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SUMMARY:Congressional Forum September 2015
DESCRIPTION:Featured Presentation:\n\nMi-Ai Parrish - President & Publisher\, The Kansas City Star\n\n\n\nMi-Ai Parrish has been the president and publisher of The Kansas City Star Media Company since June 2011. She came to The Star from its sister newspaper\, The Idaho Statesman\, where she was president and publisher of Idaho's largest newspaper for five years.\n\n\n\nPrior to becoming a publisher\, Parrish spent the majority of her career in newsroom roles ranging from reporting and copy editing\, to travel editor and projects editor. She has three Pulitzer Prize finalists in her tenure. Parrish served at the Minneapolis Star Tribune\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Arizona Republic\, Chicago Sun-Times and The Virginian-Pilot.\n\n\n\nThe Star's first female publisher\, she currently serves on the boards of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce\, Kansas City Area Development Council and The Civic Council. She also is a founding member of the Heartland Project Advisory Council and the Union Station Centennial Committee. She's done a variety of speaking engagements\, ranging from presentations at Sprint's Global Diversity initiative\, the Central Exchange\, American Society of News Editors\, Asian American Journalists Association and the Centurion's Women's Forum to Ink's Middle of the Map Tech Forum on Women Innovators.\n\n\n\nThe Kansas City Star is the region's largest source of news and information\, with the largest daily newspaper\, No. 1 news website\, largest alternative free weekly tab\, largest lifestyle magazines\, largest weddings magazine and wedding shows\, its premiere arts/culture/innovation/music/film and tech festivals\, award-winning suburban newspapers\, the region's largest commercial print operation and more.\n\n\n\nParrish is a two-time Pulitzer Prize Juror\, longtime member of the Asian American Journalists Association\, and was named one of the 100 Most Important Minority Journalists of the last Century. She was named to the University of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame in 2013. She is married to Pulitzer-Prize winner Dave Parrish.\n\n\n\nLuncheon:\n\nCatered \n\n\n\nCongressional Forum \n\nCongressional Forum celebrates it's 47th year in service to the business community in Kansas City\, KS. We are proud to be one of the few chambers with this program and the longest running Congressional Forum in United States
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size:14px\;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif\;">Featured Presentation:<br />\n<span style="font-size: 20px\;">Mi-Ai Parrish -&nbsp\;<span style="font-size: 14px\;">President &amp\; Publisher\, The Kansas City Star</span></span></span></strong></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;">Mi-Ai Parrish has been the president and publisher of The Kansas City Star Media Company since June 2011. She came to The Star from its sister newspaper\, The Idaho Statesman\, where she was president and publisher of Idaho&#39\;s largest newspaper for five years.</span><br style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;" />\n<br style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;">Prior to becoming a publisher\, Parrish spent the majority of her career in newsroom roles ranging from reporting and copy editing\, to travel editor and projects editor. She has three Pulitzer Prize finalists in her tenure. Parrish served at the Minneapolis Star Tribune\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Arizona Republic\, Chicago Sun-Times and The Virginian-Pilot.</span><br style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;" />\n<br style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;">The Star&rsquo\;s first female publisher\, she currently serves on the boards of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce\, Kansas City Area Development Council and The Civic Council. She also is a founding member of the Heartland Project Advisory Council and the Union Station Centennial Committee. She&rsquo\;s done a variety of speaking engagements\, ranging from presentations at Sprint&rsquo\;s Global Diversity initiative\, the Central Exchange\, American Society of News Editors\, Asian American Journalists Association and the Centurion&rsquo\;s Women&rsquo\;s Forum to Ink&rsquo\;s Middle of the Map Tech Forum on Women Innovators.</span><br style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;" />\n<br style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;">The Kansas City Star is the region&rsquo\;s largest source of news and information\, with the largest daily newspaper\, No. 1 news website\, largest alternative free weekly tab\, largest lifestyle magazines\, largest weddings magazine and wedding shows\, its premiere arts/culture/innovation/music/film and tech festivals\, award-winning suburban newspapers\, the region&rsquo\;s largest commercial print operation and more.</span><br style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;" />\n<br style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;">Parrish is a two-time Pulitzer Prize Juror\, longtime member of the Asian American Journalists Association\, and was named one of the 100 Most Important Minority Journalists of the last Century. She was named to the University of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame in 2013. She is married to Pulitzer-Prize winner Dave Parrish.</span><br style="font-size: 12.7272720336914px\; line-height: 18.9090900421143px\;" />\n<br />\n<strong style="font-size: 13.63636302948px\; line-height: 20.3636360168457px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif\;">Luncheon:</span></strong><br style="font-size: 13.63636302948px\; line-height: 20.3636360168457px\;" />\n<span style="font-size: 13.63636302948px\; line-height: 20.3636360168457px\; font-family: arial\, sans-serif\;">Catered&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Congressional Forum&nbsp\;</strong></span><br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Congressional Forum celebrates it&#39\;s 47th&nbsp\;year in service to the business community in Kansas City\, KS. We are proud to be one of the few chambers with this program and the longest running Congressional Forum in United States </span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:KCKCC- Dr. Thomas R. Burke Technical Education Center Multipurpose Room (former Walmart) 6565 State Avenue Kansas City\, KS 66102
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URL:https://business.kckchamber.com/events/details/congressional-forum-september-2015-09-16-2015-258
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