2008 - 2009 Events and Meetings


Meeting Date/Place

Technical Session

5:15 - 6:05

Dinner Session

6:30 - 8:30

September 16, 2008

St. Julian's Winery

Paw Paw, MI

Past President’s Night

Wine Tasting & Tour (6:00-6:30 PM)

David Braganini, President

St. Julian's Winery

"St. Julian's Winery, History"

David Braganini, President

October 21, 2008

Beacon Club

5830 Portage Rd.

Portage, MI

"Value Based Benefit Design,

The Sale of Life Insurance

on the Open Market "

Bill Boersma

Opportunity Concepts

"Value Based Benefit Design"

Greg Hofmann, Managing Director

Innovation Health and Wellness Benefits Consulting

November 18, 2008
Clara's on the River

Battle Creek, MI

" Crisis Management"
Roberto Stewart

Kellogg Company

" ABC's of Designing and Implementing

an Anti-Fraud Program "
George Mullins

Kellogg Company

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Stryker Medical Division facility, Corner of Centre and Sprinkle

Portage, MI

All Day Seminar

8:00 am - 4:30 pm

" Internal Controls, Fraud and SOX Compliance Update " - Yeo & Yeo
" Federal Tax and Audit Update " - Camille Hoekstra, CPA, Plante & Moran
" The Art of Negotiations " – Penny Rosema, Alticor Corp.

"MBT Tax Update" - Jon Hallack, Manager, Stryker Corp.

"Effective Use of Time" - Randall Dean

(8 CPE credits)

January 20, 2009

Beacon Club

5830 Portage Rd.

Portage, MI

Lunch Meeting 11:30-1:30

Economic Outlook for Southwest Michigan
George Erickcek

The Upjohn Institute

No Evening Event

February 17, 2009

Beacon Club

5830 Portage Rd.

Portage, MI

"Personal Career Management"

John Patricolo, Exec. VP

Great Lakes Region - Right Management

"Bridging the Talent Gap:

Recruiting and Job Search

Strategies That Work"

Sheri Welsh

Welsh & Associates

March 17, 2009

Beacon Club

5830 Portage Rd.

Portage, MI

" Internal Control, Ethics, and Finance"

from IMA Ethics Series

Donna Hetzel, Facilitator

" Estate Planning "

Michael Shields, Attorney

April 2009

Date & Location

To be

Announced

Spring Professional Development Seminar

Joint Seminar with Grand Rapids Chapter

(8 CPE Credits)