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Mr. Henry Hillman Chairman, the Hillman Company Mr. James C LUNCHEON AT THE DUQTJESNE CLUB Mr. Michael Milone Senior VP Global Category Development Mr. Henry Hillman Mr. Ted Smyth Chairman, The Hillman Company Senior VP, Corporate-Gov. Affairs Mr. James C. Roddey County Executive Mr. Attilla Molnar President & CEO Mrs. Susie Johnson Bayer Corporation Mrs. Suzy Broadhurst Governor Edward Rendell Commonwealth of PA Mr. Lynn Swann Heinz Board Member Secretary-General Chancellor Nordenberg Mr. Bill Johnson University of Pittsburgh President & CEO, H.J Heinz Mrs. Teresa Heinz-Kerry Nikki Nordenberg Chairman, Heinz Family Philanthrophies Mayor Murphy City of Pittsburgh Mr. Dan Rooney Chairman, Pittsburgh Mrs. Attila Molnar Steelers NFL Mrs. Mona Murphy Mr. Glen Meakam Mayor Murphy's wife Founder and Chairman FreeMarkets Inc. Mrs. Mary Smyth (Ted Smyth's wife) Mr. Jim Broadhurst Chairman & CEO of Eat'n Park Restaurants Mr. Michael Bertasso Senior VP & President Heinz Asia Pacific Heinz Distinguished Lecture Luncheon Pittsburgh Tuesday, 21 October 2003 12:15 p.m. Guest List Mr. and Mrs. William R. Johnson The Honorable Edward G. Rendell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The Honorable Tom Murphy, Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh The Honorable James C. Roddey, Chief Executive-Allegheny County The Honorable Mike Turzai, House of Representatives-Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The Honorable Michael Veon, Minority Leader, Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Honorable John Maher, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The Honorable Sam Smith, Majority Leader, Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Honorable Tom Stevenson, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The Honorable Dan Frankel, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The Honorable T. Mark Mustio, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The Honorable Dan Onorato, Controller, Allegheny County Chancellor Mark Nordenberg, University of Pittsburgh Mrs. Teresa Heinz-Kerry, Heinz Family Trusts and Endowments Mr. Attila Molnar, President and CEO of the Bayer Corporation Mr. Henry Hillman, Chairman of the Hillman Company (Major Industrialist and Philanthropist) Mr. Daniel Rooney, Chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL Mr. Art Rooney, President of the Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL Dr. Schuyler Forester, Chairman of the World Affairs Council Ms. Esther Bush, President, Urban League Mr. George Miles, Chairman, WQED TV and Radio Sister Grace Ann Geibel, President, Carlow College Ms. Doris Carson Williams, African American Chamber of Commerce Mr. Tim Stevens, President, NAACP Mr. Rod Doss, Publisher, The New Pittsburgh Courier Ms. Barbara McNees, President, Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce Mr. Ed Harrell, President, Pittsburgh Business Times Mr. Rick Henry, President, WTAE-TV Mr. John Block, Publisher, Pittsburgh Post Gazette Mr. Ronnie Bryant, President, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance Mr. and Mrs. James Broadhurst, Chairman, Eat n' Park Restaurants Ms. Mary Choksi, Board of Directors, H.J. Heinz Company Mr. Lynn Swarm, Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports; Board of Directors, H.J. Heinz Company Mr. Thomas Balestrieri, President and CEO, Buncher Company Dr. William Brustein, Director, University of Pittsburgh Mr. Ray Burgo, President & COO, Giant Eagle Dr. Charles Dougherty, President, Duquesne University Mr. David Ehrenwerth, Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Mr. Frank Ferrari, Vice President, Pro Ventures, Inc. Mr. Edwards Harrell, President, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Mr. Rick Henry, President & General Manager, WTAE-TV Mr. Gregory Jordan, Managing Partner, Reed Smith Mr. Andrew Masich, Executive Director, Senator John Heinz Regional History Center Mr. Kevin McMahon, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Mr. Glen Meakem, Founder and Chairman, FreeMarkets Mr. William Meyer, President, United Way of Allegheny County Mr. Richard Piacentini, Executive Director, Phipps Conservatory Mr. Alan Robertson, Publisher, Pittsburgh Business Times Mr. Tim Stevens, President, Pittsburgh Chapter of NAACP Mr. Thomas VanKirk, CEO and Managing Partner, Buchanan Ingersoll .
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