YOUR BUSINESS AUTHORITY
Springfield, MO
YOUR BUSINESS AUTHORITY
Springfield, MO
12 People You Need to Know introduces up-and-coming professionals, businesspeople who have relocated and are building their southwest Missouri resumes, instrumental yet behind-the-scenes personnel and notable names with whom readers would like to get up close and personal. Hear their stories during a monthly breakfast. Each of the 12 are profiled in a special section, published in SBJ's year-end double issue, and are interviewed live by SBJ Editor Eric Olson at a monthly breakfast event. This year's guests are listed below.
Event Date: Third Tuesday of every month
Location: Hilton Garden Inn, 4155 S. Nature Center Way
Time: 7:30 a.m.
Deadline to purchase tickets: 4 p.m. on the day before the event
Ticket Price: $22, $150 for a table of 8, $220 for a season pass
Please keep purchase receipt, your receipt is your ticket!
Contact: Diana Weber, (417) 831-3238, or dweber@sbj.net
Purchase tickets for the Feb. 19 breakfast featuring Jody Dow, executive director of the Springfield Dream Center, now! If you need to purchase a ticket for a different date, please call Diana Weber at (417) 831-3238.
Buy a table - 8 tickets - $150
Buy a season pass - 1 ticket each month for twelve consecutive months - $220
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