Eggs & Issues Breakfast

The Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Worthington invite you to a speaker series that focuses our collaborative attention to exceptional learning opportunities for the business community.

The Eggs & Issues breakfast series – an extension of our growing Economic Development Committee and our popular Groundhog Day forecast breakfast – provides thoughtful discussion on development affairs in Worthington and its surrounding environs. The quarterly events will feature well-regarded regional or statewide subject matter experts in economic development, community development, urban planning, and related matters.

The series continues on Dec. 7, from 7 to 9 a.m. at Holiday Inn Columbus-Worthington. A buffet breakfast will be served. Check-in and networking will begin at 7 a.m., and the program will begin at 7:30 a.m.

Our speaker will be Mark A. Russell, president and chief operating officer of Worthington Industries since August 2012. He joined the company in 2007 as president of Worthington Steel.
Russell began his career as an attorney for Kirkland & Ellis in 1989. In 1992, he joined Gerrity Oil & Gas Company as a corporate attorney. Russell joined the legal staff at Alumax, Inc., in 1994. Two years later, he was promoted to vice president of Alumax Materials Management. In 1998, he was named president of Alumax Foils, Inc.
Russell was named manager of corporate development for Alcoa, Inc., in 1999, where he was responsible for selected acquisition and divestiture activities. In 2000, he was promoted to general manager of Alcoa's global engineered aerospace products business unit.
In 2002, Russell was named chief executive officer of Indalex, Inc., one of the world's largest producers of extruded aluminum products. Russell had most recently formed a private equity acquisition group in connection with Navigant Capital Advisors. Russell earned his Bachelor of Science from Weber State University and his Juris Doctor from Brigham Young University. He is married with four children and resides in Powell, Ohio.
Worthington Industries is a leading global diversified metals manufacturing company with 2016 fiscal year sales of $2.8 billion. Worthington Industries is North America's premier value-added steel processor providing customers with wide ranging capabilities, products and services for a variety of markets including automotive, construction and agriculture; a global leader in manufacturing pressure cylinders for industrial gas and cryogenic applications, CNG and LNG storage, Cryogenic transportation and storage and alternative fuel tanks, oil and gas equipment, and consumer products for camping, grilling, hand torch solutions and helium balloon kits; and a manufacturer of operator cabs for heavy mobile industrial equipment; laser welded blanks for light weighting applications; automotive racking solutions; and through joint ventures, complete ceiling grid solutions; automotive tooling and stampings; and steel framing for commercial construction. Worthington employs approximately 10,000 people and operates 79 facilities in 11 countries.
Registration is required. Please use the REGISTER NOW link at right and follow the prompts, then click SUBMIT. You will receive a confirming email once you are successfully registered.  To register by phone, please call the Chamber at (614) 888-3040.