Gyrator

Volume 108, Issue 16

May 29, 2012

Rotary Club of Chicago

Making Business Leaders Community Leaders Since 1905

Program: Marianne OBrien Markowitz, Regional Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
In August 2009, Marianne OBrien Markowitz was named Regional Administrator for SBAs Midwest Region. She has responsibility for the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. As Regional Administrator, Markowitz is the principal representative of Administrator Karen Mills in the Midwest and provides interface with regional, state and local elected and appointed officials, trade organizations and small business communities across the region. Markowitz recently served as the Chief Financial Officer for Obama for America and was previously a financial operations consultant for the launch of the Obama Exploratory Committee and resulting Campaign. For more than 17 years, Markowitz provided finance and risk management expertise to a host of leading global institutions including Switzerland-based corporation Syngenta, Inc.the worlds largest agrochemical company where she served as a lead international treasury/financial operations consultant. While at Syngenta, Inc., she was tasked with designing and implementing a global treasury operation and financing post demerger. Prior to that, she served as a treasury and risk manager for one of the largest pharmaceutical benefit management companies Express Scripts, Inc. Additionally, while at Mallinckrodt, Inc., a medical device firm, Markowitz worked to create the global treasury department after its divestiture from IMC Global. In addition to designing and implementing financial operations departments, Markowitz has a deep background in running treasury and risk management departments, assessing insurable risks and evaluating insurance, treasury and financing alternatives. In all her roles, Marianne Markowitz specialized in helping private sector companies successfully design and implement new systems or scale their existing processes, systems and staffing to meet the needs of a hyper-growth environment. Markowitz received her B.S. in business administration from the University of Missouri and her MBA from DePaul University. She and her husband Jeffrey are the proud parents of Maura.

Charity Golf Outings

Plainfield Rotary Club: Annual Golf Classic, June 13, 11:00 AM; Whitetail Golf Club; $125 per golfer www.rotaryplainfieldil.org Vandercook College of Music: June 14 at The Links at Carillon; 12:00 Start; $175 per golfer; ckeenan@vandercook.edu Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago: June 22 at Orchard Valley Golf Course; 10:00am Start; $375 per golfer; jbaumann@eastersealschicago.org Bear Necessities, Pediatric Cancer Foundation: June 27 at Ruffled Feathers Golf Club; 1:30 Start; $275 per golfer; www.bearnecessities.org Loretto Hospital Foundation: Golf Outing - July 18th at Saint Andrews Golf Course; www.lorettohospitalfoundation.org; registration available June 1st Chicago Scots: The Kilted Classic Golf Outing - September 21; early bird registration $195 per golfer; www.chicagoscots.org

Rotary Club of Chicago

The worlds first service club founded in 1905.

Upcoming Luncheons (Tuesday's noon) and Rotary After Work (First Tuesday's 5:30 PM)
Luncheon Program: Elizabeth Mhangami, Founder/Executive: Vanavevhu - Children of the Soil, Zimbabweb 6/12/2012 Luncheon Program: Mary MacLaren, Executive's Club - 6/19/2012 Luncheon Program: Annual Installation of Officers & Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka- 6/26/2012 No Meeting - Happy Holidays - 7/3/2012 Luncheon Program: Gabe Klein, CDOT Commissioner - 7/10/2012 Luncheon Program: Amy Skeen, Girls in the Game - 7/17/2012 Luncheon Program: Shen Yun, Chinese Dance Company - 7/24/2012 Luncheon Program: TBA - 7/31/2012 Luncheon Program: Job1 Appreciation - 8/7/2012 Luncheon Program: Bob Dold, 10th District Congressman - 8/14/2012 Luncheon Program: Sheila Simon, Illinois Lt. Governor - 8/21/2012 Luncheon Program: TBA - 8/28/2012 Rotary After Work Program: TBA - 9/4/2012 Luncheon Program: Douglas Sisterson, Argonne Labs - Global Warming - 9/11/2012 Luncheon Program: Henry Henderson, Natural Resources Defense Council - Midwest Director - 9/18/2012 Luncheon Program: Jeff Korzenik, Fifth Third Bank - 9/25/2012 Rotary After Work Program: International Film Festival - 10/2/2012 Rotary Club of Chicago The worlds first service club founded in 1905.