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The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will be moving to

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(Above Talbots) We plan to be all moved in by February 15, 2011.

You can follow our progress via Facebook (www.facebook.com/lawrencechamber) and Twitter (Twitter/lawrencechamber).

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2010 – A Better Year

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As we come to the close of 2010 it surely has been a better year from a business development perspective than the past three years. There are still a significant number of Lawrence/ Douglas County businesses that are not where they want to be from a business revenue standpoint, however there are more and more signs that the overall economic outlook in our part of the country is improving.

In tough economic times, business growth, attraction and job creation in Lawrence and Douglas County realized some major achievements, including: •

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The announcement by Berry Plastics to build a 600,000 square foot warehouse in Lawrence/Douglas County.

Already the community’s largest manufacturer employing more than 850 people, this expansion will free up some 50,000 square feet of space at the existing manufacturing facility with the potential to create additional manufacturing capability and jobs.

The recent announcement that Plastikon of Hayward, California selected Lawrence to expand its business.

Plastikon will open a manufacturing facility in the former Serological building in the East Hill Business Park, initially employing about 50 people and increasing to 125 over the next three years. All the positions at Plastikon will be hired from the local labor pool with an average wage of about $47,000.

The recent opening of the $7.25 million Bioscience and Technology Business Center on KU’s West Campus. This facility opened its doors in late July and as of October is about 50% leased with four major new tenants.

This facility, along with the BTBC expansion facility on Bob Billings Parkway, provides our community with approximately 35,000 square feet of bioscience research and laboratory space. This facility expansion allowed Crititech to remain in Lawrence with about 18 employees and provides room for future growth.

The recent opening of the new KU Pharmacy Building on the west campus. This facility positions the pharmacy school to eventually double the number of pharmacists it graduates and has added about 25 faculty positions.

The announcement last spring by Deciphera Pharmaceuticals that it would locate its major research laboratory in downtown Lawrence. This 16,000 square foot lab will eventually employ approximately 70 bioscience research employees with an annual salary that is twice the region’s average wage.

The opening of the Oread Hotel was a major accomplishment in 2010. This $35 million project adds needed hotel rooms to our community in addition to

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adding several hundred new jobs to our region.

Several new retail establishments joined us this year including Tractor Supply Co., Orscheln’s and Discovery Furniture. The presence of Discovery Furniture in the old Food-for-Less Building on Iowa Street rehabilitated an existing commercial space into a new state-of-the-art furniture store and added 35 new jobs to our region.

The recent renovations/expansions in downtown Lawrence including the new Winfield’s and the renovation of the old Arensburg’s building into two new retail stores. Both were done to high design standards and have added new retail jobs to our community.

Approval by the City for a new 7-story building at the corner of 9th and New Hampshire by First Management. This new building will include first floor retail space, second floor office space and some 55 new residential apartments.

The New Year looks in many ways to continue this positive economic climate. Projects on the horizon for 2011 include the following: • A new Dillon’s at 19th and Mass. St. • A new office building at 9th and New Hampshire.

• A new industrial 51-acre “pad ready” site on Farmer’s Turnpike and Queens Road.

• Possible renovation of several existing commercial sites including 23rd and Ousdahl, 24th and Iowa and 27th and Iowa.

• Re-development of the Jim Clark Automotive space on Iowa to incorporate the new Briggs Automotive Nissan and Subaru Dealerships.

So as we close out this year, we can look back and see we have made substantial progress in 2010 and early indications are that 2011 should continue in a positive light. We are beginning to move out of the darkness of a nationwide recession and into the light.

My best wishes to each of you for a Happy Holiday season and for your continued support of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.

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2011 Legislative Preview Breakfast

January 5, 7:30 a.m. at Maceli’s 1031 New Hampshire

Cost is $15 for Chamber Members $20 for Non Chamber Members This breakfast is an opportunity for Lawrence residents & businesses to understand how elected officials will deal with the State’s potential $400 million budget deficit.

