Upcoming Speakers 2025

Jennifer Hyman is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Rent the Runway

Speaker March 7, 2025 Jennifer Hyman is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Rent the Runway, an 11 million-member startup that pioneered dynamic ownership in the fashion industry by enabling women to rent designer clothing. Rent the Runway, one of only 20 female-led “unicorn” companies in the U.S. to achieve a $1B valuation, went public…

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Bryson DeChambeau – Professional Golfer

Speaker May 13, 2025 Bryson DeChambeau is a professional golfer who plays on the LIV Golf League. He formerly played on the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships: the 2020 and 2024 U.S. Open. DeChambeau was a two-time individual winner in the LIV Golf League in 2023 and captain of the 2023 Team…

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Denny Hamlin – Champion Driver and Team Owner

Speaker – October 2025 Considered one of the all-time greatest late-model drivers in the Virginias and Carolinas, Denny Hamlin is a bona fide superstar in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The 2006 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year became the first rookie to ever qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup and has qualified…

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Alden Mills – Inc. 500 CEO, Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author

Speaker – November 14, 2025 Alden Mills is on a mission to help 100 million people “Be Unstoppable”. With more than 40 years of experience failing and succeeding in a vast array of different environments from sports, military, and business to nonprofits and community action groups, he learned success is driven by one vital factor…

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The Hood Hargett Breakfast Club is a category exclusive organization of business executives. Our members are focused on working with like-minded professionals to develop meaningful relationships, not transactions.

Our breakfast events featuring nationally known speakers from diverse areas of life allow members to learn and network with other partners and their guests without feeling pressured or solicited. Members find value in solving problems and in creating business opportunities.

As an exclusive, invitation-only community, the Hood Hargett Breakfast Club attracts business professionals who are building success through relationships. Our members understand business is important but without civic or social responsibility, it can be incomplete. Our membership of commercial and not for profits are engaged with our club and our community.

Breakfast Club Beat with Jenn Snyder Gibson

Hood Hargett Breakfast Club Executive Director, Jenn Snyder Gibson interviews company leaders and members of the club in a fun and informative format.

This weeks guest - Hood Hargett Dream Team of Chuck Hood and Kathy Hixon.

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Hood Hargett Breakfast Club Scholarship Fund

Hood Hargett Breakfast Club Student Athlete Program was launched by company owner and Fund founder Chuck Hood to recognize recognize local students in the Charlotte Mecklenberg School District who distinguished themselves on the playing field, in the classroom and in the community.

The fund has, to date, awarded more than $300,000 to some 200 local high school students to further their education through the Hood Hargett organization.

Hood Hargett Breakfast Club Membership

For nearly 20 years the the Hood Hargett Breakfast Club has been the premier category exclusive business development organization in Charlotte, NC. Our signature breakfast speaker series allows members and their guests to hear from national speakers from diverse backgrounds and interests. The sessions are often both informational and inspiring, and always entertaining.

Our breakfast events are now located at the beautiful Quail Hollow Country Club, home of the Wells Fargo PGA Championship. For member companies we also host a luncheon series that features local business and civic leaders. Business owners have access to Mayor's, Governors. Legislators and CEOs.

Adams Outdoor Advertising had put up billboards throughout Charlotte that read “Help Our Heroes” with four dark blue and four light blue stars representing the eight officers killed and wounded while serving a warrant on Monday. Hood Hargett Breakfast Club

With flowers, food and donations, Charlotte community grapples with officers’ deaths

Excerpts from the Charlotte Observer   The Hood Hargett Breakfast Club is raising $200,000 to help local officers pay deductibles for mental health counseling through Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Foundation’s Help for Our Heroes fund. By Tuesday morning, Harris Teeter grocery store based in Matthews and steel producer Nucor in Charlotte had each donated $25,000 to the…

Kevin Holland

Kevin Holland – Former Navy Seal Team 6 & Delta Force

Kevin Holland – 7-Time Bronze Star Recipient Speaker November 7, 2024 – From Seal Team Six to Delta Force, Master Sergeant Kevin Holland is the only publicly known operative to have served in both units over his noteworthy 20-year military career. Humble, engaging, and sincere, Holland’s combat stories, life-changing missions, and purpose-driven lessons mesmerize –…

HHBC-Lineup

2024 Hood Hargett Breakfast Club Speaker Linup Revealed!

We are excited to announce our 2024 Speaker Lineup!! We will have an amazing year!