May the 4th at 4! Cocktail Hour and Dinner
May 4th at 4 pm. You are invited to our "May the 4th" Cocktail Hour and Dinner!
4 pm Cocktail Hour and Hors D'oeuvres
5 pm dinner
5:30-6 pm special guest speaker, Mike Mitchell, Executive Director
The State of Family Business”- Economic Impact of Family Business
- Challenges and Education Needs of Family Businesses
- New Family Business Curriculum at Etown College and The High Center
- Political Advocacy and National Family Enterprise USA Survey
Mike Mitchell is the Executive Director of The High Center at Elizabethtown College. Prior to joining the High Center, he was an owner of Amelia’s Grocery Outlets and served as President and CEO of the company from 1997- 2012. He oversaw all aspects of the 15 store grocery chain and a 100,000 square foot warehouse in Leola Pennsylvania. Mike, his father, Melvin, and his brother-in-law Jeff, grew the business and expanded the concept from a couple of small Weaver Chicken Outlets into a full line grocery outlet chain. The business was sold to a private equity firm, Berkshire Partners and Grocery Outlet Inc., a 442 store chain based in Berkley, California, in January 2012.
Mitchell is a graduate of Elizabethtown College and has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. Prior to joining Amelia’s in 1996, he worked as a Marketing Manager for several packaged goods companies including Heinz, General Mills, and Unilever. He has served in several board positions with the Boys and Girls Club, the Lititz Rec Center and several other for profit and non-profit organizations. Michael was the 2010 Lancaster Chamber Small Business Person of the Year and a 2019 Central Penn Most Admired CEO.