Elected officials at the city, county, and state level will be participating, along with representatives from USD 497 and the University of Kansas.

Register online at www.lawrencechamber.com or by phone at 785.865.4411 by Sponsored by:

January 4, 2011.

Thank y for pa ou to all rticip ating.

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Sponsored by: Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center

Matthew Hoy is pictured here with Masahito Fukuzawa, Chamber Chairman for Sister City Hiratsuka Japan.

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Thank You Chamber Members We are all familiar with the proverb “the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago.” A corollary to that is “the second best time to plant a tree is now.”

Over 20 years ago your Chamber, together with City and County leaders, had the vision to create the East Hills Business Park. We now have wonderful employers and a vastly expanded tax base bearing fruit for our community from the trees planted then by our progressive leaders.

2010 has been a year of significant achievement.

Economic development “trees” have been planted throughout our community. From east to west, north to south, and in the heart of our community; capital investment, employment growth, and economic development is happening across our community.

The innovation occurring at KU with its world-class researchers now has a home as those efforts move into commercialization in the Bioscience and Technology Business Center. Plastikon has chosen the East Hills Business Park as its new home to over 40 employees with plans to expand quickly to more than 120 employees. The City has completed its acquisition of the former Farmland site and plans are developing on how that property can add desperately needed acreage for development to our available inventory.

Berry Plastics’ multi-million dollar investment in our community not only will provide warehouse space for Berry as it continues its dynamic growth, but it also opens up potential at Berry’s manufacturing facility for additional expansion in Lawrence.

Matthew Hoy 2010 Board Chair

These and many, many other investments are a tribute to the positive economic climate in Lawrence. Businesses recognize the vibrancy of our economy and continue to invest significantly in our community. The Chamber, as the leading business advocate in our community, will continue its aggressive efforts to enhance our community’s economic vitality. We thank you for your membership and look forward to working with our partners and members in growing our local economy.

Let’s keep planting trees!

Matthew H. Hoy 2010 Chair, Board of Directors

A special THANK YOU to the following outgoing Board of Director members for all of your service to the Chamber of Commerce and our community,

The Oread was built in the center of our community and now provides another high-end destination and entertainment location for the many visitors to our community. Deciphera Pharmaceuticals is locating dozens of researchers in downtown Lawrence. As Deciphera continues its achievements it is positioned to dramatically increase its employment and investment in Lawrence. Downtown Lawrence will have its skyline enhanced as a new 7-story commercial and residential building will rise at the corner of 9th and New Hampshire.

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Steve Brown, Berry Plastics Terry Campbell, Barber Emerson, L.C. Shannon Frost, Hallmark Cards, Inc. Allison Vance Moore, Colliers International

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ANNUAL MEETING 2011

Join us on the red carpet for the premier social event of the year - the Chamber’s 2011 Annual Meeting!

This not-to-be-missed event will be held on

Friday, January 28,

at the Holiday Inn & Convention Center, 200 McDonald Drive, from 5:30 p.m. to midnight.

We’ll begin our evening with a “red carpet” social hour at 5:30 p.m. and, after a bit of mingling amidst your fellow VIP Chamber member guests, enjoy dinner at 7 p.m. The official show, featuring an awards presentation and guest speaker, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce President, Gary Toebben, who helmed the Lawrence Chamber from ‘81 to ‘99, will start at 8 p.m.

New KU Office Helps Students Take Charge of Personal Finances

By Kevin Boatright Director of Communications Office of Research & Graduate Studies

College students often struggle to make ends meet, and they seldom fully understand such financial issues as credit card debt, insurance coverage, savings and investments, personal budgeting, or student loans.

This fall, KU opened an office of Student Money Management Services in the Kansas Union to help students learn about financial responsibilty and take action about these and other topics.

“We are committed to improving KU students’ financial situations by empowering them to analyze their finances, make sound decisions, and commit to controlling their financial lives at KU and into the future,” said Leticia Gradington, office director. She is assisted by a team of peer educators and supported by a campus-community advisory board.

