Event to feature leaders who landed Louisville City Football Club (FC)

Hosted by Leadership Louisville Center at ReSurfaced – a pop-up plaza on West Main St.

Louisville, Kentucky (Sept. 17, 2014) – The Leadership Louisville Center is hosting its next AlumNIGHTS event on October 14 from 5-7 p.m., gathering hundreds of graduates and community leaders for festive networking and civic engagement. The event will feature several leaders who were instrumental in attracting a new United Soccer League team, the Louisville City FC, and will be held at ReSurfaced, a pop-up plaza on West Main St. in the space originally intended for Museum Plaza.  Attendees will enjoy hors d’oeuvres, a complimentary Brown-Forman cocktail and a cash bar. PNC Bank and Brown-Forman Corporation are the event sponsors.

Registration for alumni and community leaders is available at https://www.leadershiplouisville.org/our-events/alumnights-alumni-reunion-events/.  Members of Leadership Louisville Center attend for free, tickets for all others are $35.  For more information, visit www.leadershiplouisville.org or call (502) 561-0458.

Event speakers will share how they landed the new soccer team, what it means for Louisville and what kind of leadership is necessary to turn creative ideas into reality. Speakers include:

Wayne Estopinal, president, TEG Architects LLC & co-owner, Louisville City FC

Djorn Buchholz, president and coach, Louisville City FC

Mike Mountjoy, chairman, Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP & co-owner, Louisville City FC

Gill Holland, the Group Entertainment, co-owner, Louisville City FC and sponsor, Resurfaced

About the Leadership Louisville Center:

Created in 1979, the Leadership Louisville Center is the region’s most valuable resource for leadership development and civic engagement.  Its mission is to grow and connect a diverse network of leaders who serve as catalysts for a world-class community through dynamic programming and strong community connections.  Over 6,000 community leaders have graduated from the Center’s programs that include Leadership Louisville, Focus Louisville, Ignite Louisville and Bingham Fellows.  In 2011, the Leadership Louisville Center was recognized as one of the top seven community leadership programs in the U.S. in a benchmark study by the Center for Creative Leadership, the “gold standard” global provider of executive leadership education and research.

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For more information, contact:
Holly Prather, Vice President
Main: 502.561.0458  Direct: 502.753.6503
hprather@leadershiplouisville.org