Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert to Give Business Perspective on September 30th

Join us as Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert provides Chamber members with a business perspective on Dallas City Hall and addresses upcoming issues significant to the business community. The luncheon will take place Tuesday, September 30th at noon at The Fairmont Hotel, Gold Room, 1717 North Akard Street, Dallas.

Individual registration and sponsorship opportunities are still available. For more information, visit the Chamber's website at www.dallaschamber.org/govrelations or contact Meredith Armstrong at 214-746-6612 or marmstrong@dallaschamber.org.

About Mayor Leppert:
Tom Leppert was elected mayor of Dallas in June 2007. Prior to his election, Mayor Leppert was recognized as both a Dallas business and community leader. He has decades of experience working for prominent U.S. corporations and a long history serving the Dallas community.

Mayor Leppert most recently served as Chairman and CEO of The Turner Corporation, one of the world’s largest construction companies.

Prior to working at Turner, Mayor Leppert held executive positions at McKinsey & Co., Trammell Crow Company, Pacific Financial Corporation and Castle & Cooke Properties, Inc. He was also a White House fellow during the Reagan Administration.

A lifelong community volunteer, he has served numerous community groups and charitable organizations on both the local and national levels. He is a former Chairman of the Dallas Regional Chamber and currently serves on the organization’s Executive Committee. He is also Chairman of the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mayor Leppert holds an M.B.A. with Distinction from Harvard Business School and graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College in California where he served as student body president.

After receiving his M.B.A., he was appointed by President Reagan as a White House Fellow. In this prestigious position, he worked for the Secretary of Treasury and on the White House staff.