The LGO Alumni Leadership Program is a continuation of LGO’s Leadership coursework, offering ongoing learning among alumni. We aim to bring together people across classes to share experiences and solve work challenges.
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2026 PROGRAM
2026 PROGRAM
So How’d You Handle That?
So How’d You Handle That?
For 2026, the Alumni Leadership program format is updated to deepen cross-class sharing and collaborative learning. In alumni-led, peer-to-peer sessions, we’ll tackle issues in a discussion format, rather than presentation style.
Each session will focus on a key topic, and will include a featured speaker who has experience to share — challenges tackled, mistakes made, and lessons learned. Participants can submit questions and their own stories ahead of time, or bring them up during the session. Moderators will help keep the conversation flowing. Everyone can contribute, or listen and absorb.
There will be three sessions for the year:
April, June/July, Sept/Oct
SESSION 1
Fortune 500, Fortune 1500, and Everything in Between: Stories from an LGO Leadership Journey
SESSION 1
Fortune 500, Fortune 1500, and Everything in Between: Stories from an LGO Leadership Journey
April 16th at 7pm ET
In your working life you come up against a wide range of challenges. You’re hired into a dream job that you find isn’t so dreamy. Market forces pummel your company’s business model. Suddenly there’s a pandemic and your company is on the front line. What do you do?
Jeff Alcalde, LGO ‘97, had seen his share of it, and he’s here to talk about it. From working at the world’s largest aluminum rolling mill, to being a direct line supervisor at a plant going through closure, to accepting a job and having the job location change under him, he’s navigated the shifts of large company operations. Since then, he has moved into managing a smaller organization and then owning it, only for that company to be on the hot seat for COVID response. He has stories to tell.
Join in on a fireside chat with Jeff and your fellow alumni. Let’s dig into how to handle the tricky situations that there’s almost no way to prepare for.
There may not be enough time to cover all of Jeff's 29 years' worth of stories, so please let us know on your registration form what topics you are most interested in, and we will be sure to include them.
Featured Speaker: Jeffrey Alcalde
President and Owner, Marpac, Inc.
Featured Speaker: Jeffrey Alcalde
President and Owner, Marpac, Inc.
Mr. Alcalde has over 29 years of Operations, Management, and Leadership experience over a broad range of industries including materials, automotive, aerospace, cosmetics, and medical devices.
Mr. Alcalde is currently the President of Marpac, Inc., a medical device manufacturing company that specializes in respiratory tube securements. As President of Marpac, he is responsible for all areas of the company including revenue, profit, product development, strategic partnerships, and employee morale. Under his leadership, the company has grown from $2.4M in revenue to $6.8M in revenue and now is the largest cut and sew operation in the state of New Mexico. In the medical products field, Marpac has added strategic partners, several new products, and has entered new markets with significant growth in international markets. Additionally, Marpac has recently started a cosmetic filling division that further expands the company’s manufacturing capabilities.
To further continue his growth, Mr. Alcalde has been an active Vistage member for over 15 years and is currently a member of the Leadership New Mexico Program.
Marpac is most proud of being recognized as one of New Mexico’s top 10 best places to work each of the last 15 years.
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