New lunch series brings biz leaders together

Feature news story for The Memphis Daily News

Aug. 25, 2010

The Lipscomb & Pitts Breakfast Club and the University of Memphis are teaming up to bring students, faculty members and business leaders together with the Leading Tomorrow Lunch Series.

The breakfast series has brought area executives together to strengthen the business community since 2005, and has organized at least 100 events per year including the Signature Breakfast, which brings 300 business leaders together. The Executive Lunch Series was built on that success to bring leaders together to discuss issues of the day and business strategies.

“It’s really interesting to see like-minded people who are trying to make positive things happen and the power of that,” said Michael Drake, chairman and CEO of MasterIT, and member of Breakfast Club.

As inclusive as the gatherings are, Lipscomb & Pitts looked around and saw a missing component – tomorrow’s leaders … (read more)