For more information about Student Money Management Services, visit www.money.ku.edu, or call (785)-864-1182.

The party continues after the official presentation with an “after party” celebration at Paddy O’Quigley’s, featuring a live music performance by local rock band, Trucker, from 9:45 - midnight.

Formal invitations with complete details are in the mail, but in the meantime, online reservations are available at the Chamber website, www.lawrencechamber.com. This year’s annual meeting will be a black-tie optional event.

Attendance is $75 per person with complimentary beer, wine and soda. All reservations should be submit-

ted no later than Monday, January 17th.

Please contact Adam Handshy at 785.865.4427 or ahandshy@lawrencechamber.com with any questions.

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Understanding Civic Leadership The following is excerpted and adapted from “The Competencies for Civic Leadership” by Ed O’Malley, President and CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center and used by permission from The Journal of Kansas Civic Leadership Development.

Our experience tells us exercising civic leadership is hard. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it. Our experience also tells us there is something different about leadership in civic life versus business or organizational life. Of course, there are many similarities, with the main one being that leadership is never easy – anywhere.

But we believe leadership is even more difficult in civic life, primarily because no one is in charge. Think about it. In civic life, even the governor has considerably less formal authority than the CEO of any company. To do anything significant, the governor must collaborate with at least the majority of the legislature.

The Kansas Leadership Center believes that to make progress on creating healthier communities, people must possess the skills to exercise a different type of leadership especially in touch with civic life. To support that effort, four key leadership competencies were created: diagnose situation, manage self, facilitate intervention and energize others.

Diagnose Situation The first of the four competencies, diagnosing situations, reflects the importance of understanding the problem to be solved. Chuck Krider, an expert in Kansas economic policy, put it this way: “Problem identification is key. If you don’t identify the right problems, then you are working on the wrong thing! What are you going to work on? What are you going to do? To set good objectives and goals, you have to understand the problem.”

Identifying the problem involves understanding the difference between an adaptive challenge and a technical problem. Simply stated “technical problems live in people’s heads and logic systems. They are susceptible to facts and authoritative expertise. Adaptive challenges live in people’s hearts and stomachs. They are about values, loyalties and beliefs.” Making progress on adaptive challenges requires the people who have the problem to do the work, and that work involves refashioning those deeply-held beliefs.

Manage Self Exercising civic leadership effectively requires knowing yourself well enough to make conscious choices about whether you are well situated to intervene in a situation,

2010-11 Leadership Lawrence Class and how to intervene in a way that maximizes the chance of success. This requires several key traits and the ability to assess yourself in a cool, clear and realistic way by: • Identifying your capabilities, vulnerabilities and triggers • Distinguishing yourself from the role • Understanding the role you play in the system • Choosing among competing values • Doing what is needed, not what is comfortable

Facilitate Intervention If you keep doing what you have always been doing, nothing is going to change. Leadership is about change. And the catalyst for change is often an intentional, well-designed intervention.

It is important to think of interventions or civic leadership in general, as able to come from anywhere in civic life, not just the positional authority figures. In fact, Kansas communities will be better off as soon as we quit thinking about civic leadership as positional and start thinking of it as an activity.

Individuals and organizations “intervene” into the civic culture as they attempt progress on things they care about – homelessness, trash pickup and other issues. Leadership in this competency involves engaging people, including unusual or dissenting voices, working across factions, making conscious choices about when to intervene and perhaps most importantly, creating conditions for collaboration.

Energize Others The fourth competency is energizing others. Leadership is not a solitary activity. The best idea goes nowhere without others taking up the cause.

No one individual or entity can tackle a daunting civic challenge on their own. Leadership on these challenges must involve energizing more people to take up the difficult work of civic leadership. But how is this done? continue to page 7.......

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At its core, leadership on daunting civic challenges is about emotions more than cold hard facts.

