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Wednesday, July
19, 2006
The
Denver Forum Proudly Presents:
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
The Chairman of the American Red
Cross
Speaking on: "The Future of the
Red Cross"
12-Noon Luncheon
Oxford Hotel
1600
17th Street
Oxford Theater - enter off Wazee
Members
$30, Non-Members, $40
Phone Reservations: 303-832-9030 Corporate Event Sponsor:
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Bonnie McElveen-Hunter -- Chairman of the American Red
Cross
On June 18, 2004, Bonnie McElveen-Hunter was appointed Chairman of the
American Red Cross by President George W. Bush. McElveen-Hunter is the former U.S. Ambassador to Finland (2001-2003) and the CEO and owner of
Pace Communications, Inc., the largest private custom publishing company
in the United States. The company`s clients include such Fortune 500
companies as United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, AT&T, Carlson Hotels,
and Toyota.
As U.S. Ambassador to Finland, Bonnie led several initiatives to
success, including The Helsinki Women Business Leaders Summit (2002); Stop
Child Trafficking: End Modern-Day Slavery (2003); and Children of Karelia.
The program helped Finnish and Russian charities assist children at risk
for drugs, crime, HIV/AIDS and trafficking.
For her exceptional and outstanding services, Bonnie was awarded by the
President of Finland one of that country`s highest honors-the Commander
Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion. She also received the Dr.
Carl—Christian Rosenbröijer Award. Previous recipients were former
President George H. Bush and Dr. Henry Kissinger.
Bonnie is one of the nation`s most successful entrepreneurs, ranked by
Working Woman Magazine as one of the top 175 women-owned businesses
in America. Known as a generous philanthropist and extraordinary
fundraiser, Bonnie has served as a member of the International Board of
Directors of Habitat for Humanity, and a board member of Habitat`s First
Ladies Build.
Bonnie has also chaired the Alexis de Tocqueville Society, United Way
of Greater Greensboro, North Carolina, and served as a board member and
National Leadership Council member for the United Way of America. She is
the founder of the Women`s Initiative of Greensboro and, under her
leadership, 100 women in Greensboro joined what has become a model for the
Billion Dollar National Women`s Leadership Initiative.
She now lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with her husband, Bynum
Merritt Hunter, an attorney in the law firm of Smith Helms Mulliss &
Moore. They have a 21-year-old son, Bynum Merritt Hunter, Jr., a recent
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