Please come to the Business Roundtable kick-off party on January 20, 2007 at 7pm. Food and drinks will be provided. There will be musical entertainment from Team Excellence Christian Band. Tell all your friends to come and enjoy the fun!

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Business Roundtable

Sponsored by Dallas Baptist University:

• College of Business
• College of Adult Education
• Graduate School of Business

When: January 25, 2007, 6.00 - 8.00 pm.

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Where: John G. Mahler Student Center, DBU Main Campus

Program:
6:00-6:30 pm: Registration
6:30-8:00 pm: Panel Discussion/Q&A
8:00 pm: Post-Event at Cowboy Club

Who:

Patrick Ryan
Executive Chairman and Founder, Aon Corporation

Topic:

Alumni Entrepreneurship Conference:
Sustaining Success: Overcoming Growth Plateaus and Networking

Speaker Profiles

Patrick G. Ryan is executive chairman and founder of Aon Corporation, a global leader in risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital consulting and outsourcing. He started as an entrepreneur and founded an insurance agency, which grew to become Aon. Ryan has been chairman of Aon's Board of Directors since 1990. He served as chief executive of Aon and its predecessor company from 1964 to April 2005.

He is chairman of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University and serves as a life trustee of Rush University Medical Center. He also is a director of the Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc. One of Chicago's most visible business and civic leaders, Ryan has been named chairman and CEO of the Chicago 2016 Olympic Evaluation Committee.

For current MBA students with a concentration in Finance and Management, you may be eligible to receive (1) credit-hour when you attend the series of Business Roundtables and complete the appropriate research paper. Please contact the Graduate advisor of the College of Business for details.

There will be door prizes at the Business Roundtable including two, $50 certificates at the DBU Bookstore! Please click here to visit the DBU Bookstore website, and see what you can purchase if you win the door prizes.

The Patriot Cafe will offer "Business Roundtable (BRT) Combo Meal" to celebrate the event throughout the evening. Enjoy the special cooked meal and healthy choices from the Patriot Cafe at a very special price.

Also, please attend the Post-Event for more networking experience with business leaders in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.