The object of the Bay Area Economic Club is to promote an interest in, and to enlighten its members on, governmental, economic and social issues of regional and national impact.

The Club meets four times a year at Bay College’s Heirman University Center. The evening begins with networking and hors de vours at 5:15 pm. The speaker will then  address the group at 6:00 pm followed by questions from the audience in a National Press Club format.

Membership in the Club provides you with the opportunity to register for each event as well as with voting privileges.

Seating at each event is limited. Members and guests are reminded to register for each event at least one week prior to the event to ensure a seat.

The Club is governed by a board of directors.  An annual meeting will be held at the last event of each season.

 
 Chuck Thiry is currently serving as  Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Cleveland Golf/Srixon, a division of Dunlop Sports Japan whose parent company is  Sumitomo Rubber Industries. Chuck has been with Cleveland Golf since 1999.  His previous positions with the company include--Territory Manager, Regional Sales Manager, and Cleveland Brand Manager.
 
Chuck began working in the Golf Industry at age 13, when he was hired in the Bag room at Escanaba Country Club in Escanaba, MI. After High School Chuck attended The San Diego Golf Academy.  Following graduation in 1982, Chuck began working at Bernardo Heights Country Club in Rancho Bernardo, CA., as an Assistant Golf Professional.
 
Two years later Chuck joined Taylor Made Golf and entered into the field of Sales.  In 1985, at age 24, Chuck was Taylor Made’s youngest Sales Representative.  He stayed with Taylor Made until 1993.  While there Chuck steadily moved up the ranks as Sales Rep/Florida, Sales Rep/ Eastern PA., and Regional Sales Manager, Northeast United States.
 
In 1995 Chuck joined Accushnet Golf, Representing Titleist, Footjoy, and Cobra, in Territories that included New York, Michigan, and Illinois. Four years later Chuck joined Cleveland Golf as a Regional Sales Manager in Chicago, IL. In addition, Chuck was the President of Thiry Golf Sales inc, and Independent Golf Distribution network, and was the founder of 59GOLF, Golf Bags and accessories.


 
 
Craig Hickman
CRAIG HICKMAN is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books, among them such international bestsellers as The Oz Principle, The Strategy Game, Mind of Manager, Soul of a Leader, and Creating Excellence.
 
His first business novel, An Innovator’s Tale, led to a four year turnaround assignment as CEO of Headwaters Technology Innovation (HTI), an international nanotechnology company in Princeton, New Jersey (NYSE: HW). Prior to joining Headwaters, he founded Management Perspectives Group (MPG), whose clients included some of the largest domestic and international companies such as Procter & Gamble, American Express, PepsiCo, Unilever, AT&T, Amoco, Nokia, Honeywell, and the U.S. Government.
 
He earned his MBA with honors from the Harvard Business School and has consulted for corporations and organizations around the world, lecturing abroad for the U.S. State Department, and serving as a member of the board of directors for several companies.
 
Currently, he heads the Chicago office of Partners In Leadership (PIL), the premier provider of Accountability Training® services around the world. Clients include many of the “most admired companies in the world,” almost half of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Companies, and more than half of the Fortune 50 largest companies in the United States. 
 
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