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Table of Contents Article.................................................................. Page Featured Member of the Month...................................4 Leadership of Five Seasons.........................................5 Impact CR....................................................................5 Collaborative Workspace.............................................6 Maximize Your Membership.......................................7 Calendar of Events.......................................................8 Chamber Academy.......................................................9 CEO Roundtable..........................................................9 International Business Symposium...................... 10-11 Breakfast of Champions............................................12 Call for Volunteers.....................................................12 Priority One................................................................13 EDC............................................................................14 Business Success Initiative........................................15 New Members............................................................16 Champions At Work...................................................17 April PM Exchange Recap........................................18 PM Exchange.............................................................18 Gala Winners..............................................................19
May 2011 Volume 80 No 9 (USPS558-200) Chamber Report (ISSN 108-50775) is published monthly by the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, 424 First Avenue NE, . Cedar Rapids, IA 52401. Subscription price of $35 per year is included in an annual chamber membership. Periodicals postage paid at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Postmaster: Send changes to: Chamber Report Cedar Rapids Area . Chamber of Commerce 424 First Ave. NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52401-1196 Chair: Chuck Peters Editor: Kari Stillman Contact the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce at 319-398-5317 for reprint permission. ©2011 Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce
2010-2011 Board of Directors Officers
Chuck Peters, SourceMedia Group, Chair Nancy Kasparek, U.S. Bank NA, Chair Elect Brad Hart, Bradley & Riley PC, Immediate Past Chair Rob Frederick, The AEGON Companies, Secretary . William Vincent, Clifton Gunderson LLP, Treasurer
Board of Directors
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Jill Ackerman, Marion Chamber of Commerce, . Honorary Director Dawn Ainger, Genova Technologies, Director Thomas Anderson, Merrill Lynch, Director Dee Baird, Priority One, President Priority One Todd Barker, NAI Iowa Realty Commercial, Director David Benson, Cedar Rapids Community School . District, Director . Barry Boyer, Van Meter Industrial, Inc., Chair Priority One Scott Byers, NAI Iowa Realty Commercial, Director Lijun Chadima, Thorland Company, Director Ron Corbett, Mayor, City of Cedar Rapids, Honorary Director Jeff Elgin, J & T Elgin, LLC, Director James Ernst, Four Oaks Inc. of Iowa, Director Gary Ficken, Bimm Ridder Sportswear, Director Ronald Fielder, Grant Wood Area Education Agency, Director Kristie Fisher, Kirkwood Community College, Director Don Garland, Chair Marion Chamber, Honorary Director . Scott Gasway, J.P. Gasway Company, Inc., Director Vern Gebhard, Alliant Energy – Interstate Power & . Light Co., Director Bernard Gill, Ascott Transcription Services, Director . Shannon Hanson, ImpactCR, Honorary Director . Tom Hobson, Rockwell Collins, Inc., At Large Director Beth Houlahan, Mercy Medical Center, Director Tim Kintner, Bankers Trust Company, Director Christine Landa, Junior Achievement of Eastern . Iowa, Inc., Director Robb Loftsgard, Wells Fargo Bank, Director Curt Nelson, Entrepreneurial Development Center Inc.. Honorary Director Doug Neumann, Cedar Rapids Downtown District, . Honorary Director Ron Olson, Paulson Electric Company, Director Hazel Pegues, Diversity Focus, Honorary Director John Sheehan, St. Luke’s Hospital, Director Tim Spain, United Fire Group, Director . Vernon Squires, Leadership for Five Seasons, . Honorary Director . Michael Sundall, Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa, P.C., Director . Monica Vernon, Cedar Rapids City Council, Honorary Director William Vernon, Simmons Perrine Moyer . Bergman PLC, Director Brandt Worley, Worley Warehousing, Inc, Director