On one hand, energizing others is about empowerment, engagement and collective purpose – all of which tend to have a positive orientation. On the other hand, overcoming difficult civic challenges will require significant change, and change usually means loss or at least perceived loss for some. It is actually energizing for others to hear someone speak to their loss. The losses need to be acknowledged, not suppressed.

At the heart of energizing others is the belief that you can’t change people’s values; they have to change them.

Energizing others is about creating the conditions for people to begin changing their values in a lasting way.

Chamber publications for 2011 In order to better serve the Chamber membership we will be producing four publications for 2011. These will take the place of the monthly newsletter and will come out in February, May, August & November. As part of our marketing plan we will be updating the website daily and sending out weekly electronic updates to all the membership. Please visit the Chamber website at www.lawrencechamber.com to stay up-to-date on events, networking opportunities, and Chamber information.

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TIP of the MONTH from our partner KUSBDC

New Year, New Resolve!

The start of the calendar year is the perfect time for renewal. As December turns into January and 2010 turns into 2011, take advantage of the opportunity to break out of a rut. Now is the time to take a fresh look at your business!

~BIAO Design~ 825 Massachusetts, Ste. A

Do you have a detailed working budget? How is your marketing plan? Are you happy with your policies and procedures?

Sometime this month, take some time to set a few goals for your business. The best goals are S.M.A.R.T. goals—Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timed. It’s one thing to say, “I want to grow my business”. It’s better to say “I want to increase revenues in 2011 by 8% over 2010”.

~Orscheln Farm & Home~ 1541 E. 23rd St.

If you need some help with goal setting, tactical planning, or if you just want a good, old-fashioned business check up, give us a call at 843-8844 or stop by next time you’re in the Chamber offices!

Will Katz Regional Director KU Small Business Development Center 785-843-8844

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~Kamehameha Massage~ 808 W. 24th St., Ste. B (directly behind McDonald’s)

~Wheat State Pizza~ 711 W. 23rd St., Ste. 19

~Express Employment Professionals~ 1000 Iowa Street

~Tryyaki Restaurant~ 821 Iowa Street

~Dr. Suess Piano Studio~ 2523 W. 9th Terrace

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Janice Miller Retired 3900 Trail Rd. Lawrence, KS 66049 785-843-0309 jimrlm@yahoo.com Janice Miller

Hurley and Associates Agricultural Marketing/Commodity Brokerage 529 Durham Ct. Lawrence, KS 66049 877-545-0515 srausch@hurleyandassociates.com Shaun Rausch

Douglas County Insurance & Financial Services Insurance 2706 Iowa #F Lawrence, KS 66046 785-331-3607 tjoliver@douglascountyins.com Travis Oliver

Dr. Suess Piano Studio Piano & Voice Instructor 2523 West 9th Terrace Lawrence, KS 66049 785-550-1608 sjkeus@yahoo.com Sue Finley-Evans

McGrew Real Estate Real Estate – Residential & Farm 1501 Kasold Lawrence, KS 66049 785-843-2055 erinmehojah@askmcgrew.com Erin Mehojah Hinman and Associates – The Human Resource Solution Consulting Firms PO Box 3084 Lawrence, KS 66046 785-691-9375 hinmanandassociates@sunflower.com Kylee Miller, PHR Wentz Alternative Energy Company Solar Energy/Alternative Energy 2912 Whitmore Drive Lawrence, KS 66046 785-691-6863 wentzenergy@gmail.com Hugh Wentz Squeaky Clean Cleaning & Restoration 619 Whitfield, Lot 11C Lecompton, KS 66050 785-550-8443 vickie@sqeakycleanweb.com Vickie Clark

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Heck Family Dentistry Dentists 4621 W. 6th, Ste. B Lawrence, KS 66049 785-856-8550 info@heckfamilydentistry.com Dr. Brian Heck

