ROTARY CLUB OF CLEVELAND

1122 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio44115USA (216) 556-8637 Fax (216) 623-0611 E-mail

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CONTACT: Sharon Lerch, Executive Secretary

Rotary Club of Cleveland

Telephone: 216-556-8637

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2017

FIVE LOCAL COMPANIES TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AT ROTARY CLUB OF CLEVELAND

Thursday, May 18, 2017

12:00 Noon – 1:30 p.m., Bridge View Room, Windows on the River, The Powerhouse,

Nautica Entertainment Complex, 2000 Sycamore, Cleveland, Ohio

Each year the Rotary Club of Cleveland and the Monte Ahuja College of Business at Cleveland State University co-sponsor the Business Leadership Awards Program in cooperation with the Association for Talent Development (ATD), the Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network (MAGNET), the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE), the International Business Network (IBN), and the Center for Sustainable Business Practices (CSBP). The 2017awards will be presented at the Thursday, May 18, 2017, meeting of the Rotary Club of Cleveland at Windows on the River.

Receiving awards will be the following businesses and individuals:

Workplace Learning & Performance Leadership Award (co-sponsored by ATD): Applied Industrial Technologies – Basic Business Finance Course

Quality Service Leadership (co-sponsored by MAGNET): LEFCO Worthington, LLC

Entrepreneurial Leadership (co-sponsored by COSE): Rion Safier, President, Rion Safier Accounting, LLC

Global Business Leadership (co-sponsored by IBN): Applied Medical Technology, Inc.

Sustainable Business Practices Leadership (co-sponsored by CSBP): Lisa Pim Peterson, Business

Development Manager, Weber Murphy Fox

The public is welcome to attend the Rotary Club’s Business Leadership Awards Program at the luncheon on May 18, 2017, at Windows on the River. Reservations can be made by calling the Rotary Office at 216-556-8637 – the cost is $20.00.The meeting runs from 12:00 Noon until 1:15 p.m. in the Bridge View Room.

Rotary International celebrated its 112th anniversary this year, and the Rotary Club of Cleveland is celebrating its 106thyear of “Service above Self” to the people of the City of Cleveland. Today, there are more than 34,000 Rotary Clubs with over 1.2 million members in more than 200 countries and geographical areas on all seven continents of the earth. Rotary is a group of business, professional, and community leaders, both men and women, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build good will and peace in the world.

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