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Friday, July 17, 2009
The City Club of San Diego Proudly Presents:
Gretchen Peters
Former ABC News Correspondent
Author of and Speaking on: “Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and al Qaeda"
Friday, October 30, 2009
The City Club of San Diego Proudly Presents:
Dr. John C. Leichleiter
Chairman, President & CEO, Eli Lilly and Company
Speaking on: “Health & The Public Interest”
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Friday, July 17, 2009
The City Club & Catfish Club Proudly Present:
Gretchen Peters – Former ABC News Correspondent
Author of and Speaking on: “Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and al Qaeda"
12-Noon Luncheon
San Diego Hall of Champions – Balboa Park
$20 Per Person
Phone Reservations: 619-687-3580
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Gretchen Peters – Biographical Brief
 Gretchen Peters covered Pakistan and Afghanistan for more than a decade, first for The Associated Press and later as a reporter for ABC News.
A Harvard graduate, Ms. Peters was nominated for an Emmy for her coverage of the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the former Pakistani prime minister, and won the SAJA Journalism Award for a Nightline segment on the former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf.
Ms. Peters` work has appeared in leading media outlets including The Christian Science Monitor, The New Republic and The National Geographic Channel, and she has been a regular
Gretchen Peters` Speeches:
The Myth of the Ideological War on Terror: A Look at Criminal Groups Backing the Taliban and al Qaeda, told from the first-hand perspective of a reporter on the ground.
How Drugs Have Shaped the Afghan Conflict from the 1980`s to the Present: Gretchen discusses the history of modern Afghanistan and the roots of the rise of the Taliban and fundamentalist Islam in the region.
A Global Look at the Links Between Insurgency and Crime: Gretchen draws on her vast experience as a journalist in this compelling look at the links between insurgency and criminal activity.
Raising Children in a Nation on the Brink: Getchen`s tale of her three years as a mother and ABC News reporter in Pakistan.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
The City Club of San Diego and LEAD San Diego Proudly Present:
Dr. John C. Lechleiter – Chairman, President & CEO, Eli Lilly and Company
Speaking on: “Health & The Public Interest”
12-Noon Luncheon
Harborside Room – Holiday Inn on the Bay (on Harbor Drive at Ash Street)
$30 Per Person for Members, $45 for non-members
Phone Reservations: 619-687-3580
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Biographical Brief - John C. Lechleiter
John C. Lechleiter, Ph.D, is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Eli Lilly and Company. Lechleiter chairs the company’s operations committee, as well as its executive committee. Lechleiter served previously as president and chief operating officer of Lilly, beginning in 2005, when he also joined the board. In 2004, he became Lilly’s executive vice president, pharmaceutical operations. Prior to that, he had served as executive vice president for pharmaceutical products and corporate development since 2001.
Lechleiter received a bachelor of science degree summa cum laude in chemistry from Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) in 1975. He studied organic chemistry as a National Science Foundation Fellow at Harvard University, where he received his master’s and doctorate degrees. In 2006, Lechleiter received an honorary doctorate of business administration from Marian College of Indianapolis.
Joining Lilly in 1979 as a senior organic chemist in process research and development, Lechleiter became head of that department in 1982. In 1984, he began serving as director of pharmaceutical product development for the Lilly Research Centre Limited in Windlesham, England.
He returned to the United States in 1986 as manager of research and development projects for Europe. In 1988, he became director of development projects management, and in 1989 he assumed additional responsibility for pharmaceutical regulatory affairs. In 1991, he was named executive director of pharmaceutical product development, and in 1993, he became vice president. He was appointed vice president of regulatory affairs in 1994. In 1996, he was named vice president for development and regulatory affairs. Lechleiter became senior vice president of pharmaceutical products in 1998.
Lechleiter is a member of the American Chemical Society. He serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and as a member of the Business Roundtable and the Business Council. In 2004, he was appointed to the Visiting Committee of Harvard Business School and to the Health Policy and Management Executive Council of the Harvard School of Public Health. He also serves as a member of the board of trustees of Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio). In addition, he is a distinguished advisor of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, a member of the board of directors and executive committee of Fairbanks Institute, and a member of the United Way of Central Indiana board of directors. He also serves on the board of Indianapolis Downtown, Inc.
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