N.C. CEO Forum Announces Speakers and Panelists

The 2009 N.C. CEO Forum (www.ncceoforum.com), an invitation-only business event scheduled for Friday, May 15 at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, N.C., has announced the confirmed speakers and panelists for the event.

Raleigh, NC, April 09, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The 2009 N.C. CEO Forum (www.ncceoforum.com), an invitation-only business event scheduled for Friday, May 15 at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, N.C., has announced the confirmed speakers and panelists for the event. These individuals, representing some of the top companies and organizations from around the state, will offer their insights and perspectives on a variety of topics relating to what can and is being done by North Carolina industry, and the public and nonprofit sectors, to navigate the global economic crisis.

The 2009 N.C. CEO Forum speakers and panelists are:

- Bill Atkinson, WakeMed Health & Hospitals
- H.W. McKay Belk, Belk, Inc.
- Blake Coules, RBC Bank USA
- Stephen Cooper, K&L Gates
- Keith Crisco, N.C. Secretary of Commerce
- Rick Deckelbaum, Rick Deckelbaum & Associates
- Dennis Gillings, Quintiles
- Jim Goodmon, Capital Broadcasting
- Jim Goodnight, SAS
- Robert Greczyn, BCBS of North Carolina
- Bob Greenberg, IBM
- Frank Holding, Jr., First Citizens Bank
- Robert Ingram, GlaxoSmithKline
- Brian Kinahan, Summit Performance Systems
- Marc Noel, The Noel Group
- John Ryan, Center for Creative Leadership
- Suzanne Sutter, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern N.C.
- Eric Teal, First Citizens Bank
- Glen Tullman, Allscripts
- Ira Weiss, NCSU School of Management
- Lloyd Yates, Progress Energy-Carolinas

Billie Redmond, CEO of Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties, will serve as the event’s Master of Ceremonies.

The N.C. CEO Forum event, created and organized by Rick Deckelbaum & Associates (RDA) (www.rickdeckelbaum.com) and Summit Performance Systems (www.summit-performance.com), will operate under the theme of “The Global Economic Crisis: Tactical and Strategic Implications to North Carolina.” The May 15 event is expected to host 350 guests. Sponsorship information is available online at www.ncceoforum.com.

“The panelists for the 2009 N.C. CEO Forum are all distinguished leaders,” said Rick Deckelbaum, founder, president and CEO of RDA. “These individuals represent some of the finest minds in the state, and by bringing them together to discuss problems, we can generate ideas and resolve the economic issues we are facing both our state and our nation.”

About 2009 N.C. CEO Forum:
The 2009 N.C. CEO Forum is the premier invitation-only event for North Carolina business leaders to explore what can and is being done by the North Carolina industry sector, along with the public and nonprofit sectors, to navigate the state successfully through the current global economic crisis. The event, scheduled for Friday, May 15 at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, N.C., will provide attendees a platform to gain insight into the impact that the current economic crisis is having on specific industry sectors such as state government, technology, education, pharma, energy and others, as well as solutions each of these sectors can present for the state’s economic recovery. The 2009 Forum will be led by a keynote address by Steve Forbes, Chairman and CEO of Forbes and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine. For more information, please visit www.ncceoforum.com.

Kate Catlin
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
kate@mmimarketing.com

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