2011 1 jan newsletter - The Pendennis Club

The Pendennis Club
James Allen Podium “Investment Perspective for 2011”
James Allen joined Hilliard Lyons in 1981 and developed board experience managing
taxable fixed income, the private client group and Hilliard Lyons Asset Management.
He was named president of Hilliard Lyons in 2003 and elected chairman and CEO effective
Jan. 1, 2004. He has been active in the financial services industry and with the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, where he has served on the
board of directors. He continues to serve on the association's Private Client Services
Committee and Regional Firms Committee.
Allen is immediate past board chairman of the YMCA of Greater Louisville and current
board chairman of the Jefferson County Public Education Foundation, a member of
board of the Fund for the Arts (executive committee), the Downtown Development Corporation
Board of Directors (executive committee), the Board of Overseer at the University
of Louisville, the advisory board for the University of Louisville School of Business
and the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University. He received his
bachelor’s degree in economics from DePauw university and a master’s degree in finance from Ohio State University.
Allen is also a chartered financial analyst (CFA).
James Allen Podium
January 12, 2011
Luncheon ~ 12:00 Noon
$20.00 ++ guests welcome Call 584-4311
Brian V. Blank Podium
February 23, 2011
Fish & Wild Game
Brian (KY Public Affairs Director) joins the Department from the industry side of
fish, wildlife and boating. Brian has served in several marketing capacities, most
notably with Dick’s Clothing and Sporting Goods, Medalist Apparel, and Emotion
Kayaks. He also served as the member and marketing director for the American
Sport Fishing Association. He has a BA in History from the Messiah College, Grantham,
PA. Brian has a vast amount of experience in social networking, community
based marketing, customer tracking, product evaluation, and customer recruitment
and retention. His skills in developing a grass roots effort to reach new license buyers
and evaluating how to retain the existing customers we already have are his most
valued assets.
Brian is an avid hunter and angler, and enjoys stream fishing from a kayak, as well
as deer and turkey hunting. Brian was born and raised outside of Baltimore, MD,
where he learned to appreciate and enjoy the waters around the Chesapeake Bay. As an avid outdoorsman, Brian understands
the needs of the hunter, angler, and trapper, and will quickly become an expert in addressing how we can better
serve them.
Brian has now made his home in Frankfort.
Luncheon ~ 12:00 Noon
$20.00 ++ guests welcome Call 584-4311
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