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Larry Jensen

Larry Jensen is President and CEO of Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors Partners. With more than 35 years of experience, Jensen has been recognized as “Commercial Broker of the Year,” “Office Broker of the Year,” and “Office Leasing Broker of the Year” for the Memphis region by his peers. He was also named one of Memphis Business Quarterl...

Greg Champagne

Greg Champagne was elected Sheriff of St. Charles Parish in 1995 and has been reelected five times. Upon completion of his sixth term, he will become the longest serving sheriff in the 200 year history of St. Charles Parish. Sheriff Champagne is a past president of the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association, Immediate Past President of The National She...

George Halvorson

George Halvorson is a member of ReadyNation’s CEO Taskforce on Early Childhood. Currently, he is the Chair and CEO of the Institute for InterGroup Understanding. He has served for more than 30 years as CEO of six different health care delivery and financing organizations in the U.S., and he has helped start similar organizations in several other...

Boyd Palmer

Boyd Palmer has been a member of ReadyNation since 2011. Prior to joining the Ottawa Area Chamber in 2006, Palmer directed the Small Business Development Center at Illinois Valley Community College for 20 years. He also worked with his family’s business, a drugstore, from 1961 to 2014. Over time, this business grew to include leasing three addit...

Donald "Don" Dixon

Donald "Don" Dixon joined Fight Crime: Invest in Kids in 2002. He was Chief of Police at the Lake Charles Police Department in Louisiana, and has over 30 years of experience in law enforcement. Prior to his appointment, Dixon was the Senior Resident Agent of the Lake Charles division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is certified as an ...