Memphis Business Journal Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 3:01pm CST - 30 local business leaders will be participating in a briefing at the White House Feb. 3 at 2 p.m.
The briefing is part of the White House’s Business Leader Briefing Series, and will allow business people from Memphis to interact with administration officials about various issues including health care reform implementation, infrastructure development and access to capital.
The briefing is part of the White House’s Business Leader Briefing Series, and will allow business people from Memphis to interact with administration officials about various issues including health care reform implementation, infrastructure development and access to capital.
The briefing series is conducted by Business Forward, an organization that works with leaders in 31 states to address concerns of the business community. The Washington D.C.-based organization was founded in 2009. The attendees are:
Calvin Anderson, senior VP of corporate affairs and chief of staff for BlueCrossBlueShield of Tennessee BlueCrossBlueShield of Tennessee; Stanley Blue, president and CEO of The Blue Group Financial Service; Michael Burcham, president of Startup Tennessee; Martin Carodine, CEO of Precise Contracting; Kenechia Carodine, owner of Precise Contracting LLC; Lexie Carter, radio host of Eyes on Memphis; Darrell Cobbins, president of Universal Commercial Real Estate LLC; Roderick DeBerry, managing partner of ViaSys Technology Inc.; Charles Ewing, president and CEO of Ewing Moving Service Inc. & Storage; Desi Franklin, executive director of Workforce Investment Network; Darrell Freeman, executive chairman of Zycron, Inc.; Michael Fryt, corporate vice president of tax for FedEx Corp.; Mark Herbison, senior vice president of economic development for the Greater Memphis Chamber; Jim Jacobs, executive vice president and owner of Green Mountain Consulting LLC; David Kemme, executive director of the Economic Club of Memphis; Vincent Lee, CEO of ServiceMaster Facilities Maintenance; Johnny Moore, president and CEO of SunTrust Bank; Lorenzo Myrick, president Amnesty Professional Services; Ronald Purifoy, CEO of Johnson Bryce; Howard Robertson, CEO of SPOTSET Radio Network/TRUST Marketing; Beverly Robertson, president of National Civil Rights Museum; Diane Rudner, chairman of The Plough Foundation The Plough Foundation; Juan Self, partner Self Tucker Architects Inc.; Ivory Taylor, CEO of Taylor Brown Apothecary; Henry Turley, CEO of Henry Turley Co.; Michael Ugwueke, CEO of Methodist North & South Hospitals for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare System; David Warren, director of operations of Startup Tennessee; Roby Williams, president of The Black Business Association of Memphis Black Business Association of Memphis; Luke Yancy, president of the Mid-South Minority Business Council
