The 2025 Ultimate Business-Growth Elite Mastermind for Cigar PEG High Rollers, Benefactors, & Cigar PEG Staff…Sold Out.

Spend three mornings, Tuesday-Thursday (December 2-4) in the board room focusing on the health & wellness of your business/career and how we can innovate to accelerate growth & revenue…Arrive Monday, December 1 and depart Friday, Dec 5.
This is a (closed) invitation-only elite speaker retreat for Cigar PEG High Rollers, 2025 Benefactors, and Cigar PEG Staff.

 

2025 Group Meals Information:

Spouses are invited to group lunches and dinners. Participation is optional. Because of the challenges in Key West of large group events, if you commit to attending…you need to show up. As for the finance, Ed will pay for each meal, divide it equally among the number dining and bill everyone after the mastermind is completed. Lunches will be planned daily. Dinners are planned: Monday through Thursday, generally at 7 PM.

 

This event helps you to grow your business by taking time to “sharpen the axe” incorporating the help of other high-level speakers. Many advanced-speaker attendees have commented on the high-value accelerated business growth strategies they have received from masterminding with other more advanced speakers. If you register, lock the date on your calendar as this event will be more important to you than accepting a booking. Here, we will draw a line straight to the money. And, you’ll have some fun and build closer relationships with your peers in helping you to (with leads) find new and more profitable business. (Spouses are welcome to join in at meals and during social time…but this IS NOT a plus-one invitation for your friends.)

There is a $300 (non-refundable & non-transferable) registration for each attendee and it is compulsory to stay a minimum of four nights at the event venue (rooms @ $399 per night, resort fee waived). Reservation information is available at the bottom of the page. Attendees will be responsible for their travel, lodging, and meals. Yes, please do bring your spouse/significant other (not plus-one friend). Spouses and significant others will not attend sessions in board room but are welcome to attend group meals.

Mastermind days: December 2-4, 2025. We will be at the Opal Key Resort & Marina (previously the Margaritaville and before that, the Westin) in Key West. Hotel room booking information and link at bottom of page.

Staying a minimum of 4 nights is mandatory to register and attend. If anybody leaves early and the Cigar PEG gets hit with an attrition non-performance penalty…the offending attendee will be billed for the room night(s).

Plan for Monday 12/1/24 (arrival) and Friday 12/5/24 (departure). Three business-growth mastermind mornings (Tuesday-Thursday) and three afternoons of R&R…we generally reconvene in the spa. Group lunch and dinner is not mandatory…but why wouldn’t you want to break bread with your colleagues?

Each attendee will have the opportunity to share their “growing the business” success secrets or ask others to help solve a challenge.
Learn from the greats…Register for 2025…this is non-refundable and-non transferable.

With your registration, you accept our policy of not promoting or selling your products and/or services to the other attendees.

2025 Attendees

  1. Tom Guetzke, Benefactor
  2. Lisa Ryan, High Roller
  3. Bryce Austin, High Roller
  4. Mike Staver, High Roller
  5. Erik Larson, Benefactor
  6. Ray Leone, High Roller
  7. Jeff Owens, High Roller
  8. Mike Wright, Benefactor
  9. Randy Otto, High Roller
  10. Nelson Griswold, Benefactor
  11. Lori King-Taylor, Benefactor
  12. Kelli Vrla, Benefactor
  13. Ken Blackwell, Benefactor
  14. Vivian Cobb, Benefactor
  15. April Callis-Birchmeier, Benefactor
  16. Mitch Seehusen, Benefactor
  17. Ed Rigsbee, Host

Scroll Down for a Historic Perspective of the Cigar PEG Key West Mastermind

2024 Key West Mastermind Attendees:

Jeff Owens, High Roller

Mike Staver, High Roller

Ray Leone, High Roller

Lisa Ryan, High Roller

Bryce Austin, High Roller

Dan Knight, High Roller

Joe Curcillo, High Roller

Susan Fitzell, High Roller

Tom Guetzke, Benefactor

Kelli Vrla, Benefactor

Barry Moniak, Benefactor

Nelson Griswold, Benefactor

Mike Wright, Benefactor

Lori King-Taylor, Benefactor

Erik Larson, Benefactor

Val Grubb, Benefactor

Ed Rigsbee

2023 Key West Mastermind Attendees:


Ray Leone, High Roller
Mike Staver, High Roller
Lisa Ryan, High Roller
Joe Curcillo, High Roller
Jeff Owens, High Roller
Dan Knight, High Roller
Bryce Austin, Benefactor
Ken Blackwell, Benefactor
Nelson Griswold, Benefactor
Tom Guetzke, Benefactor
Mike Wright, Benefactor
Vivian Cobb, Benefactor
Lori King-Taylor, Benefactor
Barry Moniak, Benefactor
April Callis-Birchmeier, Benefactor
Kelli Vrla, Benefactor
Kit Welchlin, Benefactor
Sharon Grossman, Benefactor

