Cox Televsion Vice President to Keynote St. Barnabas CEO Leadership Conference
300 business leaders to gather Sept. 18
Gibsonia, Pa. - Aug. 1, 2006 - William M. Spell, a vice president of Cox Television, will keynote the
20th annual St. Barnabas CEO Leadership Conference on Monday, Sept. 18. The conference will be held in The Washington Place at St. Barnabas, 5847 Meridian Road, and will attract 300 area CEOs and their seconds-in-command.
Following the theme "The Best Is Yet to Come … If?," the day will begin with a light breakfast in the Mount Vernon Restaurant at 7:30 a.m. WPXI-TV anchor David Johnson will convene the conference at 8 a.m. in the Kean Theatre. The forum will conclude with a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. There is no charge for the conference, which is open to invited guests. There is no charge for the conference, which is open to invited guests. For more information, call (724) 443-0700, Ext. 258 or visit www.stbarnabashealthsystem.com.
Spell brings both a national and local perspective to the conference theme. Cox is the parent corporation of WPXI-TV, which is investing $30 million in building a new headquarters in the city of Pittsburgh. Spell has responsibility for the sales and marketing success of Cox's 15 television stations and three television sales representation firms.
Spell previously was director of sales for Cox-owned WSB-TV Channel 2, Atlanta, from 1990 to 1996. Spell joined WSB-TV in 1987 as local sales manager. His career in broadcast dates back to 1969 and includes experience in the New York, Toledo and Atlanta markets.
Spell is a member of the Atlanta Ad Club and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He is past president of the Atlanta Broadcast Advertising Club. Active in the community, Spell is a member of the Cobb YMCA, of which he is a former director. He is past president of the Izaak Walton Conservation League, and he was a member of the 1992-93 Class of Leadership Atlanta. He is also a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Flint River Sportsman Club and the Mount Bethel Methodist Church.
Spell attended Georgia State University in Atlanta and holds a bachelor's degree and an MBA in marketing. He is a native of Wrightsville, Ga. He and his wife, the former Judy Clark, have three children and three grandchildren.
Following Spell's keynote address, James Roddey, former Allegheny County Chief Executive, will moderate a panel discussion featuring six of the region's business and education leaders. They are:
Jerry J. Fedele, President and CEO, West Penn Allegheny Health System
Kimberly Tillotson Fleming, President, Hefren-Tillotson Inc.
Glen T. Meakem, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Meakem Becker Venture Capital
John L. Miclot, President and CEO, Respironics Inc.
Mark Roosevelt, Superintendent, Pittsburgh Public Schools
Brian R. Walker, Chief Financial Officer, Millcraft Industries
Tying in with the St. Barnabas CEO Leadership Conference will be the second annual Leading the Links Golf Open. The optional 18-hole round of golf will take place at Butler Country Club at 1 p.m., following the conference. Cost for golfing is $350 with proceeds benefiting the St. Barnabas Free Care Fund. In 2005 alone, the St. Barnabas Free Care Fund provided more than $6.29 million to patients at St. Barnabas Nursing Home, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas and The Arbors at St. Barnabas who otherwise could not afford their care. For details on the golf outing, call 724-444-5521 or e-mail dpanei@stbarnabashealthsystem.com.
Sponsors of the 20th annual St. Barnabas CEO Leadership Conference are Acusis, Citizens Bank, The HDH Group Inc., Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Hunter Associates, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, NexTier Bank, Parente Randolph, Smart Business Magazine, TRACO and WPXI-TV. Leading the Links sponsors are Acusis, James Austin Co. and Hunter Associates.
St. Barnabas Health System is the largest health care concern of its kind in Pennsylvania and offers service apart from the ordinary in a faith-based, non-denominational setting. Tracing its heritage back to 1900, the system serves approximately 900 inpatients and residents, plus 35,000 outpatients and home care clients. The health system is composed of the
St. Barnabas Communities, including The Village at St. Barnabas, The Washington Place at St. Barnabas and The Woodlands at St. Barnabas; St. Barnabas Clinical Services, including St. Barnabas Nursing Home, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas and The Arbors at St. Barnabas; the Kean Theatre; and St. Barnabas Charities, the fund-raising arm.
Contact:
Kathleen Brenneman
(724) 444-5530
kbrenneman@stbarnabashealthsystem.com
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