Pennington & Company Consulting Firms 501 Gateway Dr. Suite A Lawrence, KS 66049 785-843-1661 patricka@penningtonco.com Patrick J. Alderice Nelson Music Music & Musicians 1516 Eddingham Drive Lawrence, KS 66046 785-218-9075 brian@nelsonmusic.com Brian Nelson Artisan Floor Company Flooring Contractor & Retailer Contractors – Remodeling 3507 W. 5th Terrace Lawrence, KS 66049 785-691-6117 contact@artisanfloorcompany.com Duane Dorn Fat Freddy’s Pizza & Wings Restaurants 1445 W. 23rd St. Lawrence, KS 66046 785-841-5000 jktucker187@gmail.com Jeremy “Fred” Tucker Rodeo Grill Restaurants Caterers 2016 W. 23rd Lawrence, KS 66046 785-331-2493 Humberto Nunez

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Wagmore, Inc. Pet Services Pet Sitting Services 1768 E. 1318 Road Lawrence, KS 66044 785-550-1427 jerri-lojo@sunflower.com Jerri Johnson BlackHattedMaverick, Inc. Non-Profit 4007 Louisiana Rd. Ottawa, KS 66067 785-214-1504 scott@blackhattedmaverick.com Scott Barnhart Biao Designs Interior Design & Decorating Furniture - Retail 825 Massachusetts St. Suite A Lawrence, KS 66044 785-856-2426 donnas@biaodesign.com Donna Steinman Sullivan Chiropractic Chiropractors 3109 W. 6th Street Ste. A Lawrence, KS 66049 785-856-2250 tsullivan@sunflower.com Travis Sullivan Twin Oaks Golf Golf Courses 1326 E. 1900 Rd. Eudora, KS 66025 785-542-2844 jburey@aol.com Jeff Burey Wheat State Pizza Restaurants 711 W. 23rd Ste. 19 Lawrence, KS 66046 785-865-2323 bradrwsp@yahoo.com Brad Remington Kitchen & Bath Designs Kitchen Cabinets & Countertops 1800 E. 23rd Suite M Lawrence, KS 66046 785-749-4130 kitchenandbathdesigns@sunflower.com Sandy Henley

Veritas Christian School Schools – Private 256 N. Michigan St. Lawrence, KS 66044 785-749-0083 vcskhuslig@sunflower.com Kellli Huslig, M.Ed. Tallgrass Studios Advertising – Agencies Graphic Design 901 Kentucky, Suite 203 Lawrence, KS 66044 785-842-9696 carey@tallgrassstudios.com Carey Treanor Oriental Bistro & Grill Restaurants Caterers 1511 W. 23rd Lawrence, KS 66046 785-841-8881 Alan Kao Lawrence Jazzercise Fitness Center Health - Fitness Centers 3115 W. 6th Lawrence, KS 66049 785-371-0011 lawrence.jazzercise.center@gmail.com Brenda Wilch Natural Breeze Remodeling Remodeling & Repairs Contractors – Commercial Construction 1440 Wakarusa, Suite 800 Lawrence, KS 66049 785-749-1855 neilg@naturalbreeze.com Neil Gaskin NIC Internet - Application/Software Development 25501 W. Valley Pkwy.

Olathe, KS 66061 913-498-3468 harry@nicusa.com Harry Herington Bonner Springs Nursing & Rehab Center Nursing Homes 520 E. Morse Avenue Bonner Springs, KS 66012 913-441-2515 tami.klinedinst@pcitexas.net Tami Klinedinst Chaney Incorporated Plumbing & Mechanical Air Conditioning & Heating 930 E. 27th St. Lawrence, KS 66046 785-843-1691 roy@chaney-inc.com Roy G. Chaney

Mr. Goodcents Restaurants Caterers 1410 Kasold #22 Lawrence, KS 66049 785-841-8444 ddrennan@kc.rr.com Dean Drennan

Marks Jewelers Jewelers – Retail 817 Massachusetts St. Lawrence, KS 66044 785-843-4266 marksinc@sunflower.com Tyler Yeakel River City Heating & Cooling Air Conditioning & Heating 1120 E. 23rd Lawrence, KS 66046 785-841-2665 rivercityhvac@hotmail.com Charlie Homer

