A2Y Early Edition Breakfast January 19, 2011

A2Y Early Edition January 2011

Date: January 19, 2011
Time: 7:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Event Description Held monthly, this lively morning program is designed to keep members up-to-date on community issues. (January-June, September-November)

Host - Jim Kosteva

Speakers

Tim Wadhams - President & Chief Executive Officer, MASCO

Masco has a significant presence in southeast Michigan as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of brand-name products for the home improvement and new home construction markets. Deal of the Year Award winner in real estate MASCO's President and Chief Executive Officer Tim Wadhams will update us on MASCO's move into Ann Arbor .

Melissa Pinsky, Interim Director, Success by Six

Success by 6 is working to ensure that every child in Washtenaw will enter school ready to succeed. Melissa will share how Success by 6 is making meaningful interventions with many children and working with their parents to assist in providing the best possible start during the critical early developmental period of young lives.

Tim Adkins, Pakmode Publications

With his business partner, Bilal Saeed, Tim Adkins acts the creative half of Pakmode Media + Marketing. Pakmode emphasizes outside the box practices in serving clients and in the publication of their two monthly publications, iSPY and emYou!

Gerry Roston - ACE '11 Chair, Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship

Gerry Roston will tell us about ACE ’11, the Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship where Great Lakes region entrepreneurs gather to network, learn, and connect. Gerry is the Vice President of New Enterprise Forum and has extensive experience in working with technology–focused start ups.

Jerry Clayton - Washtenaw County Sherriff

Sheriff Jerry Clayton begins his third year as the elected head of law enforcement in the county. He has served over twenty years with the Sheriff’s Office in a variety of roles including: Court Security Commander, Operations Lieutenant and SWAT Team Commander. The Sheriff will discuss the business behind keeping our community safe