BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250212T230000Z DTEND:20250213T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Leadership Panel - Leading Through Crisis: Lessons from Nantucket's Power Outage DESCRIPTION:Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce invites you to join us for our third annual Leadership Panel - Leading Through Crisis: Lessons from Nantucket's Power Outage\, Wednesday\, February 12th\, 6:00pm - 8:00pm\, at The Restaurant at Miacomet Golf Course\, 12 West Miacomet Road.\n\n\n\nNantucket Island experienced one of the most impactful power outages in its history over the 50th Nantucket Christmas Stroll weekend. Island-wide\, businesses invested and prepared in anticipation of a successful weekend of commerce. The outage was devastating for many\, with some estimating millions in lost revenue for local businesses.\n\n\n\nOur expert panel of local leaders will offer their insights on how they managed and are managing their business through this crisis. We will touch on the impact it has had on their business and staff\, and the steps they're taking on the path of resilience. This event will be moderated by Holly Ruth Finigan\, Author\, Life Coach and Owner of Happy Place Retail. It will be an impactful and interactive discussion you don't want to miss!\n\n\nAt the door registration welcome!\n\n\n\n*Dinner included with ticket\, cash bar for beverages and libations*\n\n\nModerator:\n\n\n\nHolly Ruth Finigan - Author\, Life Coach and Owner of Happy Place Retail\n\n \n\n Holly Ruth Finigan arrived on Nantucket in May of 2005 and immediately began working in the restaurant business as a bartender. After seven years of slinging drinks and serving high quality food\, she then launched her entrepreneurial career in 2012\, by creating The Nantucket blACKbook\, the islands first social media marketing guide based on advocacy over advertising. Holly spent eight years online\, storytelling all over the island and sharing the best places to sip\, shop and stay. She created her Happy Place clothing brand in 2015 and opened her own Happy Place retail experience space from 2017 to 2019. By 2020\, she had evolved into the world of real estate and recently received her Brokers License in 2024.\n\n\nAnd yet\, the heart of Holly's story is not hard work\, but heart work. In 2018\, she received open heart surgery and two years later\, at the height of her blACKbook success\, Holly shut down her whole digital marketing business. She turned her empire inward and began leading breathwork and meditation. This spiritual awakening was the subject of her first book\, Wholeheartedly: The One You Want to Find is You. Holly's new mission has transformed her from creating luxurious travel experiences into curating opportunities to help people heal themselves and experience the transformative alchemy that is Nantucket.\n\n\n\n \n\n\nPanelist:\n\n\n\nAndrea Solimeo - Chef-Owner of Ventuno Restaurant\n\n \nAndrea Solimeo grew up between Westchester County\, and Calabria. From eating fresh vegetables from his grandmother's garden in Italy to crushing deli sandwiches in New York\, Solimeo was fascinated with food by the time he was a teenager. His first industry job was slinging pizzas in Rye\, New York\, but all he wanted to do was cook in Italy. Armed with dual citizenship\, Solimeo would spend nine months in Italy and three summer months on Nantucket. He did four cycles at Il Sole in Bologna\, a year at Le Calandre\, then another four year stint under Massimo Bottura at the three-Michelin starred Osteria Francescana. In 2012\, Solimeo was made chef de cuisine of Ventuno on Nantucket. In 2016\, the former ownership group offered to sell the business to him and business partner\, Taylor Oliver. They took over the fine dining Italian restaurant\, and in 2019 opened Pizzeria Gemelle\, a Neapolitan-style pizzeria that focuses on local\, farm-fresh ingredients. They were also offered the restaurant space in the Greydon House\, which they transformed into Via Mare\, a Venetian-inspired\, Nantucket produce and seafood-fueled restaurant. \nJamie Strobino - Partner at Brotherhood of Thieves\n\n \nJamie first came to Nantucket in 1990 and quickly fell in love with the island and its magic.\n\nHe and his wife Colleen\, and kids Ian and Phoebe came every year while they were growing up. \n\n \n\nHe spent his career in hospitality working as VP of Worldwide Operations for Hard Rock Cafe\, COO and Partner for Not Your Average Joes\, and now COO of Servedwell Hospitality and Partner at the Brotherhood of Thieves.\n\n \n\nJamie is also on the Board of the Nantucket Community Music Center\n\n \n\nIn 2022\, he and his partners had the good fortune to bring the beloved institution The Brotherhood of Thieves back to life after it was closed during the COVID 19 crisis.\n\n \n\n"We felt it was important to bring it back to life for the community and all that it meant to us"\n\n \n\nHe has learned over the years that "adversity is a terrible thing to waste" and is eager to share that knowledge with others.\n\n \nRachel Afshari - Co-Owner and General Manager at Lemon Press\n\n \n Rachel has been at the helm of Lemon Press\, serving her Nantucket community since 2015. Her family's Iranian roots ensured she grew up eating Mediterranean and Middle Eastern fare. It's her upbringing that motivates Rachel to deliver Nantucket a "Persian Hospitality" approach to her service\, and to the menu you all know and love. During her undergraduate studies in Biology at the University of Massachusetts\, she developed a deep-seated passion for the importance of food systems. Rachel has spent the last 10 years of her life committed to learning and growing healthy\, sustainable eating habits both personally and professionally. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\nNantucket Island Chamber of Commerce invites you to join us for our third annual \;Leadership Panel - Leading Through Crisis: Lessons from Nantucket'\;s Power Outage\, Wednesday\, February 12th\, 6:00pm - 8:00pm\, at The Restaurant at Miacomet Golf Course\, 12 West Miacomet Road.
