DURHAM, N.H. - Glen Villano, chief executive officer of Merchants Fleet Management, will speak at the University of New Hampshire CEO Forum Thursday, May 7, 2015. The program begins at 8 a.m. in Huddleston Hall with coffee and networking followed by a full buffet breakfast. Merchants Fleet Management is one of the top 10 fleet leasing companies in the U.S. and provides customers nationwide with a total fleet solution.

Villano joined Merchants in 2008 as their COO and was promoted to CEO in January 2012. Prior to Merchants Villano spent 10 years with Harley Davidson, where he managed the newly formed financial service division to a 40 percent per year growth rate. Villano has a strong track record and reputation in finance, sales, operations and strategic planning which he developed during more than 35 years of senior management responsibilities in the financial services industry. Villano will talk about accelerated growth and what Harley Davidson and Merchants, a New Hampshire family-owned business, have in common.

This event is free to members and $49 for first-time attendees. To register, contact Barbara Draper at (603) 862-1107, or barbara.draper@unh.edu. Please register by Tuesday April 28, 2015

The UNH CEO Forum is an outreach program of the UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics serving CEOs, presidents, and senior managers of companies in northern New England. The forum provides its members with opportunities to meet and exchange ideas with their peers in business and industry in an informal setting. The UNH CEO Forum is sponsored by the law firm of Pierce Atwood, Optima Bank and Trust, Sprague Operating Resources, and Crystalvision. For more information visit http://www.unh-ceoforum.org/.

The UNH Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics offers a full complement of high-quality programs in business, economics, accounting, finance, management, information systems and business analytics, entrepreneurship, marketing, and hospitality management. Programs are offered at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive development levels. The college is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the premier accrediting agency for business schools worldwide. For more information, visit paulcollege.unh.edu.

The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 13,000 undergraduate and 2,500 graduate students.