Advisory Board of Directors

Today and tomorrow our Advisory Board meets for the first time.  I told you about this some six months ago.  In my view it is part of the “new” Learfield as we morph into a larger and better company.  “Why?” you ask.

• It delineates between operations and oversight; between strategy and policy; and between day-to-day performance and stakeholder interests.
• It serves as a sounding board, a backstop, a initiator for management
• The Board sets broad vision
• The Board, using management’s long-term strategic plan, works to insure its fulfillment.
• With the CFO, the Board reviews the annual audit
• The Board reviews and gives suggestions about company finances
• Learfield needs a separation between management and stakeholder interests.

I’ve invited five great and capable people to serve as Directors.  They are (in alphabetical order):

• Jason Andrews, from Kansas City, is a manager/representative for Intuitive Surgical.  He’s also my Son-in-Law.  Young and bright,  Jason brings a strong base of business knowledge to Learfield.  He graduated from MU with a degree in business. He is married and has three children
• Steve Hughes, of Vienna, Va, is now in a private consulting practice currently leading Keel Point, Inc.  He was one of the initial few which started SRA International and became its CFO.  He is a CPA and attended James Madison University.  He is married and has four children
• Jerry Jonker, Grand Rapids, MI, started Home Acres Building Supply with a buddy and sold the half-Billion-dollar company two years ago.  Jerry and his wife have six children.  They were presenters on money management at our Life Skills event two years ago.
• Marty Sherman, Annapolis, MD, has been advising Learfield as a consultant for nearly twenty years.  He works with businessmen and government leaders around the world helping them build relational environments.  He is married and has 4 children.  He presented at our Life Skills Seminar on building friendships.
• Steve South, Monument, CO, is Sr. V.P. of CEO Forum, Inc., working with leaders of major companies around the globe.  He is married with four children.  Steve and his wife, Cheryl, presented on having a successful marriage at Life Skills.

Our meetings begin with dinner this evening and go through the day tomorrow in Jefferson City.

–clyde