The IEC is proud to sponsor the latest fundraiser supporting Honorable Todd Spitzer for re-election as District Attorney of Orange County. As our county's District Attorney, we’ve watched him accomplish the following initiatives: Keeping Orange County safe - Todd was the joint author of Megan's Law and
From Sinan Kanatsiz Last week the International Executive Council (IEC) hosted Joe Megibow, CEO of Purple.com for a fire-side chat with select members of our organization. Together we discussed: - what it’s like to employ thousands of people- what it’s like running a public company- benefits of moving operations to Utah- why
by Sinan Kanatsiz, Co-Founder On behalf of the International Executive Council (IEC), we would like to thank our members for being part of a special VIP SoFi Stadium experience. We hope you enjoyed the all-access tour and lunch. Photos from the event can be viewed via link
by Sinan Kanatsiz, Co-Founder I'd like to thank the IEC members who attended our annual all member forum held yesterday at the Pacific Club in Newport Beach. Together, we persevered and overcame great challenges this last year to once again meet in person and hold meaningful business
By Sinan Kanatsiz, Founder of the IEC Last Thursday night was the setting of what could arguably be one of the greatest dinners of all time, with over 20 global leaders in attendance, representing different industries including tech, hospitality, real estate, defense, artificial intelligence and Internet
Our latest IEC event featured a candid business discussion with CEO of Pedego Electric Bikes, Don DiCostanzo, followed by an electric bike tour around Newport Back Bay. https://youtu.be/a0K2dqfeASM During the discussion, members heard from Don about the success of Pedego, how the pandemic helped them achieve more
Last week the IEC welcomed best-selling author and former state department official, Jared Cohen, CEO of Jigsaw, Google. Jared shared his thoughts with 70+ founding members and select guests during an epic hour plus discussion highlighting Cohen’s latest book, Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America, a unique perspective on presidential history. We also covered current
IEC members attended our latest, casual, and socially distanced morning gathering at Emerald Bay Beach, with featured guest speaker Richard Watts, Author of Entitlemania. Richard shared his thoughts around raising non-entitled and responsible children, as well as navigating through the current economy. For attending members, they
The International Executive Council (IEC)’s latest web event featured two world-class thought leaders sharing their thoughts on the status of our National Security and Healthy Buildings. Former Homeland Security Advisor, National Security and Global Crisis Response Expert, and CNN National Security Analyst, Juliette Kayyem, discussed the
By Sinan Kanatsiz Today's powerful International Executive Council (IEC) event featured Newport Beach Mayor, Will O'Neill, a Stanford-educated attorney and small businessman who has served the City for five years on the Newport Beach Finance Committee (currently Chair). As a California native, he received his BA from Stanford University where