InterBusiness Issues - November 2002

40 Leaders Under Forty

Every community must ask itself if it nurtures and develops a leadership culture – in its companies, its government, its social service, its events. In Peoria, the answer is a resounding “YES!”
Features

From the Editor

In this issue of InterBusiness Issues we publish our annual list of Peoria’s 40 Leaders Under Forty—our ninth year of honoring outstanding young area professionals. As I considered the list, I was struck by an observation: for this group of leaders, history—the personal kind, anyway—begins, at most, 40 years ago.
Columns
Patrick Kirchhofer - Peoria County Farm Bureau
Linda Beckman, 2003 Area Business Connection and Power Breakfast
W. Michael Bryant, Methodist Medical Center
Dr. John Erwin, Illinois Central College
Michael Hintz, Absolute Fitness
Dr. R. Michael Gulley, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Congressman Ray LaHood, 18th Congressional District
Robert Barber, Jr., Sandler Sales Institute
David Smith, Manpower Professional