International Profit Associates President Participated in BCLC Forum
IPA President Gregg Steinberg was a featured speaker at the Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) forum, “Disaster Aid Working Conference: Business and the 2006 Hurricane Season."
Buffalo Grove, IL, July 21, 2006 --(PR.com)-- International Profit Associates (IPA-IBA) President Gregg M. Steinberg participated in the Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) forum, “Disaster Aid Working Conference: Business and the 2006 Hurricane Season,” in Washington, DC on July 13, 2006.
The forum identified the importance of working out protocols and mechanisms for public-private coordination and cooperation for major relief and recovery efforts in advance of major catastrophes. The discussion included aid shipments, recovery of important medical, and other family records for swift recovery with local community support.
Featured speakers included Bob Lane, Chairman and CEO, Deere & Company and Michael G. Morris, Chairman, President, and CEO, American Electric Power. They addressed The Central American and Mexico Hurricane Relief Fund which is the nationwide private sector led, White House supported partnership to raise $5 million in private donations for reconstruction in Central America and Southern Mexico. The Fund is in response to the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season which brought an unprecedented 13 storms, of which three—Stan, Beta and Gamma—ravaged the region.
Conference topics included:
-The feasibility of creating three digit assistance hotlines at the state level
-Pre-planning for post-disaster records management
-Badging and credentialing to accelerate access for disaster aid providers
-Regularized briefing schedules for disaster aid providers and other communication and coordination issues
-Donor/offer management
-Product donation shipping, logistics and warehousing management
A featured session, “Recovery and Reconstruction,” was led by International Profit Associate’s President Gregg Steinberg; Mark Pinsky, President and CEO of Opportunity Finance Network and Don Wilbon, Vice President of J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
In addition to inviting national business leaders active in disaster assistance, the BCLC also invited local, state and national government officials interested in discussing aid issues with the business community. Officials from other disaster-prone areas and other countries bordering the Gulf of Mexico were also welcome to observe the proceedings.
BCLC has been involved with business disaster response issues since 1998. According to BCLC records, business disaster aid in 2005 reached an unprecedented $1.9 billion, including contributions for the Southeast Asia tsunami, Gulf Coast hurricanes, Pakistan-India earthquake and other natural disasters around the world.
The Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) is a 501(c)3 affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world's largest business federation. BCLC's mission is to advance the positive role of business in society. They work with leaders from business, government and non-governmental organizations to address and act on shared goals. The overarching goal is to help build good will, good relations and good markets by focusing work on current issues that affect businesses from a social and economic standpoint. The BCLC helps build good will and addresses social issues that concern business, including corporate social responsibility, nonprofit and social service effectiveness, globalization, education and disaster assistance. It was founded in May 2000 as the Center for Corporate Citizenship (CCC) and stemmed from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's informal creation of corporate public service coalitions and the fact that corporate citizenship was an emerging area of business management strategy.
International Profit Associates, Inc. (IPA-IBA), the largest privately held management consulting and professional services firm for small and medium size businesses in North America, is a leading authority on small business. With more than $225,000,000 in annual revenues, IPA-IBA is the 6th largest management consulting company in Chicago and the 61st largest consulting company in the world. IPA-IBA offers a wide range of proven and innovative methodologies to help businesses grow and prosper. International Profit Associates and its alliance partners, including Integrated Business Analysis, Inc. (IBA), International Tax Advisors, Inc. (ITA), Accountancy Associates, LLC (AAL) and IPA Advisory & Intermediary Services, LLC (IPA A&I), provide comprehensive business advisory services and tax strategies to companies in the United States, Canada and other locations worldwide. Additional information is immediately available by visiting http://www.ipa-iba.com, http://www.iba-usa.net, http://www.internationaltaxadvisors.com, http://www.accountancyassoc.com/ and http://www.aiservices.com. The Public Relations Department may be contacted at: telephone (847) 495-6786; facsimile (847) 495-6773.
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The forum identified the importance of working out protocols and mechanisms for public-private coordination and cooperation for major relief and recovery efforts in advance of major catastrophes. The discussion included aid shipments, recovery of important medical, and other family records for swift recovery with local community support.
Featured speakers included Bob Lane, Chairman and CEO, Deere & Company and Michael G. Morris, Chairman, President, and CEO, American Electric Power. They addressed The Central American and Mexico Hurricane Relief Fund which is the nationwide private sector led, White House supported partnership to raise $5 million in private donations for reconstruction in Central America and Southern Mexico. The Fund is in response to the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season which brought an unprecedented 13 storms, of which three—Stan, Beta and Gamma—ravaged the region.
Conference topics included:
-The feasibility of creating three digit assistance hotlines at the state level
-Pre-planning for post-disaster records management
-Badging and credentialing to accelerate access for disaster aid providers
-Regularized briefing schedules for disaster aid providers and other communication and coordination issues
-Donor/offer management
-Product donation shipping, logistics and warehousing management
A featured session, “Recovery and Reconstruction,” was led by International Profit Associate’s President Gregg Steinberg; Mark Pinsky, President and CEO of Opportunity Finance Network and Don Wilbon, Vice President of J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
In addition to inviting national business leaders active in disaster assistance, the BCLC also invited local, state and national government officials interested in discussing aid issues with the business community. Officials from other disaster-prone areas and other countries bordering the Gulf of Mexico were also welcome to observe the proceedings.
BCLC has been involved with business disaster response issues since 1998. According to BCLC records, business disaster aid in 2005 reached an unprecedented $1.9 billion, including contributions for the Southeast Asia tsunami, Gulf Coast hurricanes, Pakistan-India earthquake and other natural disasters around the world.
The Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) is a 501(c)3 affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world's largest business federation. BCLC's mission is to advance the positive role of business in society. They work with leaders from business, government and non-governmental organizations to address and act on shared goals. The overarching goal is to help build good will, good relations and good markets by focusing work on current issues that affect businesses from a social and economic standpoint. The BCLC helps build good will and addresses social issues that concern business, including corporate social responsibility, nonprofit and social service effectiveness, globalization, education and disaster assistance. It was founded in May 2000 as the Center for Corporate Citizenship (CCC) and stemmed from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's informal creation of corporate public service coalitions and the fact that corporate citizenship was an emerging area of business management strategy.
International Profit Associates, Inc. (IPA-IBA), the largest privately held management consulting and professional services firm for small and medium size businesses in North America, is a leading authority on small business. With more than $225,000,000 in annual revenues, IPA-IBA is the 6th largest management consulting company in Chicago and the 61st largest consulting company in the world. IPA-IBA offers a wide range of proven and innovative methodologies to help businesses grow and prosper. International Profit Associates and its alliance partners, including Integrated Business Analysis, Inc. (IBA), International Tax Advisors, Inc. (ITA), Accountancy Associates, LLC (AAL) and IPA Advisory & Intermediary Services, LLC (IPA A&I), provide comprehensive business advisory services and tax strategies to companies in the United States, Canada and other locations worldwide. Additional information is immediately available by visiting http://www.ipa-iba.com, http://www.iba-usa.net, http://www.internationaltaxadvisors.com, http://www.accountancyassoc.com/ and http://www.aiservices.com. The Public Relations Department may be contacted at: telephone (847) 495-6786; facsimile (847) 495-6773.
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