Kent Oyler Named President & CEO of Greater Louisville Inc.; AT&T's Paul La Schiazza to head Chicagoland Chamber board; Michigan Court of Appeals "Officer Liability" Ruling a Huge Victory for Taxpayers; Indiana State Chamber president says improving education still the top priority for the future; "Reaching Out to You" in Kansas City: A Small Business Workshop Hosted by SBA, FDIC and UFSC; Oklahoma Governor Fallin Signs Gross Production Compromise; Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotation (Leadership):

Greater Louisville Inc. (GLI) announced... that Kent Oyler will become the business leadership organization’s new President & CEO, effective June 1.  Oyler most recently served as managing partner of OPM Services, Inc., a financial-services and investment firm and has founded or co-founded over 18 other businesses, including High Speed Access Corp., a broadband service provider. 
 “We had many strong candidates from both the private and nonprofit sectors. Kent Oyler was the ideal choice.” said Kerry Stemler, President, K.M. Stemler Company, Inc., and Chair of Greater Louisville Inc.’s Board of Directors.  “With Kent in place GLI is positioned to move forward and chart a new course of action for a truly regional approach to driving business growth and economic prosperity.” Read more: Greater Louisville Inc.

AT&T's Paul La Schiazza to head Chicagoland Chamber board

Paul La Schiazza, president of AT&T Illinois, will be named the new board chair of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce next week. He replaces PNC Bank Regional President Scott Swanson, whose term is wrapping up. The chamber's staff is headed by CEO Theresa Mintle. Read more: Crains Chicago Business

 

Michigan Court of Appeals "Officer Liability" Ruling a Huge Victory for Taxpayers

We are pleased to report that last week the Michigan Court of Appeals stood up for taxpayers by finding that the Michigan Department of Treasury had wrongly accused the widow of a corporate officer as being a tax evader. In Deena Shotwell v Department of Treasury, the Court recognized that the widow, upon the death of her husband, did not assume the role of corporate officer of her deceased husband's company despite Treasury’s allegation that she had. Read more: Michigan Chamber of Commerce Capitol Report

Indiana State Chamber president says improving education still the top priority for the future

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has never seen a session of the General Assembly that treated it better: More than 40 bills it supported were enacted, but none that it opposed became law, said the group’s president. But there’s still an enormous amount of work to do in state government to improve the state’s economic standing, said Kevin Brinegar, president and CEO of the Chamber.Read more: Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

 
"Reaching Out to You" in Kansas City: A Small Business Workshop Hosted by SBA, FDIC and UFSC
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Urban Financial Services Coalition (USFC) will host a small business workshop – “Reaching Out to You” on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at the Kansas City Public Library – Plaza Branch, 4801 Main Street, Ste. 100, Kansas City, Missouri 64112 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm.

This workshop is designed to promote community development by educating entrepreneurs to  resources that assist in starting, growing or expanding a business.   

The event will feature an expert panel on entrepreneurial resources, a credit report room (a valid ID will be required to visit the credit report room), as well as networking opportunities with SBA, SCORE, Women’s Business Center, Small Business Development Center and several other local business organizations and financial institutions.

This event is free and open to the public.  Registration is required. Please register by close of business Monday, June 23, 2014 by e-mailing ecaughey@fdic.gov.  Please include your first and last name, organization name and contact information.

Oklahoma Governor Fallin Signs Gross Production Compromise

The State Chamber of Oklahoma would like to thank Governor Mary Fallin for signing House Bill 2562 today, helping ensure Oklahoma’s economic future.  The bill, which sets a permanent, across-the-board gross production tax rate starting in July of 2015, provides certainty for one of the state’s leading job producing industries. Read more: State Chamber of Oklahoma

Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotation (Leadership): 

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

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