“In your everyday school life, you don’t get to go out and go business to business almost every day,” said Booth. “We get to meet with people, see how they work their business, and see how they work as a person… We are independent. We aren’t told, hey, have your homework done this day. We are told, get it done, or don’t get it done. It’s you. You fly or fail, and usually we fly. We do pretty well as a team.”
The Union County CEO program recently hosted its annual Meet the Mentors breakfast at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church and was the first meeting of the program’s 2017-18 class with their mentors from the business community.
A high school program in Illinois is teaching students about the business world.
For 77 years, the Chamber of Commerce of Southwestern Madison County has taken time out of the hustle and bustle of its daily responsibilities to recognize and honor those community leaders that help keep this area alive.
For the fourth year in a row, the U.S. Bank Foundation has awarded a grant to The Union County CEO Program.