Special Event Invitation
SDSI Community Leadership Dinner Honoring Jim Wilkinson

Jim has an absolutely fascinating business career, having been among many other things, an advisor to the President of the U.S. Secretaries of State and Treasury, and Head of Corporate Affairs for Alibaba Group. Jim will be discussing The Alibaba Group and its leadership in the Global Marketplace. Surely all of us are Amazon users and are amazed at the transformation that it has caused in US retailing. In China, Alibaba serves as Amazon, Walmart, PayPal and FedEx (and many others) combined! Please join us for this very interesting topic; perhaps we will glean some insight into the evolution of the on-line marketplace in the USA!

     With all respect, here is a parsed highlight reel of an amazing career:

     Current: Chairman and Founder of TrailRunner, A Global Communications Firm
     Prior:

• SVP, Head of Corporate Affairs: Alibaba Group

• EVP Pepsico

• Managing Partner Brunswick Group, International Business and Financial Strategy

• Chief of Staff, Henry Paulson, US Secretary of Treasury

• Senior Advisor, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice

• Deputy Assistant to President George W Bush

• Deputy Director of Communication to the White House

• US Navy Reserve Officer

• BBA, Finance, U of Texas, MA Johns Hopkins

• Portrayed in Too Big To Fail

Date: Thursday, April 20, 2017

Time:
5:00 | Cocktails
6:00 |Dinner and Discussion
8:00 | Adjourn

Location: 
Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa
Adobe Room
9700 N. Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037