Graphx Connection, Inc. Printers Signs 4730 Lamar Ave. Mission, KS 66202 913-432-3270 jeff@graphxconnection.com Jeff Cobble Spectrum Family Communications, LLC Special Needs Advocate Motivational Speakers Education – Supplemental 2924 Crestline Drive Lawrence, KS 66047 785-550-6983 info@spectrumfamilycommunications.com Melanie Griffin American Telephone, Inc. Telephone – Systems & Service Telecommunication Services 6950 Squibb Road, Suite 420 Mission, KS 66202 913-780-3166 greg@americantelephoneinc.com Greg Aronhalt Dr. Clean, LLC Carpet, Upholstery, Floor Cleaning Cleaning & Restoration 2725 Inverness Ct. Lawrence, KS 66047 785-840-4266 severn@doctor-clean.com David Severn Complete Nutrition Nutrition Centers Health & Wellness 2040 W. 31st Lawrence, KS 66046 785-856-3535 lawrence@completenutrition.com Adam Niegsch Professional Comfort Care Home Health Care 708 W. 9th, Suite 211 Lawrence, KS 66044 785-832-8260 professi.comfort@sbcglobal.net Cherry Bolden

PrimeLending Mortgage Services - Home Loans 708 W. 9th, Suite 103 Lawrence, KS 66044 785-856-1225 cforbes@primelending.com Chris Forbes Papa John’s Pizza Restaurants 918 Mississippi Lawrence, KS 66044 785-865-5775 brucec@papajohnslawrence.com Bruce Collinsworth Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt Restaurants – Ice Cream & Cakes 4801 Bauer Farm Dr. Suite E Lawrence, KS 66049 785-856-0544 kdatwood@gmail.com Karlye Atwood American Business Women’s Association Non-Profit 1501 Kasold Lawrence, KS 66047 785-691-8986 dawnhill@askmcgrew.com Dawn Hill Jim Congrove Individuals 1839 E. 1700 Rd. Lawrence, KS 66044 785-843-4015 jcongrove@aol.com Jim Congrove Li Ling Restaurants Caterers 821 Iowa Lawrence, KS 66044 785-832-1288 tryyaki168@yahoo.com Sunny Liu

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2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Tom Kern, President & CEO tkern@lawrencechamber.com

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chair of the Board Past Chair Incoming Chair Treasurer

Matt Hoy, Stevens & Brand Bonnie Lowe, United States Attorney’s Office Cindy Yulich, Emprise Bank Doug Gaumer, INTRUST Bank

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Steve Brown, Berry Plastics Brad Burnside, U.S. Bank Co-Vice Chair of Economic Development Terry Campbell, Barber Emerson Co-Vice Chair of Communications/ Operations Sheryle D’Amico, Lawrence Memorial Hospital Dr. Rick Doll, USD 497 Superintendent Shannon Frost, Hallmark Cards, Inc. Bill Fuerst, KU School of Business Co-Vice Chair of Economic Development George Grieb, Lynn Electric, Inc. Rodger Henry, Lawrence Medical Plaza Tim Herndon, Engineering Consultant Frank Male, Lawrence Landscape Mike McGrew, McGrew Real Estate Jeffrey Morrison, Prairie Asset Management Group George Paley, Paley Properties/Caspian Group

Delbert Philpot, Amarr Garage Door Saralyn Reece Hardy, Spencer Museum of Art Trudy Rice, Rice Enterprises Linda Robinson, KU Center for Research on Learning John Ross, Laser Logic, Inc. Co-Vice Chair of Communications/ Operations Steve Schwada, Meadowbrook Apt. Todd Thompson, Thompson, Ramsdell, & Qualseth, P.A. Allison Vance Moore, Grubb & Ellis|The Winbury Group Vice Chair of Membership Services Debra Vignatelli Konzem, AT&T Vice Chair of Government and Community Affairs Keith Yehle, KU Chancellor’s Office

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