Annual Fundraising Dinner at The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburon
Monday, March 8, 2027
We are happy to announce that our featured speaker at for our annual fundraising dinner on March 8th is Bruce Madej. Madej is the longest serving Sports Information Director in the history of the University of Michigan Athletic Department and currently serves as the senior Advisor to the University of Michigan Athletic Department. After a distinguished career spanning parts of six decades in college athletics communications and a longtime leader in sports public relations, Madej directed communications efforts for two Heisman Trophy winners and helped manage media relations during Michigan’s nationally recognized Fab Five era. He also helped pioneer several innovations that transformed athletic communications, including computerized game statistics, athletic department websites, email distribution of press releases, online bowl ticket sales, and press box access for digital media.
Thanks to the sponsor of the event, Greenleaf Trust — this event will be free to members
As it will be free to members, donations will be encouraged for this annual fundraising event to support the scholarship fund for the U-M Club of Southwest Florida.