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RCGA's Leadership Breakfast
What: Breakfast and business program
Where: Hyatt Regency's Link Room
When: September 20, 2006
Time: 7:30 am to 9:00 am
Ticket Prices: $20.00 Per Persn
Host(s): RCGA
Information: RCGA (314) 444-1184
Board of Directors: Mr. W. Randolph Adams, President & Executive Director Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Mr. John W. Bachmann, Senior Partner Edward Jones; Mr. Robert L. Bagby, Chairman & CEO A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.; Mr. Hyatt Bangert, Chairman St. Charles Advisory Committee; Mr. Richard D. Baron, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc.; Mr. Thomas E. Barta, Executive Vice President – Corporate Services Fred Weber, Inc.; Dr. Roger N. Beachy, President Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; Ms. Lynn Beall, President & General Manager-KSDK News Channel 5 Senior Vice President – Gannett Broadcasting; Mr. Brent R. Benjamin, Director Saint Louis Art Museum; Mr. Clifton D. Berry, Director Fannie Mae– St. Louis Partnership Office; Mr. Richard E. Beumer, Retired Jacobs Engineering; Reverend Lawrence Biondi, S.J., President Saint Louis University; Mr. Gregory H. Boyce, President & COO Peabody Energy; Mr. Donald E. Breckenridge, Sr., Owner Breckenridge Company; Mr. Mark E. Burkhart, President & CEO, Colliers Turley Martin Tucker; Mr. Stuart Campbell President & CEO Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri; Mr. Joseph P. Castellano, Vice President, Human Resources Anheuser-Busch Companies; Mr. Robert J. Ciapciak, Co-Chairman RCGA Arts, Business & Culture Committee; Mr. Ralph W. Clermont, Managing Partner KPMG LLP; Mr. James A. Cloar, President Downtown St. Louis Partnership; Mr. Michael J. Collins, President, Pharmaceuticals Division Tyco Healthcare-Mallinckrodt; Mr. Steven N. Cousins, Partner Armstrong Teasdale LLP; Dr. William H. Danforth, Chairman Coalition for Plant & Life Sciences; Mr. Clark S. Davis, FAIA Vice Chairman HOK Group, Inc.; Dr. James M. Dennis, President McKendree College; Mr. Gary C. Dollar, \President & CEO United Way of Greater St. Louis; Mr. Arnold W. Donald, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Merisant Company; The Honorable Charlie A. Dooley, County Executive St. Louis County; Honorable Alan J. Dunstan, Chairman Madison County Board; Mr. L. B. Eckelkamp, Jr., Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer Bank of Washington; Mr. Terrance C. Z. Egger, President & Publisher St. Louis Post Dispatch; Mr. Dave Ervin, Vice President and General Manager KMOX Radio; Mr. Gerald T. Feldhaus, Executive Sec.\Treasurer Building & Construction Trades Council; Mr. Thomas D. Fingleton, Executive Vice President & CFO The May Department Stores Company; Mr. Richard C. D. Fleming, President and Chief Executive Officer St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association; Mr. David D. Foree, Executive Secretary Southwestern Illinois Building Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO; Dr. Robert T. Fraley, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Monsanto; Mr. Clifford Franklin, President & CEO FUSE; Mr. Peter Genovese, Vice Chairman UMB Financial Corporation 2 South Broadway; Dr. Thomas F. George Chancellor University of Missouri – St. Louis; Dr. Daniel P. Getman, Vice President –Research & Development Site Director – St. Louis Laboratories Pfizer, Inc.; Dr. Henry Givens, Jr., President Harris-Stowe State University; Ms. Laurna Godwin, Partner Vector Communications; Dr. Dennis C. Golden, President Fontbonne University; Ms. Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, Managing Director – St. Louis Hub Operation American Airlines; General John W. Handy, USAF Commander-in-Chief United States Transportation Command; Mr. Frederick O. Hanser, Chairman St. Louis Cardinals; Ms. Tracy E. Hart, President Tarlton Corporation; Mr. Joseph E. Hasten, Vice Chairman U. S. Bank; Mr. Samuel B. Hayes, III, Former Board Chairman; Mr. Shaun Hayes, President & CEO National City Bank of Missouri; Mr. Douglas E. Hill, Managing Partner Edward Jones; The Honorable Ed Hillhouse, Presiding Commissioner Franklin County; Mr. Bruce B. Holland, President & CEO Holland Construction Services, Inc.; Ms. Debra Hollingsworth, Vice President – External Affairs SBC Missouri; Mr. Michael D. Hurst, President & COO, McCarthy Building Companies; Mr. Stephen Jeffery, Partner Thompson Coburn; Mr. Lee R. Kaplan, Senior Vice President & Chief Administrative Ofcr. Enterprise Rent-A-Car; The Honorable Mark Kern, Chairman St. Clair County Board; Dr. James R. Kimmey, MPH, President & CEO Missouri Foundation for Health; Mr. Ronald Kruszewski Chairman & CEO, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.; Dr. Randall D. Ledford, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Emerson; Mr. Don Lents, Chairman of the Firm Bryan Cave LLP; Mr. Ronald J. Levy, President & Chief Executive Officer SSM HealthCare – St. Louis; Mr. Steven H. Lipstein, President & Chief Executive Officer BJC HealthCare; Mr. W. Stephen Maritz, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Maritz Inc.; Mr. Matt Matthews, President & CEO Crown Optical; Mr. Richard H. McClure, President UniGroup, Inc.; Mr. Tim McGowan, Principal McGowan Brothers Development Corporation; Mr. Christopher P. McKee, Jr., Vice President McEagle Properties LLC; Mr. William P. McKenna, President Jefferson College; Ms. Patricia L. Mercurio, President – Missouri Bank of America; Dr. Richard S. Meyers, President Webster University; Mr. Patrick J. Moore, Chairman, President & CEO Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation; Mr. Charles W. Mueller, Retired Chairman & CEO Ameren Corporation; Ms. Brenda D. Newberry, President & CEO The Newberry Group, Inc.; Honorable Joseph R. Ortwerth, County Executive St. Charles County; Dr. William A. Peck, Director, Center for Health Policy Washington University; Mr. Andrew Puzder, President & CEO CKE Restaurants, Inc. Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc.; Mr. Gary L. Rainwater, Chairman, President & CEO Ameren Corporation; Mr. Robert A. Reynolds Chairman, President & CEO Graybar Electric Co., Inc.; Mr. John R. Roberts, Executive Director Civic Progress; Mr. Steven C. Roberts; President & COO The Roberts Company; Mr. George Roman, Vice President/Deputy General Manager Aerospace Support The Boeing Company; Mr. W. Michael Ross, President & CEO Regions Bank; Mr. Mark Sauer, President and Chief Executive Officer St. Louis Blues/Savvis Center; Mr. Richard A. Sauget, President East County Enterprises, Inc.; Mr. Randall L. Schilling, President & CEO Quilogy; Mr. Mark J. Schnuck, President & CEO The DESCO Group; Mr. Scott C. Schnuck, President & Chief Operating Officer Schnuck Markets, Inc.; Mr. John A. Schreiber, President & COO, St. Louis Commerce Bank; Dr. Henry D. Shannon, Chancellor St. Louis Community College; Ms. Ellen Sherberg, Publisher St. Louis Business Journal; Mr. Douglas D. Sitton, Vice President Woolpert, Inc.; Honorable Francis Slay Mayor City of St. Louis; Mr. David L. Steward, Chairman World Wide Technology, Inc.; Dr. Donald M. Suggs, President / Publisher St. Louis American Newspaper; Mr. Richard T. Sullivan, Jr., Chief Executive Officer McBride & Son Management Company; Mr. Anthony Thompson, President & Chief Executive Officer KWAME Building Group, Inc.; Mr. Barrett A. Toan, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Express Scripts, Inc.; Mr. Mike Travaglini, President St. Louis Association of Realtors®; Dr. Vaughn Vandegrift, Chancellor Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville; Mr. Robert E. Wallace, Jr., Senior Vice President of Administration and General Counsel St. Louis Rams; Ms. Patricia D. Whitaker, IIDA, President & CEO Arcturis; Mr. Robert Witterschein, President of Commercial Banking & Senior Loan Officer Southwest Bank; Dr. Mark S. Wrighton, Chancellor Washington University In St. Louis; Mr. Douglas H. Yaeger, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer The Laclede Group, Inc. and Mr. Michael E. Zychinski, Office Managing Partner Deloitte
Blacktie Photos by: Harry R. Bean
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Dick Fleming introduces the concept of the Leadership
Breakfast.
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RCGA's Leadership BreakfastOn Wednesday, September 20, 2006 The Regional Commerce and Growth Assocication (RCGA) held their Leadership Breakfast at The RCGA. Guests enjoyed a fabulous breakfast while they networked with other members. Then the program commenced about business needs in the metropolitan area. There were several question and answer periods. The RCGA—Regional Commerce & Growth Association is is the chamber of commerce and economic development organization for the Greater St. Louis region which includes St. Louis City; the Missouri counties of St. Louis, St. Charles, Lincoln, Warren, Franklin, Jefferson and Washington; and the Illinois counties of St. Clair, Jersey, Madison, Clinton, Monroe, Bond, Macoupin and Calhoun. RCGA's 4,000 member companies constitute nearly 40% of the regional workforce. Formed in 1973, RCGA is the result of the merger of three separate organizations: the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis, the St. Louis Regional Industrial Development Corporation, and the St. Louis Research Council. The mission of the St. Louis RCGA is to unite the region's business community, and to engage dynamic business and civic leadership to develop and sustain a world-class economy and community. The St. Louis region's economy is growing with over 107,000 net new jobs created since January 1995. RCGA aggressively markets the St. Louis region nationally and internationally to attract targeted industries to the area. It further spurs economic development by aiding the expansion of companies located within the region. As the St. Louis regional chamber of commerce, RCGA fosters business development and enhances the regional quality of life through: Programs and events including a chief executive advisory board program; and special speaker events. Networking, including Business After Hours. Public Policy studies on infrastructure, environmental issues, and technology, as well as a full legislative program in Missouri, Illinois and at the federal level Information, up-to-date demographics, economic indicators, business information and other valuable market research, as well as relocation information on St. Louis as a place to live. Discounts on products and services businesses use everyday, including health insurance, cellular, long-distance, and telephone equipment. Publications, including St. Louis Commerce magazine. For more information about the RCGA, please contact John Diefenbach at (314) 444-1184 or visit their website at www.stlrcga.org.
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