Executive Fireside Chat

Dean Gerhard Apfelthaler will lead a conversation with our next executive guest, Bryan Palbaum, Dean’s Executive Council member and President and Chief Operations Office at Trader Joe’s Company. Students that are members of a School of Management (SOM) club or association are invited to attend this exclusive opportunity to ask questions to an executive.

About the speaker:

Trader Joe’s Company has over 450 neighborhood grocery stores located throughout the United States and Bryan currently has direct responsibility for warehouse and distribution, finance, risk management, human resources and management information systems. Bryan joined Trader Joe’s Company in 2002 as the company’s Chief Financial Officer, and has also had direct responsibility for real estate site selection and development. 

Prior to joining Trader Joe’s, Bryan was a partner with the accounting firm KPMG LLP. Bryan spent two years in KPMG’s national technical office and three years in KPMG’s Hong Kong office advising Asia Pacific clients on US SEC accounting and reporting matters. 

Bryan is a certified public accountant (non-active) in the State of California and graduated from California State University, Long Beach.  Bryan is Cal Lutheran School of Management Executive Advisory Council member , a board member of The Los Angeles Metropolitan YMCA and de Toledo High School. Bryan lives in Encino, California with his wife and two daughters.

SOM club and association members, we hope you will join us for this exclusive opportunity. Register today! Don’t miss out. Bring your burning questions.

If you are not in one of our clubs or associations  but are interested in joining, be sure to check out our list of SOM clubs and associations here.

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