{"id":5147,"date":"2026-05-15T13:59:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=5147"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:59:33","slug":"southern-illinois-leaders-breakfast-set-for-june-2-at-siu-tedrick-welcome-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=5147","title":{"rendered":"Southern Illinois Leaders Breakfast set for June 2 at SIU Tedrick Welcome Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Regional leaders will come together for a gathering created to inspire fresh thinking, strengthen meaningful connections, and activate shared momentum across Southern Illinois.<\/p>\n

The Southern Illinois Leaders Breakfast will take place Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at the SIU Tedrick Welcome Center<\/b>, located at the main entrance of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The event will bring together business and community leaders from throughout Southern Illinois for a focused morning of insight, conversation and collaboration. All are welcome.<\/p>\n

Presented by Southern Illinois Now (SI Now) and hosted by the SIU Foundation, the breakfast is designed to create space for high-level, cross-sector dialogue around economic growth and regional collaboration.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ve consistently heard from partners across the region how much they valued the Southern Illinois Leadership Breakfasts, which were paused nearly a decade ago, so we\u2019re bringing them back,” said Deb Barnett, director of SI Now. “The breakfast is designed to bring business and community leaders into the same room to share ideas, build connections, and find inspiration as we collectively move Southern Illinois forward.”<\/p>\n

Matt Kupec, vice chancellor for development and alumni relations and CEO of the SIU Foundation, said the event reflects a shared commitment to bringing leaders together in meaningful ways and his team is pleased to host the event at the newly opened Tedrick Welcome Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an accelerator, the SIU Foundation creates meaningful opportunities for connection and engagement that strengthen relationships across Southern Illinois. When leaders are engaged with one another and with the university, it creates lasting impact for our region,\u201d Kupec said.<\/p>\n

Featured speaker Scot Heathman, CEO of The Wedge Innovation Center and a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, will deliver a message centered on leadership, resilience and forward-thinking action. Heathman spent more than 25 years in the Air Force, serving as a combat instructor pilot and base commander, and now works with organizations to build cultures of high trust, accountability and performance.<\/p>\n

The event will take place from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the SIU Tedrick Welcome Center, 1264 Lincoln Drive in Carbondale. Registration is $25 per person, and seating is limited.<\/p>\n

For additional details and registration through SI Now, visit <\/span>https:\/\/southernillinoisnow.org\/back-by-popular-demand-southern-illinois-leaders-breakfast-relaunches\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regional leaders will come together for a gathering created to inspire fresh thinking, strengthen meaningful connections, and activate shared momentum across Southern Illinois. The Southern Illinois Leaders Breakfast will take place Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at the SIU Tedrick Welcome Center, located at the main entrance of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The event will bring … Continue reading Southern Illinois Leaders Breakfast set for June 2 at SIU Tedrick Welcome Center<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-engagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5149,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147\/revisions\/5149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}