CelebrASIAN 2012
9th Annual Gala
Wednesday May 9th 2012
Registration and Reception at 5:30 pm
Sheraton Kansas City Hotel
2345 McGee Street, Kansas City MO 64108
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Donald J. Hall, Jr. is president and chief executive officer of Hallmark Cards, Inc., a Kansas City based company known throughout the world for its greeting cards, Hallmark Gold Crown stores, Hallmark Hall of Fame original movies, and cable’s top-rated Hallmark Channel.Don is the third generation of the Hall family to lead this privately held business, which was founded in 1910 by his grandfather, J.C. Hall. Don joined the company in 1971, working in multiple areas of the business – from manufacturing and sales, to product development and creative leadership – before taking over the company’s top position in 2002.
Don is active in the Kansas City
community as a volunteer and
board member for several
organizations. He also serves on
the Board of Trustees of the
John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts in Washington,
D.C. |
Neeli Bendapudi is the H.D.
Price Dean at the KU School of
Business and professor of
marketing. Her Ph.D. is from the
University of Kansas and she has
taught at Texas A & M and the
Ohio State University. Her
research has appeared in the
Journal of Marketing, the
Journal of Marketing Research,
the Journal of Retail Marketing
and the Harvard Business Review,
among others. Her current
research focuses on customer
willingness and ability to
maintain long-term relationships
with firms and with the
employers and brands that
represent them. Throughout her
career, Dean Bendapudi has
taught at the undergraduate,
MBA, Executive MBA and Ph.D.
level, and has received numerous
college, university and national
teaching awards.She has
experience on public and private
boards and served as Chief
Customer Officer of Huntington
National Bank.
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