Susan Tillis, the wife of U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis and a political force in her own right, will speak at Business Today’s Newsmakers Breakfast Thursday March 12 at The Peninsula Club.

She proved to be a formidable statewide campaigner in the 2014 elections which saw her husband, a former Cornelius Town Commissioner, defeat an incumbent, Kay Hagan. She traveled to 65 counties to campaign. She is also the former head of Allen Tate’s Cornelius office.

The Newsmakers Breakfast with Tillis will begin at 7:30 a.m. and conclude at 9 a.m. Doors open at 7:15 a.m. for networking and a full country breakfast. The open forum Q&A begins at 8 a.m. The Peninsula Club is on Peninsula Club Drive, at Jetton Road.

The presenting sponsor of the Newsmakers Breakfast is Allen Tate Realtor Dixie Dean. The Breakfast Sponsor is attorney Cheri Thebeau, a Cornelius-based attorney. The Coffee sponsors are Davidson Wealth Management, Aquesta Insurance Services and Bank of the Ozarks.

Anyone can attend but reservations are required. Call Business Today at 704-895-1335. The cost to attend is $12 and includes a full country breakfast.