The Business of Health Care: The Economic Driver for Washtenaw County

Thursday, February 04, 2010 from 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM (ET)

Ann Arbor, MI

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Pre-registration required. No walk-up registration will be taken.

Please contact Pam Jones-Sexton if you are interesting in attending at (734) 214-3724 or email at PJSexton@ubat.com.

This event will highlight how the business of health care has become an economic driver for our local economy and will host business executives who will hear firsthand from notable local leaders as to how they have maximized the opportunities in the healthcare marketplace. As healthcare becomes the number one industry in our global economy, companies are looking for unique ways to position themselves to compete and be successful in the future.

“We are very pleased to be able to provide our community with a means to hear stories of what’s working here in Washtenaw County; a means to share information and a future avenue to allow business leaders to collaborate on how to take advantage of the innovation going on in our backyard,” says Pam Jones-Sexton who heads up the professional services group at United Bank & Trust. We have a great list of speakers and the event will be kicked off by Doug Strong, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers who will talk about how the University was able to buy the Pfizer site in order to take research to a new level in our state. Along with Strong, other speakers who will share their stories and participate in a panel discussion include:

Doug Schneider and Jean Chenoweth from Thomson Reuters will speak about the future of the healthcare industry in southeastern Michigan, and also from the vantage of Michigan's strengths in terms of how it compares to other parts of the country.
Roger Newton from Esperion Therapeutics will highlight how he keeps “re-inventing” himself in the bio-pharmaceutical world.
Dick Sarns, the founder of Sarns Medical and currently CEO of NuStep, and Mark Sutter, CEO of Terumo CVS, will discuss the local growth of the medical device industry.

Sponsors:

United Bank & Trust
United Bank & Trust and United Bank & Trust – Washtenaw are part of a two bank financial holding company whose parent is United Bancorp, Inc. The subsidiary banks operate 16 banking offices in Lenawee, Washtenaw, and Monroe counties. United Bank & Trust maintains an active Wealth Management Group and is a leader in developing solutions for small businesses in Company’s market area. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ubat.com.

Hylant Group
Founded in 1935, Hylant Group is a full-service insurance brokerage with 12 offices in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee. As a member of the Worldwide Broker Network, Hylant offers complete risk management services, employee benefits consultation, loss control, 401(k) and financial services, healthcare management and insurance solutions for businesses and individuals. Hylant is one of the largest privately held brokerage firms in the United States and serves a wide variety of clients locally, nationally, and internationally. For more information, please visit www.hylant.com.

Leaders Connect
LeadersConnect and CEO Connect are local leadership development programs created by Robert Pasick Ph.D., clinical psychologist and executive coach. Through coaching, strategic leadership forums, and workshops, LeadersConnect provides premier development services for executives and executive teams. Robert Pasick is the author of "Balanced Leadership in Unbalanced Times". For more information, please visit www.leadersconnect.com.