Dalen Lawrence, Chapter Director of CFO Circle Los Angeles

The best CFOs don’t get better alone.

“I gather accomplished Los Angeles CFOs into a confidential, no-sales room where they help one another become even better.” — Dalen Lawrence, Chapter Director

Most CFOs are the only finance principal in the building. There's no peer down the hall — no one who's sat in the same chair when the real decisions land.

The isolation isn't just lonely — it's a ceiling. Working alone, you get sharper at the problems you already know how to see. You never get pushed on the ones you don't.

A room of CFOs who've sat where you sit changes that. Not by handing you best practices — by showing you what you didn't know you were missing. You start asking better questions. Your judgment widens. You spot openings you'd have walked past a year ago.

That's the real return — not a longer list of answers, but a more capable CFO than the one who walked in. And that changes how you lead.

A room to think out loud with people who understand the seat. Not to hand off the decision — to make it with sharper thinking than you walked in with.

What’s coming up

Three ways in — whichever fits where you are.

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What CFO Circle is

The confidential monthly peer forum for CFOs — a small group that meets to work through real challenges in a room where nothing leaves and nobody’s selling. How it works, who it’s for, and who you become by being in it.

Get invited

Not every CFO is ready to walk into the room — but most want to know what’s happening in it. Join the invitation list and I’ll loop you in on the gatherings worth your time around LA and Orange County: workshops, happy hours, the occasional standout event. No newsletters, no pitches — just the invitation.

Where do you stand as a CFO?

CFO Circle is anchored by a proprietary framework that maps the CFO's growth across the full arc of the role. A short, confidential self-assessment shows you where you stand on each driver today — and what growing into the next level of the seat looks like.