Colby Beland, Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Casestack, Rich Lawrence, Vice President of Special Markets of Helen of Troy, and Dennis Hunt, Executive Vice President of Manager of Public Finance, Stephens, Inc. on November 6, 2017 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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Colby Beland

Vice President of Sales & Marketing, CaseStack, Inc.

Colby Beland is Vice President of Sales & Marketing for CaseStack, Inc., a leading provider outsourced logistics and pioneer of Collaborative Vendor Pool Consolidation. Upon joining CaseStack in 2010, he built a service-focused team that has tripled sales growth in five years. Beland holds a BSBA degree in Supply Chain Management from the Walton College of Business. He has spent the last 25 years immersed in multiple segments of the supply chain, gaining intimate knowledge of vendor pool consolidation, retailer compliance, warehousing and transportation (less-than-truckload, truckload, intermodal, etc.) Recognized for his expertise in retail logistics, he is frequently sought by national and ... Read More

Rich Lawrence

Vice President of Sales, Special Markets, Helen of Troy Beauty

Rich Lawrence is Vice President of Sales, Special Markets for Helen of Troy Beauty. He has over 30 years of experience in Sales and Marketing management working at Kroger, Norfolk & Southern, ConAgra, CROSSMARK, and Helen of Troy.  Rich has instructed hundreds of industry leaders using the behavior-based leadership model. A few of the companies Rich has worked with include: Pfizer, Warner Lambert, ConAgra, CMS Consulting, and MASSMART.  He was educated at Indiana University, Wharton, Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, and MIT.  He serves on the Executive Board at the Center for Retailing Excellence, Sam M. Walton College Business. ... Read More

Dennis Hunt

Executive Vice President and Manager of Public Finance

Mr. Hunt has served as an investment banker since 1993, providing investment banking services for tax-exempt and taxable financings.  He has managed financings for Stephens including utility, education, housing, healthcare, private activity, tourism, and tax-backed bond issues.  Over the last few years, Mr. Hunt has structured more than two billion dollars in tax-exempt municipal bond issues. In 2015, he was selected to head the public finance division for Stephens with offices located in seven states. Mr. Hunt holds a Masters degree with honors from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and has completed post-graduate training at Harvard University, the University ... Read More