About The CEO Forum

About The CEO Forum

The CEO Forum Group, founded in 2007, is a Tier 1 media and marketing company focused exclusively on CEOs. Our mission is to, “Disseminate CEO wisdom to elevate business, the economy and society.”  Robert Reiss has interviewed more top CEOs in depth on timeless leadership principles than anyone, with over 1,000 interviews on the nationally syndicated, The CEO Show.

Our platforms include:

1. The CEO Show, a nationally syndicated radio show with 600,000 weekly listeners (cited as the #1 podcast for CEOs in America);

2. The CEO Forum, the quarterly magazine “by CEOs for CEOs” received exclusively by the top 10,000 CEOs in America;

3. The CEO Forum Institute, our digital subscription platform to share CEO content;

4. CEO Connections, where we build customized CEO outreach initiatives;

5. The Transformative CEO Summit, our quarterly convening of top CEOs to help solve today’s most pressing issues.

The CEO Forum Group has become recognized as “The Transformative CEO Community” for its efforts in sharing best practices throughout the community of CEOs and aspiring CEOs. Founder Robert Reiss is credited with coining the term ‘Transformative CEO’ which is defined as someone who “creates new value that reinvigorates a company, reinvents an industry or reboots society”.

The CEO Forum Group

Editorial Team

Robert Reiss

Host & CEO

Gina Leone

Associate Publisher

John Iannuzzi

Chief Radio Engineer

Allison Burke

Deputy Editor

Business Team

Michael Chen

Advisor, The CEO Forum Group & Co-Founder and Chairman, National Pickleball League (NPL)

Shila Anderson

Director of Finance

Kenneth D. Brown Esq.

VP Strategic Partnerships and Senior Advisor

Emily Dardis

Creative Director

Bill Peters

Managing Director

Courtney Weissman

Director of Marketing

Robbie Samuels

Summit Director

The CEO Forum Digital

CEO Forum Digital Board

Heyward Donigan

Former CEO, Rite Aid

Michael Fabiano

President, ESG News Corp & Former, Head of the Americas, The Associated Press

Joseph Hansen

Managing Director, CEO Forum Digital

Terry Jones

Founding CEO, Travelocity and Founding Chairman Kayak

Gary Shapiro

CEO, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, Producer CES

Ralph de la Vega

Former Vice Chairman, AT&T Inc.

Advisory Council

Inaugural Advisory Board meeting June 11, 2024 at The Harvard Club, New York City. From left to right, CEOs: Bigelow Tea, Griffin Health, Highclere Castle Gin, Rite Aid, Northwell Health, Bank of America,  Brookdale Senior Living, The CEO Forum Group, Travelocity, Marvel, Buy Box Experts, Citi Private Client, Sustainable Media, National Pickle Ball League, Dale Carnegie, Alliant Credit Union, CTA/CES, AT&T

Lucinda M. (“Cindy”) Baier

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Brookdale Senior Living

Keith Banks

Former Vice Chair, Bank of America & Chair CEO Forum Group Advisory Board

Cindi R. Bigelow

President & CEO, Bigelow Tea

Patrick A. Charmel

President and CEO, Griffin Health Services Corporation

Peter Cuneo

Former CEO, Marvel

Dennis Devine

President & CEO, Alliant Credit Union

Michael J. Dowling

President & CEO, Northwell Health

Adam von Gootkin

Co-founder and CEO, Highclere Castle Gin

Joseph K. Hart

President and CEO, Dale Carnegie

Ida Liu

Global Head, Citi Private Bank