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InterBusiness Issues - November 2002
40 Leaders Under Forty
Every community must ask itself if it nurtures and develops a leadership culture – in its companies, its government, its social service, its events. In Peoria, the answer is a resounding “YES!”

Features

Business Profile
Scott Communications Services, Inc.
Scott Communication Services, Inc. was established in July 2001, when husband-and-wife team Mark and Jodi Scott became local authorized Nextel dealers.
From the Editor
Leadership... In The Next 40
by Jan Wright Vergon, Publisher
In this issue of InterBusiness Issues we publish our annual list of Peoria’s 40 Leaders Under Forty—our ninth year of honoring outstanding young area professionals. As I considered the list, I was struck by an observation: for this group of leaders, history—the personal kind, anyway—begins, at most, 40 years ago.

Columns

Ag Issues
Farm Products Tie Into Favorite Activities
Patrick Kirchhofer - Peoria County Farm Bureau
Community Issues
Your Guide to Peoria Area Capital Campaigns
W. Michael Bryant, Methodist Medical Center
Financial Issues
Save For College With 529 Plan
Scott Elger, Morgan Stanley
HR Issues
September 11 Takes Toll On Work World
John Gibson, Employers' Association
Public Issues
Congress Enacts Election Reforms
Congressman Ray LaHood, 18th Congressional District
Central Illinois EDC Impact
Get Caught Up in Peoria’s Progress
Jim McConoughey, Heartland Partnership
Education Issues
Diversity Begins Here
Dr. John Erwin, Illinois Central College
Finding Fitness
What is Exercise?
Michael Hintz, Absolute Fitness
Manufacturing Issues
8 Key Principles of Effective Quality Management
Laurence Hornibrook, IMEC
Sales Strategies
Sell More Easily…Behave
Robert Barber, Jr., Sandler Sales Institute
Chamber Issues
Area Business Connection
Linda Beckman, 2003 Area Business Connection and Power Breakfast
Ethical Issues
Challenges of Working Multiculturally
Dr. John Throop, The Summit Group
Health Care Issues
Economics of Philanthropy
Dr. R. Michael Gulley, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Marketing & Managing Tips
Franklin on Values
Jane Converse, Converse Marketing
Staffing Issues
Paid Leave: Beyond the FMLA
David Smith, Manpower Professional