Business Executive to Present Lectures

The Division of Business and Accountancy will present Susan Plassmeyer as the Executive-in-Residence April 4.

Plassmeyer will lecture on “Fairness and Honor: Principles of Ethical Leadership in Business and Life” at 3:30 p.m., in Violette Hall 1000. “Practice Makes Perfect: Become the Business Leader You Would Most Wish to Follow” is the topic for her presentation at 7 p.m., in the Student Union Building Activities Room. Both talks are open to all students.

Plassmeyer is the executive vice president of construction, engineering and facilities maintenance for Chicago Transit Authority. She is responsible for all construction and facilities activities, including management of a five-year construction budget of $1.5 billion, facilities maintenance, engineering and real estate work. Plassmeyer oversees a staff of 1,322.

This semester’s Executive-in-Residence received her bachelor’s degree from Truman in 1986 and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago.

Plassmeyer was the first student representative appointed to the Board of Governors. She currently serves on both the Truman Foundation Board and the Division of Business and Accountancy Advisory Board.

This program is sponsored by the I.M.C.E.R.A. Group which endows the Raymond F. Bentele/Mallinckrodt Executive-in-Residence program.