Klein Steel  

 Tuesday, April 7, 2009

11:30 am to 1:30 pm

at the Klein Steel facility

105 Vanguard Parkway, Rochester, NY 14606

The schedule is as follows:
11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.  Presentation* and Q & A
12:15 p.m. to  1:00 p.m.  Tour
1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.  Light Lunch* and discussion

The cost is $10 in advance and $15 at the door.  Part of the proceeds will be donated to True North Rochester Prep Charter School, one of Joe Klein's favorite charities.

* The Light Lunch will include sandwiches, wraps, chips, cookies and non-alcoholic beverages

RSVP by April 3rd.
Please send your check made out to the Harvard Business School Club of Rochester to the event organizer, Paula M. Hollinger 46 Creek Ridge, Pittsford, NY 14534-4404.

More information: pmhollinger@gmail.com, (585) 586-1874.

Joe Klein  has been a driving force at Klein Steel since 1971.  He founded the North American Steel Alliance, a co-operative of independent metal service centers in North America. He also currently serves on the boards of the Center for Governmental Research, Jewish Family Service of Rochester, and is Treasurer of the True North Rochester Prep Charter School.  Selected as the Rochester Business Person of the Year in 2006 by the Rochester Alliance, Joe remains an outspoken advocate for public education, job growth in New York State, and laws that support small business.

John Batiste became President of Klein Steel after retiring from the Army as a major general in November, 2005.  John was commissioned as an infantry officer in 1974. Over the next 31 years, he served in a variety of leadership and staff positions, including platoon, company, battalion, brigade, and division command. His major combat and peace enforcement experience included deployments to Saudi Arabia and Iraq,  Bosnia-Herzegovina, and again to Kuwait and Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.  John is a member of the board of the Rochester-based Veterans Outreach Center and the Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired-Goodwill, is the president of the Rochester Regional Veterans Business Council, and serves as a member of the New York State Veterans Affairs Commission.