Ed Rigsbee

2022 Key West Mastermind Attendees:

Jeremy Torisk, High Roller
Lisa Ryan, High Roller
Ray Leone, High Roller
Joe Curcillo, High Roller
Mike Staver, High Roller
Peter Stark, High Roller
Dan Knight, Benefactor
Randy Otto, Benefactor
Ken Blackwell, Benefactor
Bryce Austin, Benefactor
Mark Stiving, Benefactor
Amber Hurdle, Benefactor
Kathi Kulesza, Benefactor
Nelson Griswold, Benefactor
Kathleen Riessen, Benefactor
Ed Rigsbee, Meeting Organizer

2021 Key West Mastermind Attendees:

Jeff Owens, High Roller
Ray Leone, High Roller
Joe Curcillo, High Roller
Anne McKinney, High Roller
Mike Staver, High Roller
Lisa Ryan, High Roller
Dan Knight, Benefactor
Jeremy Torisk, Benefactor
Randy Otto, Benefactor
Susan Fitzell, Benefactor
Dwight Holcomb, Benefactor
Jerome Wade, Benefactor
Donn LeVie, Benefactor
April Callis-Birchmeier, Benefactor
Jan Spence, Benefactor
Ken Blackwell, Benefactor
Dale Irvin, Staff
Ed Rigsbee, Staff

2019 Key West Mastermind Attendees:

  1. Mike Staver
  2. Joe Curcillo
  3. Mary Kelly
  4. Dan Knight
  5. David Newman
  6. Margaret Reynolds
  7. Annalisa Parent
  8. Chris Price
  9. Edith Lassiat
  10. Lori Marcoux
  11. Michael Goldberg
  12. Robert Bradford
  13. Paul “Stalkie” Stalker
  14. Ed Rigsbee

2018 Key West Mastermind Attendees:

  1. Dan Knight
  2. Lori Marcoux
  3. David Newman
  4. Annalisa Parent
  5. Margaret Reynolds
  6. Ray Leone
  7. Ed Rigsbee

2017 Key West Mastermind Attendees:

  1. Dan Knight
  2. David Newman
  3. Dawnna St Louis
  4. Margaret Reynolds
  5. Chris Price
  6. Robert Bradford
  7. Lori Marcoux
  8. Peter Stark
  9. Mary Kelly
  10. Annalisa Parent
  11. Jim Zinger
  12. Ed Rigsbee

2016 (Back to the Cigar PEG) Key West Mastermind

Attendees:

  1. Dawnna St Louis
  2. Margaret Reynolds
  3. David Newman
  4. Chris Price
  5. Dan Knight
  6. Robert Bradford
  7. Ed Rigsbee

2010 NSA Demanded that Cigar PEG not host educational events that compete with NSA. So, the event became Ed Rigsbee’s Advanced Speaker School-Key West

  1. Alan Weiss
  2. Ford Saeks
  3. Sam Horn
  4. Donna Brighton
  5. Gaby Cora
  6. Natalia Locatelli
  7. Myra Corrello
  8. Linda Henman
  9. Pat Heydlauff
  10. Lorraine Jacobs
  11. Chris Klesh
  12. Pat Lynch
  13. Patrick Myer
  14. Linda Popky
  15. Sunny Ryerson
  16. Carrie Perrien Smith
  17. Daryl Thompson
  18. Sue Thompson
  19. Ann Vanderslice
  20. Bill Wagner
  21. Jim Zinger
  22. Ed Rigsbee

2009 Key West Advanced Speaker School Attendees: (First Cigar PEG event in Key West)

  1. Alan Weiss
  2. Ford Seaks
  3. Kirstin Carey
  4. Anastasia Turchetta
  5. Deb Lemon
  6. Mike Staver
  7. Daryl Thompson
  8. Scott Halford
  9. Gayle Carson
  10. Jennifer Powers
  11. Joachim De Posada
  12. Myra Corrello
  13. Paul Jacobson
  14. Robert Bradford
  15. Ed Rigsbee

Before Key West, the first Cigar PEG Advanced Speaker School was in Waikiki, December 2008

  1. Mike Staver
  2. Jeff Owens
  3. Robert Bradford
  4. Kirstin Carey
  5. John Haskell
  6. Eddie Osterland
  7. Mike Sands
  8. Celeste Linguere
  9. Makana Risser Chai
  10. Cynthia D’Amour
  11. Joachim De Posada
  12. Ed Rigsbee

>>>Many more Key West & Waikiki photos in Cigar PEG Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6070144142/media

Complete 2025 Opal Key Resort & Marina
Room Reservation Information
Reservations can be booked until November 3, 2025. Guests for the Cigar PEG Key West 2025 can book rooms at the Opal Key Resort & Marina arriving on Monday, December 1, 2025 and departing Friday, December 5, 2025 at group rates starting at $399.00 USD per night plus 12.5% tax and applicable resort fees. (Note from Ed: Resort Fees waved in contract.)

Please make sure your guests put in the dates they are requesting.

A credit card is required to guarantee each reservation. Guests will have until seven (7) days prior to arrival to cancel their reservations without a penalty.

You may book your room through: Cigar Peg Key West 2025

If you have questions:

Gianna Filaretos | Regional Sales & Catering Coordinator

Ocean Properties Hotels, Resorts, & Affiliates | OPAL Collection

Direct: 561-274-3218 | Email: Gianna.Filaretos@ophotels.com