Tim Gallagher to keynote at Corporate Leaders Breakfast
Former newspaper publisher will discuss First Amendment issues
Tim Gallagher, former publisher of the Ventura County Star, will speak at the Corporate Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 10.
Tim Gallagher, former newspaper editor and publisher, will discuss First Amendment issues at California Lutheran University’s Corporate Leaders Breakfast on Wednesday, Oct. 10, announced Ritch K. Eich, Ph.D., CLU’s Vice President for Marketing and Communications.
Gallagher’s talk will kick off a stellar line-up of corporate executives who are participating in CLU’s 2007-2008 Corporate Leaders Breakfast Series.
Gallagher, who stepped down as President and Publisher of the Ventura County Star in order to start his own business communications consulting firm, will outline how the constitutional amendment protecting freedom of speech, religion and the press is constantly under attack from Americans who misunderstand and misuse it. Gallagher came to the Star in 1995 as the editor. The veteran journalist also served as editor of the Albuquerque Tribune, which won a Pulitzer during his tenure.
CLU’s Corporate Leaders Breakfast Series brings the region’s business and civic leaders together to share ideas and hear from prominent business leaders in the community. The series is sponsored by Merrill Lynch of Westlake Village, Sodexho, Pacific Coast Business Times, Ventura County Star, Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, Rabobank, Business Exit Advisors, Inc., and Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks-Griffin Memorial Park.
Other speakers scheduled for the 2007-2008 Corporate Leaders Breakfast Series include:
oVerena C. Kloos, President of the BMW Group, Designworks USA, on Nov. 28.
oDr. Eva Conrad, President of Moorpark College, Dr. Richard Rush, President of California State University Channel Islands, the Rev. Dr. Howie Wennes, Interim President of CLU, will discuss higher education in the county with Hugh Ralston, President and CEO of the Ventura County Community Foundation, as moderator on Jan. 29.
oScott Simon, Radio Host of Weekend Edition (National Public Radio), on April 21.
The Oct. 10 event will be held in the Lundring Events Center on the CLU campus in Thousand Oaks beginning at 7:30 a.m. For further information and reservations, please call (805) 493-3827.