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\nNantucket Island experienced one of the most impactful power outages in its history over the 50th Nantucket Christmas Stroll weekend. Island-wide\, businesses invested and prepared in anticipation of a successful weekend of commerce. The outage was devastating for many\, with some estimating millions in lost revenue for local businesses.
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\nOur expert panel of local leaders will offer their insights on how they managed and are managing their business through this crisis. We will touch on the impact it has had on their business and staff\, and the steps they'\;re taking on the path of resilience. This event will be moderated by Holly Ruth Finigan\, Author\, Life Coach and Owner of Happy Place Retail. \;It will be an \;impactful and interactive discussion you don'\;t want to miss!\n

\nAt the door registration welcome!
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\n*Dinner included with ticket\, cash bar for beverages and libations*
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\nModerator:
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\nHolly Ruth Finigan - Author\, Life Coach and Owner of Happy Place Retail
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​\;Holly Ruth Finigan arrived on Nantucket in May of 2005 and immediately began working in the restaurant business as a bartender. After seven years of slinging drinks and serving high quality food\, she then launched her entrepreneurial career in 2012\, by creating \;The Nantucket blACKbook\, the islands first social media marketing guide based on advocacy over advertising. Holly spent eight years online\, storytelling all over the island and sharing the best places to sip\, shop and stay. She created her Happy Place clothing brand in 2015 and opened her own Happy Place retail experience space from 2017 to 2019. By 2020\, she had evolved into the world of real estate and recently received her Brokers License in 2024.
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\nAnd yet\, the heart of Holly&rsquo\;s story is not hard work\, but heart work. In 2018\, she received open heart surgery and two years later\, at the height of her blACKbook success\, Holly shut down her whole digital marketing business. She turned her empire inward and began leading breathwork and meditation. This spiritual awakening was the subject of her first book\, \;Wholeheartedly: \;The One You Want to Find is You. Holly&rsquo\;s new mission has transformed her from creating luxurious travel experiences into curating opportunities to help people heal themselves and experience the transformative alchemy that is Nantucket.
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\nPanelist:
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\nAndrea Solimeo - Chef-Owner of Ventuno Restaurant
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Andrea Solimeo grew up between Westchester County\, and Calabria. From eating fresh vegetables from his grandmother&rsquo\;s garden in Italy to crushing deli sandwiches in New York\, Solimeo was fascinated with food by the time he was a teenager. His first industry job was slinging pizzas in Rye\, New York\, but all he wanted to do was cook in Italy. Armed with dual citizenship\, Solimeo would spend nine months in Italy and three summer months on Nantucket. He did four cycles at Il Sole in Bologna\, a year at Le Calandre\, then another four year stint under Massimo Bottura at the three-Michelin starred Osteria Francescana. In 2012\, Solimeo was made chef de cuisine of Ventuno on Nantucket. In 2016\, \;the former ownership group offered to sell the business to him and business \;partner\, Taylor Oliver. \;They took over the fine dining Italian restaurant\, and in 2019 opened Pizzeria Gemelle\, a Neapolitan-style pizzeria that focuses on local\, farm-fresh ingredients. They were also offered the restaurant space in the Greydon House\, which they transformed into Via Mare\, a Venetian-inspired\, Nantucket produce and seafood-fueled restaurant.

\nJamie Strobino - Partner at Brotherhood of Thieves
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Jamie first came to Nantucket in 1990 and quickly fell in love with the island and its magic.
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He and his wife Colleen\, and kids Ian and Phoebe came every year while they were growing up. \;
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He spent his career in hospitality working as VP of Worldwide Operations for Hard Rock Cafe\, COO and Partner for Not Your Average Joes\, and now COO of Servedwell Hospitality and Partner at the Brotherhood of Thieves.
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Jamie is also on the Board of the Nantucket Community Music Center
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In 2022\, he and his partners had the good fortune to bring the beloved institution The Brotherhood of Thieves back to life after it was closed during the COVID 19 crisis.
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"\;We felt it was important to bring it back to life for the community and all that it meant to us"\;
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He has learned over the years that "\;adversity is a terrible thing to waste"\; and is eager to share that knowledge with others.
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\nRachel Afshari - Co-Owner and General Manager at Lemon Press
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​\;Rachel has been at the helm of Lemon Press\, serving her Nantucket \;community since 2015. Her \;family'\;s Iranian roots ensured she grew up eating Mediterranean \;and Middle Eastern fare. It'\;s her upbringing that \;motivates Rachel to deliver Nantucket a "\;Persian Hospitality"\; approach to her service\, and to the menu you all know and love. During her undergraduate studies in Biology at the University of Massachusetts\, she developed a deep-seated passion for the importance \;of food systems. Rachel has spent the last 10 years of her life committed to learning and growing healthy\, \;sustainable eating habits both personally and professionally.
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