City Club Missoula "Environmental Sustainability From An Institutional Perspective", 11/17, Missoula

Monday, November 17, 2008

11:30a.m. – 1:00p.m.

DOUBLETREE EDGEWATER, 100 MADISON

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You can now make reservations online at http://cityclubmissoula.org/

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In recent years, most people have heard the messages about how to make our homes greener and more sustainable: Change out your light bulbs. Drive less. Insulate. Buy appliances that use less energy.

But what about institutions? Those who lead them know that the challenges of decreasing our environmental impacts multiply when we’re talking about big buildings with many employees and pools of vehicles. Institutions face regulatory hurdles, large volumes of resources used, waste created and high levels of interaction with the public. How do we green up our institutions while we maintain the same levels of service to our customers? Are there costs savings that will provide added benefits? How can we change our thinking to see new ways of doing business? Institutions have the potential for creating change that matters for the environment and the people in it.

At City Club Missoula’s November public forum, four leaders of Missoula institutions will talk about what their organizations have done and where they are going. The four guest speakers will be: Jeff Fee, President and CEO, St. Patrick Hospital; John Engen, Mayor, City of Missoula; James Foley, Executive Vice President, The University of Montana; Jim Kenyon, Senior Manager, Missoula Federal Credit Union.

City Club Missoula forums are open to everyone. You do not need to be a
member to attend, however, reservations are required.

Reservations for the November 17 City Club Forum can be made by email to [email protected] or by calling 406-546-6643 before noon Thursday, November 13. Please indicate if you want lunch ($11 for members, $16 for nonmembers) or the no-lunch option of forum only for $5. Please cancel if necessary by the reservation deadline. Payment is required for late cancellations and unclaimed reservations. We encourage you to find a substitute to claim your reservation.

Bios for Presenters: Jeff Fee, John Engen, James Foley and Jim Kenyon

Jeff Fee has been president and CEO of St. Patrick Hospital for two years. He has 14 years of experience in health care administration with Hospital Corporation of America and came to Missoula from Chatanooga, Tennessee, where he was president and CEO of Parkridge Medical Center, a 527-bed hospital with three campuses. He is a certified public accountant and earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree of business administration from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

John Engen is completing his third year as mayor of the City of Missoula. Before he was elected as Missoula’s 50th mayor in November 2005, he served four years as City Council representative from Ward 1. He worked for about 15 years as an award-winning writer and editor in the newspaper business in Missoula and later managed a media division for a Montana retail chain and operated his own advertising, public relations and publishing company, Engen Creative. A Missoula native, he earned a journalism degree at the University of Montana. With his leadership, green initiatives continue to inform the City of Missoula’s policies and projects.

James P. Foley is executive vice president at the University of Montana, where he plays an integral role in planning and implementation of programs to fulfill the university’s mission. He is responsible for the administrative oversight of public relations operations and takes a leadership role in communicating the intricacies and essential nature of higher education in the vitality of the state. Foley is a native of Helena and earned a bachelor’s degree in political science at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He was formerly staff director to former Rep. Pat Williams and Montana chief of staff to Sen. Max Baucus before returning to UM in 2005.

Jim Kenyon has been a senior manager at the Missoula Federal Credit Union for the past 15 years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business management at the University of Montana and has spent most of his adult life in Montana. At the credit union, he has been a leader in the credit union’s new building on Russell Street, being built with the aim of LEED certification as an environmentally sound building. Jim is on the board of the Five Valleys Land Trust and is a member of the Mayor’s Advisory Group on Climate Change and Sustainability.