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Chief vs MacKay CEO Forums
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Chief
Senior women executives with at least fifteen years of leadership experience, from C-suite officers to founders and independent operators.
MacKay CEO Forums
Canadian CEOs, business owners and senior executives, split into forums by role and company size
Lo que indican los registros
- Role or title: Chief: C-suite route: CXO title at an organisation with 1,000+ employees, or a board seat at a public company; MacKay CEO Forums: CEO Membership: CEO, business owner or founder.
- Minimum company revenue: Chief: Builder route: US$2,000,000+ annual revenue or venture funding, or prior CXO/VP-plus experience; MacKay CEO Forums: CEO Membership: annual company revenue $5MM-$5B+.
- Gender: Chief: A network for women leaders; MacKay CEO Forums: No published gender.
- Geographic restriction: Chief: No published geographic restriction; MacKay CEO Forums: Canada.
- Annual dues: Chief: Not published on Chief's own membership, application or FAQ pages. Reported figures for 2026 cluster around US$5,900 a year for the Executive Education and Executive Advisory tiers, with Core tiers reported higher; earlier reporting cited US$5,400 for vice-president level and US$7,800 for C-suite, and Fortune reported US$5,800 in 2023. Chief confirms none of these figures publicly.; MacKay CEO Forums: C$12,000 a year.
Lado a lado
| Chief | MacKay CEO Forums | |
|---|---|---|
| Perfil | ||
| Tipo | Networking organization | Peer advisory |
| Fundado | 2019 (Launched in January 2019 in New York by Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan.) | 2005 (MacKay's own pages say "more than 20 years" and cite "5,000+ Alumni members across Canada over 20 years" without naming a year; the Peer Resources directory dates the founding to 2005. Nancy MacKay, PhD is listed as Founder and CEO on the leadership page.) |
| Sede | New York, United States | North Vancouver, Canada |
| Geographic footprint | United States, with four physical Clubhouses (New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington D.C.) and virtual programming | Canada: Forum Chairs listed in twelve regions across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Nova Scotia |
| Miembros | Not currently disclosed. Chief's site states members represent "10,000+" companies and 67 per cent of the Fortune 100, and that 44 per cent of members are in the C-suite, but publishes no current total. Wikipedia records 20,000 members as of October 2022. | 1,300as of September 2026 |
| Capítulos | 4 | 12 |
| Primary audience | Senior women executives with at least fifteen years of leadership experience, from C-suite officers to founders and independent operators. | Canadian CEOs, business owners and senior executives, split into forums by role and company size |
| Miembro tipo | Chief describes four member journeys: C-suite (CXO title at organisations with 1,000 or more employees, or a public-company board seat), senior leaders and executives (CEO, CXO, VP or SVP and founders at mid-market to enterprise firms), and builders and navigators (solopreneurs, consultants and fractional leaders with prior CXO or VP-plus experience, or a business with US$2 million or more in revenue or venture funding). Chief states more than 60 per cent of members are sponsored by their employers. | Members are chief executives, owners and senior executives of Canadian companies with revenue from about $5 million to over $5 billion, with a separate tier for companies above $1 billion. MacKay states that 37% of members are women. |
| Qualification | ||
| Función o cargo | C-suite route: CXO title at an organisation with 1,000+ employees, or a board seat at a public companySenior Director titles at companies with 10,000+ employees are reviewed case by case.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ | CEO Membership: CEO, business owner or founderverified September 2026 · fuente ↗ |
| Ingresos mínimos de la empresa | Builder route: US$2,000,000+ annual revenue or venture funding, or prior CXO/VP-plus experienceApplies to solopreneurs, independents, consultants, founders and fractional leaders.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ | CEO Membership: annual company revenue $5MM-$5B+Currency is not stated on the page; MacKay prices in Canadian dollars plus GST/HST.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ |
| Género | A network for women leadersChief describes itself as a community of women leaders.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ | No published gender |
| Restricción geográfica | No published geographic restriction | CanadaForum Chairs are listed only in Canadian regions.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | No |
| Application process | Candidates apply online and Chief reviews the application against its published criteria. Qualified applicants are contacted for a 30-minute call, typically within a few business days, to discuss goals and Chief's offering. | Prospective members apply through the Join MacKay pages or by contacting the office, then are screened for strategic fit and matched to a forum of non-competing peers. Community members may be invited to sit in on a full-day forum meeting before committing to a forum tier. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. Chief states it "previously had a waitlist, but we've since moved to an application-based model"; Fortune reported a waitlist of 60,000 in 2023. | Not publicly disclosed. MacKay says peer groups are screened for strategic fit but publishes no acceptance rate. |
| Costo | ||
| Cuotas anuales | Not published on Chief's own membership, application or FAQ pages. Reported figures for 2026 cluster around US$5,900 a year for the Executive Education and Executive Advisory tiers, with Core tiers reported higher; earlier reporting cited US$5,400 for vice-president level and US$7,800 for C-suite, and Fortune reported US$5,800 in 2023. Chief confirms none of these figures publicly.verified September 2026 | C$12,000 a yearCEO Membership: "$12,000 (full year)". Prices are quoted before GST/HST.verified September 2026 · fuente ↗ |
| Cuota de inscripción | Chief does not publish pricing on its public pages; more than 60 per cent of memberships are employer-sponsored. | Not publicly disclosed; no joining fee is mentioned on the membership pages.verified September 2026 |
| Membership term | Annual, with the option at renewal to switch between the Core and Coaching offerings | Annual (dues quoted as "full year") |
| Estructura | ||
| Meeting frequency | Six guided Core peer-advisory sessions a year, or four executive coaching sessions, plus year-round events and summits | Seven forum meetings a year: six full-day sessions plus a two-day retreat; plus speaker sessions and national summits |
| Peer forums | Core groups are curated by member journey (C-suite, Executive Leader, Builder, Navigator) and professional goals; a member testimonial on Chief's site describes a group of about ten. | Forums of about 14 carefully matched, non-competing members led by a certified Forum Chair |
| Confidentiality | Core sessions are described as confidential peer-advisory sessions; Chief does not publish its confidentiality terms. | Confidentiality is one of MacKay's stated core values; forums are described as confidential, judgement-free spaces |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Roughly eight meeting days a year at full attendance; members must attend at least four of the seven meetings |
| Organized as | Clubhouse premises, Cohort-based, Virtual, Event-focused | Forum-based, Chapter-based, Event-focused |
| Foros confidenciales entre pares | Yes | Yes |
| Capítulos locales | No | Yes |
| Membresía virtual | Yes | Not documented |
| Comunidad en línea | Yes | Yes |
| Directorio de miembros | Yes | Partial |
| Eventos | Yes | Yes |
| Programación | ||
| Programación educativa | Yes | Yes |
| Desarrollo del liderazgo | Yes | Yes |
| Retiros | Partial | Yes |
| Viajes | No | No |
| Programación familiar | No | Yes |
| Programación para cónyuges y parejas | No | Not documented |
| Programación para la nueva generación | No | No |
| Debates sobre inversión | No | Partial |
| Oportunidades de inversión | No | No |
| Componente filantrópico | Not documented | Partial |
| Énfasis en el networking | High | High |
| Énfasis social | Medium | Medium |
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