Now that summer is officially over and football season has begun, it’s time for all of us to reconnect with each other and benefit from each other’s experiences in order to enhance our own roles within each of our companies.

I want to thank last year’s board members along with all of our other volunteers for helping NIRI Atlanta achieve three awards in the small chapter category from NIRI National—Best Overall Chapter, Best Overall Programs, and Best Member Services. Wow, what an accomplishment!

I appreciate the trust you all have placed in me by allowing me to serve as your President again this year.

In addition, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Diane Dayhoff and Allison Parker for their support and hard work last year.

While the bar has been set high, we have another great board this year. I’d like to welcome our new board members: Aaron Uhde, Neal Wells, and Martin Jarosick. We also had a responsibility switch for our Programs to Beverly Verrico from Robert Borchert.
Your board has been hard at work this past summer continuing to pursue our mission of “Participate, Learn, Lead”

We will have our first fall conference on September 18, 2009 to kick-off of the season. Since all IROs interact with many different corporate functions and are required to be leaders in their own right, we designed the fall conference this in mind. We’ve invited numerous other financial-based professional groups as well as the corporate secretaries local chapter. I think you’ll find this event to be very informative as well as provide for a great networking experience.

We have a calendar full of great programs this season that should provide you with practical information as well as positive networking experiences. These programs were selected largely due to the survey responses we received from all of you based on the member survey conducted in the spring.

I hope to see you soon at our Fall conference and I look forward to another great year.
Thanks!

Jane M. Elliott, President
NIRI Atlanta
jane.elliott@globalpay.com

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