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Business
is the focus at Clayton State seminar
Contemporary and critical issues
in business will be the theme of the Oct. 23 Business Conference at Clayton
State's Harry S. Downs Center for Continuing Education Oct. 23.
Sponsored by the Clayton State School of Business Alumni, the conference
runs from 9 a.m. to noon in room 101 of the Downs Center and will feature
two outstanding speakers, including the opening speaker, Michael P. Baird,
chief judge of the Magistrate Court of Clayton County and a Clayton State
School of Business alumnus, who will be speaking on Business Ethics at
9 a.m.
Baird will be followed by Denise C. Canfield, senior vice president of
AmSouth Bank, who will speak on The Importance of Communication in Business
at 10:30 a.m.
Baird is a 1989 graduate of Clayton State where he earned a B.B.A. in
Human Resource Management. He earned his law degree from Georgia State
University College of Law in 1992. He was a partner in the law firm of
Baird & Skibiel, P. C. and later served as a Senior Assistant Solicitor
General in the State Court of Clayton County and was elected chief judge
of the Magistrate of Clayton County in 1996.
He is a recipient of the 1996 Outstanding Community Service Award presented
by the Jonesboro Fire Department, the 2001 Georgia Court Program of the
Year Award, the 2003 Distinguished Business Alumni Award from Clayton
State and the 2003 President's Award from the Georgia Council of Magistrate
Court Judges.
As senior vice president and manager of Branch Support and Branch/ATM
Delivery, a position she has held since 1996, Canfield oversees a number
of banking delivery channels including AmSouth's branch and ATM network.
Prior to assuming her current role, Canfield served AmSouth Bank as Manager
of Sales Support and Manager of Deposit Products/Convenience Services
Products from 1987-1996. During 1985 and 1986, she was an Audit Project
Manager at Bankers Trust of South Carolina and a Project Manager at United
American Bank in Memphis, Tennessee.
For more information on the School of Business Alumni's Business Conference,
contact Dr. Jacob M. Chacko, Associate Dean, School of Business, at (770)
961-3410.
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