Jennifer Zick to Speak at Faith and Business Dinner Forum Hosted by Anselm House
Founder & CEO of Authentic® to Share Lessons on Entrepreneurship, Faith-Driven Leadership, and Building a National Marketing Firm
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota – March 4, 2026 – Today, Authentic® announced that Jennifer Zick, Founder and CEO of Authentic, will serve as a featured speaker at the Faith and Business Dinner Forum hosted by Anselm House on March 23, 2026, at 4:30 PM at Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis.
The Faith and Business Dinner Forum brings together undergraduate business students to engage with respected founders and executives from the local business community. The event is designed to help students thoughtfully integrate their faith with their professional aspirations through candid conversations and real-world insight.
Zick, widely recognized as a pioneer in the Fractional CMO model, founded Authentic in 2017 with a vision to redefine how growing businesses access strategic marketing leadership. Under her leadership, Authentic has grown into a nationally respected firm and community of senior marketing leaders serving clients across the United States and internationally. The firm specializes in helping organizations build healthy, scalable, and valuable businesses through strategic marketing transformation.
During the event, Zick will share her entrepreneurial journey—from launching and scaling Authentic to navigating leadership with conviction and clarity. She will also speak openly about integrating faith into business ownership and decision-making, offering students practical insight into leading without compromising personal values.
“I’m honored to speak at the Faith and Business Dinner Forum,” said Jennifer Zick, Founder and CEO of Authentic. “The opportunity to encourage students who are preparing for careers in business, and to discuss how faith and professional ambition can coexist with integrity, is deeply meaningful to me.”
The Faith and Business Dinner Forum continues Anselm House’s mission of cultivating thoughtful Christian engagement in academic and professional life by creating space for meaningful dialogue between students and business leaders.
About Anselm House
Anselm House is a Christian study center located on the University of Minnesota campus. Its mission is to foster intellectual, moral, and spiritual formation among students and faculty by connecting faith with scholarship and vocation. Through forums, lectures, mentorship, and small-group programming, Anselm House equips emerging leaders to thoughtfully integrate their Christian faith with every sphere of life. Learn more at https://anselmhouse.org/
Event Details:
What: Faith & Business Dinner Forum: A Founder’s Journey in Marketing with Jennifer Zick
When: March 23, 2026 4:30 – 6:00 PM
Where: Carlson School of Management 321 S 19th Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55455
Registration/Tickets: https://anselmhouse.eventcalendarapp.com/faith-and-business-dinner-forum-a-founders-journey-in-marketing-with-jennifer-zick
About Authentic®
Authentic® is a national fractional CMO and marketing transformation firm serving growth-stage, founder-led, and private equity-backed companies across the United States. Founded in 2017, the firm pioneered a scalable model for delivering senior-level marketing leadership without the risk, limitations, or overhead burden of a full-time executive hire.
Through its proprietary framework, Authentic helps organizations Overcome Random Acts of Marketing® by aligning strategy, leadership, and execution. Its model combines experienced fractional CMOs, structured marketing methodology, and a collaborative community of executives to build mature marketing functions that drive measurable growth and increase transferable enterprise value.
Authentic serves clients across diverse industries and is recognized for elevating marketing from a tactical function to a strategic growth engine.
Learn more at: https://authenticbrand.com/
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