Some of Our Past Guest Speakers
JBN speakers represent top talent and are industry leaders. A small sampling in recent years include:
Tom Wolf, Governor, Pennsylvania
David Adelman, CEO, Campus Apartments
Madeline Bell, CEO, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Bart Blatstein, President, Tower Investments
Stephen Cozen, Founder & Chair, Cozen O’Connor
Chellie Cameron, CEO, Philadelphia Int’l Airport
Michael Forman, CEO, FS Investments
Richard Green, CEO, Firstrust Bank
Ed Herr, President & CEO, Herr Foods, Inc
William Marrazzo, CEO, WHYY
Stanley Middleman, CEO, Freedom Mortgage
Justin Rosenberg, Founder & CEO, Honeygrow
Judy Werthauser, CXO, Five Below
David Magerman, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Differential Values

JBN Game Changers
On April 10th, JBN hosted JBN Game Changers at the luxury sneaker store, Lapstone & Hammer. We networked and heard from two top Philadelphia sports journalists and authors: Mike Sielski and Zach Berman.

JBN x Philly Youth Basketball
On March 6th, JBN visited Philly Youth Basketball at their new Alan Horwitz "Sixth Man" Center for a networking happy hour. We heard from PYB CEO & President, Kenny Holdsman, and toured the incredible facility.

Real Estate Spotlight
On February 20th, JBN hosted a real estate spotlight at the Post Brothers new building: One Thousand One. Matt Pestronk, Post Brothers President, joined us for remarks and networking.

City Hall Networking Lunch
For JBN's first event of 2025 we headed to City Hall for a networking lunch. Willie Singletary, Deputy Director of Community Partnerships at the Mayor's Office delivered an energetic and inspiring speech about the work Mayor Cherelle Parker is doing for Philadelphia and how the JBN is a huge asset by creating more economic opportunities for the City.

Holiday Happy Hour
For our final event in 2024, JBN hosted our Holiday Happy Hour at Midnight and the Wicked. Not only was the venue beautiful, but this was our highest attended event of the year surpassing 150 attendees!

Israel Tech Panel
On November 14th, JBN hosted an Israel Tech Panel with panelists Neil Cooper (Partner, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld), Tiffany Wilson (President & CEO, University City Science Center), and Audrey Greenberg (Founder, Center for Breakthrough Medicines).

The Rise of Antisemitism Post October 7th
On October 10th, JBN hosted "The Rise of Antisemitism Post October 7th" with Jonathan S. Tobin (Editor in Chief, JNS.org) at The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. It was encouraging to come together as a group to support each other during the one year anniversary of the horrific events of October 7th.

JBN at The Phillies
On April 3rd, JBN hosted "Looking Ahead to 2026" with Angela Val (CEO & President, Visit Philadelphia) at the Pyramid Club. We discussed all the incredible things coming to Philly in 2026, like the World Cup!

Summer Networking Social
On July 11th, JBN had our most anticipated event of the year, our summer social! For this networking happy hour, we went to the Bellevue Sporting Club and hosted the event on their rooftop.

Home Health Care
On June 6th, JBN hosted a networking event revolving around the homecare industry. We welcomed Geoff Gross and David Baiada, two top healthcare business owners, to speak to the group about the path to success in this industry.
Sponsor: NeST Technologies

Looking Ahead to 2026
On April 3rd, JBN hosted "Looking Ahead to 2026" with Angela Val (CEO & President, Visit Philadelphia) at the Pyramid Club. We discussed all the incredible things coming to Philly in 2026, like the World Cup!

January with the J’s
To kickoff 2024, JBN hosted January with the Js featuring Justin Rosenberg (Honeygrow), Jeff Benjamin (Vetri Cucina/Federal Donuts), and Emma Dooling (Business Journal) as the moderator.