Michigan Professionals was conceived as a way to bring together Michigan alums in the professional world to facilitate business networking in a no-frills, no-fluff environment. This is not a social event for aimless schmoozing or trying to plan a lunch that might or might not happen. It’s a goal-directed business event aimed specifically at increasing your professional business network and your bottom line through cross-referrals. If you happen to make some social contacts or friends as a result of the meeting, all the better, but the goal here is to cross-refer business to other Michigan alums who you get to know and trust, and in so doing, keep things “in the family”.
Michigan Professionals meets 8-10 times per year with quarterly happy hours and monthly breakfast networking meetings in most other months. Our next meeting is our networking happy hour on Wednesday September 9, 2026 from 500-700PM at Casa Del Sol in Tustin, use this link to get more information and to RSVP: Michigan Professionals Happy Hour 090926. Also save the date for our networking breakfast meeting on Wednesday October 21, 2026 from 730-900AM in Irvine and our fourth 2026 happy hour networking event to be held on Wednesday November 11, 2026 from 5-7PM at Casa Del Sol in Tustin. Contact Ben Sottile at [email protected] for information and to RSVP. Attendance is free for Michigan Professionals members (we currently have 77 members) at all Michigan Professionals events. Non-members and guests are welcome, cost is $20 for the happy hour and $15 for breakfast meetings, with the first time at a breakfast meeting for free. Membership is $60 for the year and our mid-year special, if you join in the second half of 2026, your membership will run for all of 2027. Michigan Professionals also sponsors several UMAOC events each year, with discounts for Michigan Professionals members. Upcoming, Michigan Professionals members can save $10 each on up to four tickets for the Jersey Boy’s show at Segerstrom on January 31, 2027 at 630PM. Stay tuned for additional Michigan Professionals events and discounts coming soon.
Please contact: Ben Sottile: [email protected].