Wednesday Apr 5, 2017
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
Wednesday
April 5, 2017
6:30 am Door Open/Breakfast
7:00 - 8:00 am Program
The Decatur Club
158 W. Prairie Avenue
Decatur, IL 62523
$15 advanced/member
$20 at door/non-member
Featured Speaker:
Greg Baise
President & CEO
Illinois Manufacturer's Association
Gregory W. Baise is the president and CEO of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association (IMA), a statewide advocacy organization representing more than 4,000 member manufacturing companies and supportive industries. Baise assumed leadership on March 1, 1991 and is responsible for management of the Association including coordinating statewide lobbying activities as determined by the IMA Board of Directors. Since 1991, Baise and the IMA have achieved numerous milestones designed to benefit the economic well-being of Illinois families.
Prior to the IMA, Baise served in various capacities for Gov. Jim Thompson, including Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation. In addition, Baise has served in a number of high-level political campaign roles, including being the Illinois campaign manager for Presidents Reagan and Bush (41), and headed Thompson’s re-election effort in 1986. In 1990 he was the Republican candidate for Illinois State Treasurer.
Baise is a 1974 graduate of Illinois College and has served on the Board of the National Association of Manufacturers.
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