Contact: (336) 334-4314
Posted 10-03-07
GREENSBORO, NC – Business leaders from across the Triad will convene 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Elliott University Center for the second annual UNCG Business Summit.
David J. Bronczek, president and CEO of FedEx Express, will deliver the summit’s keynote address, “Business and Higher Education, A FedEx Perspective.” FedEx Express is the unit that will operate the FedEx hub at Piedmont Triad International Airport, scheduled to open in 2009. It is the world’s largest express transportation company.
A native of Cleveland, Bronczek assumed his current position in 2000 after serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the company. He also serves on the Senior Management Committee for FedEx Corporation.
Patricia Stewart, vice chancellor for advancement, will make opening remarks and FedEx Board Member Joshua Smith will introduce David Bronczek.
Ralph K. Shelton, president and CEO of Southeast Fuels, will present a luncheon report from the Business Committee on Higher Education, of which he is a member. The Business Committee on Higher Education, chaired by Ann Goodnight (SAS) and Bob Ingram (GlaxoSmithKline), is part of NC State’s Institute for Emerging Issues. The committee focuses on workforce development and other needs of North Carolina businesses.
Shelton has a distinguished record of service in the Greensboro community. He is currently serving as co-chair of the Gateway Gardens Capital Campaign and is a member of the Greensboro Partnership Board and Executive Committee.
He has an undergraduate degree from NC A&T and an MBA from Wake Forest University. He graduated from the Minority Executive Program at the University of Virginia and has won numerous awards as a champion of small and minority-owned businesses.
The summit also will feature representatives of Duke Energy, Syngenta, Tyco Electronics and the City of Greensboro's Department of Housing and Community Development. In a forum moderated by Doug Copeland, they will join UNCG faculty members to discuss collaborative projects in which faculty members and students developed and implemented innovative solutions to challenges faced by those organizations.
The cost to attend the UNCG Business Summit is $25. Visitor parking information and campus maps are available at www.uncg.edu/online_map/index.html.
For more information, contact Susan Larson, senior director of corporate and foundation relations, (336) 256-1280, or David Arneke, director of corporate and foundation relations, (336) 334-5001. Registration is available online.
The event’s sponsors are American Express, The Business Journal, Duke Energy, Key Resources, Lomax Construction, News & Record, Samet Corporation, Senn Dunn Insurance, Steven D. Bell & Company, Time Warner Cable, UNCG Bryan School of Business and Economics, UNCG Office of Development and UNCG Office of Research and Public/Private Sector Partnerships.
