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THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL I THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007

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• Martha Perine Beard, Senior BranchExecutive of the Memphis Branch of the FederalReserve Bank of St. Louis, has been electedChairwoman of the Better Business Bureau of theMid-South. Beard is the first African-Americanand first female Chair of the BBB.

Other officers include First Vice Chairman,Pierre Landaiche of Memphis Cook ConventionCenter; Second Vice Chairman, Randy Lewis ofFed Ex; Treasurer, Marty Kiser of Kiser's FloorFashions; and Secretary, Greg Paule of FirstTennessee Bank. Hal Lansky of Lansky Brothersis the Immediate Past Chairman.

Newly elected directors are Kent Ritchey, AreaVice President of UnitedAuto Group; JohnO'Donnell, Division Manager of Schnucks; LeeMeredith, Vice PresidentiGM of WMC-TV5;Charles Lee, Vice President of The University ofMemphis; and Lisa Wheeler, Public AffairsManager of the Valero Memphis Refinery.

PEOPLE IN BUSINESS

• Securitas Consulting GroupLLC announced new hires to itsSales and Marketing Team:

Brian Klinger, who served sixyears consecutively as a nationalsales leader for Time WarnerCable's Road Runner BusinessClass - now Comcast BusinessServices, has been named AdamDirector of Sales. Ryan Watt Underwoodjoined Securitas ConsultingGroup as Director of Marketing when his backupbusiness, Metro Backup, was acquired in late2006. Bill Fargotstein, Senior Account Executivefor Securitas Consulting Group, was a MajorAccount Executive at MCI/WorldCom and TimeWarner Telecom as well as a national leader insales throughout his 12 year tenure at both firms.Adam Underwood is Securitas ConsultingGroup's longest tenured sales consultant.

TO DO THIS WEEK

TodayInstitute of Management Accountants ­

Memphis Chapter monthly Technical Session:11:45 a.m., Medallion Restaurant, Holiday Inn atThe University of Memphis, 3700 Central.Speaker: Robert Paul Malmisano. Topic: BusinessContinuity Planning. Cost: $20. Reservations:Visit imamemphis.org.

Memphis chapter of Service Corps ofRetired Executives (SCORE) Pre-BusinessPlanning Workshop: 7-8:30 p.m., BartlettLibrary, 6382 Stage Road. Free. Register: Call544-3588 or visit scorememphis.org.

Executive Women International (EWI)Memphis Chapter monthly meeting anddinner: 5:30 p.m., Chickasaw Country Club, 3395Galloway. Cost: $25. Reservations: E-mail RoseAnn Bradley at rose.bradley@fedex.com or 224­2977.

FridayPet Set St. Patrick's Day Party: 7:30-10:30

p.m., Memphis Humane Society, 935 Farm Road.Cost: $10 for members, $15 for nonmembers.Benefiting the Memphis Humane Society.Information: Contact JaChel Mosby at 937-3905or jmosby@memphishumane.org.

RESUMECompany: Dry Clean Super Centerof Bartlett, 3050 Kirby Whitten Pkwy.Date of birth: Sept. 25, 1950Hometown: MemphisEducation: BS Industrial Engineering,Mississippi State; MBA Marketing,Fai rleigh DickinsonPersonal: Wife, Sally; son, Jace, 17Civic Involvement: Boy Scouts of America,Troop 368 Committee Chairman

Lives" (1946). I'm a huge fan of "TheGreatest Generation."

Favorite vacation spot: Practically anyocean water beachfront.

Change I would like to see: I'd like tosee the kids coming through theMemphis City Schools system todayreceive the quality education that I got asa graduate of Frayser High School in1968.

Mindy Bush/Special to The Commercial Appeal

Roy McLain, owner of Dry Clean Super Center, says that if services are affordable,people who have gotten away from having their garments dry cleaned will return.

Most satisfying career moment:Nothing has ever surpassed the adrenalinrush I felt when, as a young executive, Iwas offered a promotion that involved atransfer from an apparel factory inMississippi to our headquarters office inNew York City. It was the first time in thehistory of my company to that point thata staffer had been transferred from themanufacturing division to theheadquarters office.

Favorite film: "The Best Years of Our

The detailsFirst job: My first full-time job was as a

plant engineer in a children's apparelfactory in Quitman, Miss. The nightbefore I was to depart campus for thisjob, my buddies threw a party.Unfortunately, my new car didn't makethe short trip to my apartment unscathedin the aftermath of the celebration. I hadto call the plant manager who hired me tobum a ride to work for my first day onthe job.

Most recent job: I'm theowner/operator of the new Dry CleanSuper Center of Bartlett. I think the drycleaning industry is in the midst ofreinventing itself, and I want to be a partof it.

Roy MclainTitle: Owner, Dry Clean Super Center ofBartlett

Be passionateMY LIFE /MY JOB I DRY CLEAN SUPER CENTER

Career advice: A strong work ethic canovercome a lot of obstacles, so find acareer that you're passionate ... or canbecome passionate ... about. You're morelikely to be successful in a business orprofession that really "revs your engine."

Person I most admire: I admire thebusiness people who have the courage topursue a singular vision, i.e. Fred Smithof FedEx, Stephen Jobs of AppleComputer, and Warren Buffett ofBerkshire/Hathaway, to name a few, but Imost admire those who serve others ...especially the local volunteers whoselflessly give of themselves to improvetheir local school, hospital, church, orcommunity,

Hobbies: Reading and spectator sportsinvolving amateur (high school orcollegiate) athletics. I've also beeninvolved in Boy Scouts of America as anadult leader for nearly 10 years.

Last book read: "Skinny Dip" by CarlHiaasen.

Career highlights: I've held just aboutevery position in an apparel company ­short of President - including PlantEngineer, Director of Quality Control,Sales Representative, VP of Sales, VP ofMerchandising, Senior VP (with P&Lresponsibility over a business unit).