The 2023 CAPS Executive Summit will be held at the historic Wigwam resort:
300 E Wigwam Blvd, Litchfield Park, AZ 85340

Named the country’s best historic resort, The Wigwam with its 54-hole championship golf courses, LeMond’s Aveda Spa, recreation areas and beautiful indoor and outdoor meeting spaces provides the ideal venue for our 2023 Executive Summit. It blends the best of history and modern-day conveniences in a 440-acre oasis so that the best minds in the supply management practice can focus, network, learn and strategize on topics impacting their organizations and have a little fun in the process too.

Group rates available Sunday, October 22 – Tuesday, October 24, 2023. Room reservation online booking information will be sent upon confirmation of your registration. The group rate cut-off date has passed, so reservations are now based on availability. 

Group Booking Information

Hotel booking information will be sent upon completion of the event registration.

• King or Double Suite
• $399 per night (taxes not included)
• Reduced resort fee: $18 per day
  • Includes:
    • Complimentary high-speed internet - In Guestrooms & Public areas
    • Complimentary Valet and Self-Parking
    • Complimentary bike rentals - Located at the Bell Desk
    • Unlimited same day golf with purchase of round
    • Complimentary tennis court usage - 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    • Fitness Center & Motion Studio access
    • Complimentary scheduled fitness classes
    • $3.00 per room, per night housekeeping gratuity

Keynote Speaker

Maria Villablanca, CEO and Co-founder of The Future Insights Network, Host of the Transform Talks Podcast, and Supply Chain and Business Transformation Influencer

Maria Villablanca is the creator of the supply chain and business transformation podcast Transform Talks, the author of the Transform Thoughts LinkedIn newsletter series, an official Gartner Peer Ambassador, a Brinc mentor for the Oxagon x McLaren Accelerator, and the Co-founder and CEO of The Future Insights Network, a fast-growing network of over 130,000 manufacturing and supply chain leaders. Maria has interviewed hundreds of senior business and thought leaders from the world's most admired organizations to cut through the hype and noise around supply chain and business transformation. Her contributions to the supply chain industry as a creator and to the world of business as an entrepreneur and woman in business have won her several awards, including Top 100 Influential Women in Supply Chain, Top 10 Most Empowering Business Women Leading Through The Change, The Most Acclaimed Leaders in Supply Chain and Elite League of Women in Supply Chain, Top 10 Most Recognized Women Entrepreneurs to Follow in 2022, and Top 100 Women in Supply Chain.

Interactive Session Speakers

Sean D. Williams, Associate Teaching Professor, School of Media and Communication, Bowling Green State University

Sean joined the faculty of the Media and Communications team at Bowling Green State University in August 2019. He teaches across the curriculum, including advertising, PR, media and organizational communication. In March 2023, he became Executive Director and CEO of the International PR Research Conference, leading the organization dedicated to connecting research and practice in public relations. In his continuing independent practice, he helps organizations plan and execute integrated strategic communications effectively and measure the results. Focusing on research-based, strategic counsel and execution.

Denise Bode, Managing Partner & President, Constitution Partners

Denise Bode focuses her practice on food and agriculture, energy, environment, tax and trade policy advice and counsel, particularly coalition management and development and implementation of public policy strategies, at the state and federal level. Denise brings over four decades of experience crafting, implementing, and advocating for policy and regulatory proposals at every level of government. Her close connections to policymakers and decision-makers is the result of an extensive career advocating for best practices for both the public and private sector; as such, she is often relied upon by Members of Congress and C-Suite executives to provide her counsel and guidance on any number of issues. She has testified before Congress and has extensive public speaking experience including numerous appearances on network and cable television.

Denise’s extensive experience is diverse, including serving as:

• CEO of the American Wind Energy Association.
• CEO of the American Clean Skies Foundation.
• Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, where she was twice elected statewide in Oklahoma to a post with responsibilities as the principal state regulation of business.
• President of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA).
• Tax Counsel and Equity Partner in the Washington, DC firm, Gold and Liebengood, where she led the tax practice.
• Legal Counsel to U.S. Senator David Boren (D-OK) on the Senate Finance Committee, focusing on tax and trade.
• Energy and Natural Resources Assistant to Governor David L. Boren (D-OK).

Denise’s many honors include:

• Hill Top Lobbyists 2011, 2012, 2023
• Top Association CEO in the United States, CEO Update, 2010
• “Woman of the Year,” Women’s Council on Energy and The Environment, 2009
• 100 Most Powerful Women in Washington, Washingtonian, 2009
• Byliner Award for Government, The Association for Women in Communications, 2002
• State Official of the Year, Oklahoma Association of Community Action Agencies, 2001
• Energy Award for Public Service, Hearst Newspapers, 2001
• Woman of the Year, The Journal Record (Oklahoma City), 1999