2001 National Business Leadership Network Summit Breakfast meeting for state business leaders

Bob Peck, Vice President, Trilegiant Corporation (WY/BLN), chaired the Fifth Annual Business Steering Group Breakfast Meeting Mon., Oct. 22.

The agenda and attendee list are available.

 

Left to right: Kathleen Havey (U.S. Chamber of Commerce), Gary Reed (Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy), Michael Whitehill (McCrone, Inc.), Bob Peck (Trilegiant Corporation).

The BLN Exceptional Leadership Award was presented to Michael Whitehill, Vice President of McCrone, Inc. (LS/BLN), a full-service engineering firm headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland. The award was presented by Kathleen Havey of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Michael Whitehill

• is an active member of the National BLN Steering Group;
• has served as state BLN lead employer since 1998;
• has provided guidance in establishing BLN chapters in 5 counties;
• travels nationwide to speak with business leaders engaged in or starting BLNs (states visited include TX, CO, WY, WA, and IA); and
• is particularly savvy on rehabilitation issues and has influenced state and local legislation to remove continuing barriers to employment.
  

Agenda

Greetings 7:15 - 7:20 a.m		Gary Reed, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, DOL/ODEP
Opening remarks and State of the BLN 7:20 - 7:30 a.m.		Bob Peck, Vice PresidentTrilegiant Corporation Lead Employer, WY/BLN and 2000 Recipient, Exceptional Leadership Award
Self introductions, state BLN highlights 7:30 - 8:00 a.m.		State lead employers
Exceptional leadership recognition 8:00 - 8:05 a.m.		Kathleen E. Havey U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Remarks from the leader 8:05 - 8:10 a.m.
Closing remarks Meeting adjourned		Bob Peck

Attendees

Ty Alexander
Sr. VP, HR Administration/HIGHMARK Blue Cross Blue Shield./PABLN

Joyce Bender
President/Bender Consulting Services, Inc./PABLN

William Birch
Disabilities Manager, Denso Manufacturing Michigan, MIBLN

Ron Cleveland
Project Administrator/DiscoverCard/BOOST/AZBLN

Ladrene Coyne
Sr. Production Supervisor/Medronic Physio-Control Corporation/WABLN

Michelle Day
BLN Contract Liaison, Humanitas, Inc.

Carol Dunlap
Manager/National BLN, DOL/ODEP

Mark Durgee
BLN Contract Assistant, Humanitas, Inc.

Kathleen Havey
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Janet Hill
Georgia Department of Labor/GABLN
(Substituting for Darold Sawyer, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company)

Lisa Lahrman, Esq.
Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary, DOL/ODEP

Suzanne Liquerman
Connecticut Department of Administrative Services/CTBLN
(Substituting for Jospehine Agnello-Veley, United Technologies Corporation)

Susan Blair Mather
Project Coordinator, DiscoverCard/BOOST/OHBLN

Katherine McCary
VP Employment/SunTrust Bank/VABLN

Rob McInnes
Diversity World, CABLN
(Substituting for Ron Grogan/IBM)

Tammie McNaughton, Director Corporate Workforce Initiatives/HIGHMARK Blue Cross Blue Shield/PABLN

Robyn Mingle
VP HR/Black & Decker Corporation/MDBLN

Karen Moore
Manager/Accommodations/Northwest Airlines/MNBLN

Meg O'Connell
Associate/Booz-Allen & Hamilton/NVABLN

Bob Peck
Vice President Operations/Trilegiant Corporation, WYBLN

Dodi Perkins
VP Business Development/Monster.com/MABLN

Gary Reed
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, DOL/ODEP

Maggie Roffee
Director of Constituency Activities, DOL/ODEP

P.J. Sass
Human Resources/Des Moines Marriott Hotel/IABLN

Jack Smith
Salisbury Area /Chamber of Commerce/LSBLN

Michael Whitehill
VP, McCrone, Inc., MDBLN