrator to assess registrations for your organization.
Cancellation & No-Show Policy: FEI Detroit reserves the right to enforce a $75 fee for any cancellations within 24-hours of the event start time or No-Shows at the event.
If your schedule no longer allows you to attend the event, please email us at detroit.chapter@financialexecutives.org before the 24-hour period, to avoid any fees. Cancellation and No-Show fees must be paid prior to attending your next event, to avoid your registration being cancelled. By registering for this event, on November 12, 2026, you acknowledge and accept the terms of the cancellation & no-show policy.
Photo/Audio/Video Release: From time to time, the FEI Detroit Chapter uses photos and/or audio/video of participants in public event spaces in our social media channels. By virtue of your attendance, you agree to the use of your likeness in such materials, including print and/or electronic media without further notification or authorization.