| Norcross Fellowship Luncheon |
| "Christian Business Professionals sharing their faith within the workplace." |
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| PAST SPEAKERS BY DATE |
| July - August 2003 |
| JULY 2 - Testimonies by luncheon attendees. JULY 9 - Scotland Wright, Founder and President of Scotland Wright & Associates, a commercial real estate services company specializing in representing the real estate interests of major office and industrial tenants and owners. Scotland was formerly a Managing Director with Insignia/ESG, Inc., overseeing all industrial brokerage activities throughout the southeastern United States. He is an active member of theGeorgia Chapter of Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and also in a number of community organizations including serving as a coach with the Northside Youth Organization. JULY 16 - Billy Parker, Partner in the Information, Communications & Entertainment practice at KPMG LLP. Billy directs KPMG's client-service activities and provides technical and business guidance to clients in the ICE line of business. He has extensive experience in advising pre-IPO clients on business model selection/modification; investor relations consultant selection; board of directors selection; stock option planning; SEC financial statement review; and reported key business indicators. JULY 23 - Lancy Bury, Attorney at Law. Lance works for himself outsourcing "General Counsel" work for corporations in the areas of corporate law, contracts, licensing, and overseeing litigation. He also represents clients in securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to practicing law, he worked for the IRS as a Field Agent and worked in the tax departments at Coopers & Lybrand, as well as Price Waterhouse. He obtained his B.S. degree in Business Administration from Kean University and his law degree from the University of California. JULY 30 - John Agri, Owner of Napa Valley Market and Restaurant. AUGUST 6 - Testimonies by luncheon attendees. AUGUST 13 - Larry G. Patten, Founder and President of World Leadership Institute. Larry has served in a variety of leadership roles in his career including President of Iowa Public Television, serving as a member of the Governor's cabinet, Vice President of Digital Network Services a Teleconnect Company, and pioneering in the development of distance learning in the late 1960's and 70's with some of the first uses of two-way microwave technology. Larry has always stressed that the most important factor for organizational success is ensuring that people have success both in their personal life as well as their work life, and World Leadership Institute was formed for that reason. His focus on the total person is evident by the efforts he has put in over the years developing a program designed to help people set a new and more successful direction in their lives. AUGUST 20 - William Wroge, Chief Executive Officer, Surveillance & Design Associates, Inc, a small Atlanta area technology firm working on a large-scale Homeland Security related project. Bill founded S&DA in 1988, and over the last five years the company has completed just under $9 million in surveillance system design and installation work in the Southeast. Prior to S&DA, Bill worked in the corporate security arena for two years after having worked as a police officer in West Palm Beach, Florida, for almost seven years. August 27 - Colonel Nimrod McNair, President of McNair Group, Inc., a management consulting firm, Chairman of Executive Leadership Foundation, a non profit organization that promotes ethics in business and society based on Judeo Christian values, and Chairman of Environmental Control of Atlanta, a building maintenance company. Colonel McNair is a certified management consultant and has spoken in more than 30 countries on the subjects of management and leadership. As a career Air Force officer, he served as a director of aerospace programs in the Pentagon and Air Force, advisor to NASA, a combat aircraft commander in Viet Nam, and has been awarded the Air Force distinguished flying cross and other decorations. His most important credential is being married to his wife, Amy, and being grandfather to 9 grandchildren. |