Table for Seven
  • Monthly
  • Six guest seats
  • By application only

Table for Seven

A Chicago Breakfast Club

Where Chicago’s senior security leaders talk about the job behind the job: career, influence, reputation.

First table
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Where
Somerset, Viceroy Chicago
The table
Six guests and one host

Apply now and we’ll reach out as seats open.

Apply for a Seat

Not Another Roundtable

This isn’t a technical panel. If you wanted that, you’d go to a conference. Table for Seven is about your career, your influence, how you’re known, who’s in your corner, and what you’re actually working toward.

  • The roomSeven seats, never more
  • The ruleNo selling: not by us, not by you
  • The dealWhat’s said at the table stays at the table

Who this is for Senior security, technology, and AI leaders, director level and above or equivalent. If you own the budget, the policy, or the outcome, this is your table.

A Different Question Every Month

One theme, announced in advance. A sample:

Reputation

Being Known for Something

If a recruiter or a board member described you in one sentence, what would they say?

Career

The Next Role, Before You Need It

Every senior job you’ll get from here comes through a person, not a posting.

Influence

Influence Without Authority

How do you move a peer or an exec who doesn’t report to you and doesn’t agree with you?

Meet the Host

Mariana Padilla, Community Evangelist at Harmonic Security

Mariana Padilla

Community Evangelist, Harmonic Security

I started Table for Seven because there aren’t enough spaces where senior security leaders can focus on their own career development, in a room that feels welcoming instead of transactional. Helping security professionals navigate their careers and reputations is the work I care most about. This is that work, over breakfast.

Request Your Seat Request Your Seat

Takes about three minutes. Tell us who you are, what you’re working through, and why this table is worth your morning.

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