Members of the Millikin-Decatur Executive Association are a diverse group of business leaders committed to exploring new skills and information valuable to the leadership role.

GOALS:

• To educate CEO's and business owners on topics of mutual interest through special programs featuring keynote speakers.
• To routinely meet and develop stronger relationships with other CEO's and top management.
• To establish a close relationship between Millikin University 's Tabor School of Business and local business leadership.
• To bring together top management from locally owned businesses to learn from each other's experience.
• To develop skills and acquire information valuable to the leadership task and future planning. 

 

 

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Welcome to MDEA 2009 - 2010

 

MDEA is 

"Surviving & Thriving in Today's

Changing Climate"

 

MDEA is pleased to announce that our theme for 2009-2010 is "Surviving & Thriving in Today's Changing Climate" and we will have 4 outstanding programs to deliver valuable information to you and your key executives.

 

Please welcome our third speaker,

 

Thursday, February 4, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S

James Wiemken

 

James Wiemken of “Standard & Poor’s” is a managing director in Corporate and Government Ratings and head of the State and Local Government Ratings Group.  The Group is responsible for new issue rating assignment and ongoing surveillance on over 13,000 state and local government credits.  Jim previously was a regional economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond specializing in state and local economic analysis.  Specific research interests included estimating the effects of NAFTA and studying unintended incentives and consequences in banking legislation.  He holds a M.B.A. from Yale University and a B.A. in Economics and French from Millikin University .

 

 STANDARD & POOR'S WEBSITE

 

 

 

 

Please CLICK HERE to RSVP for James Wiemken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Our Great Line Up of Speakers for this upcoming year!