Concord Coalition To Honor NYSE Chairman & CEO Dick Grasso With Economic Patriot Award, Wed. Oct. 30.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2002 Concord Coalition The Concord Coalition is a political advocacy group in the United States, formed in 1992. A bipartisan organization, it was founded by former U.S. Senator Warren Rudman, former Secretary of Commerce Peter George Peterson, and the late U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas. Leaders Rudman, Kerrey, Peterson, Rubin & Volcker to Join Grasso on Panel Discussing "The New Economic Environment" The Concord Coalition will present NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange Chairman & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Dick Grasso with its Economic Patriot Award at The Concord Coalition's Ninth Annual Economic Patriots Dinner this Wednesday evening, Oct. 30 at The Pierre Hotel in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . In honoring Grasso with this award, The Concord Coalition noted: "Strong leaders show their true mettle in times of crisis, and Grasso's leadership abilities have met some critical tests in the past year. Dick Grasso went to work to re-open the NYSE, less than a week after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In a similar fashion, Grasso has tackled head-on the crisis in investor confidence in the wake of corporate and financial scandals. His integrity and straightforward manner have done much to reassure investors." Grasso has been chairman and chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. since June 1, 1995. Since 1988, he had been president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . While continuing in those positions, he became executive vice chairman of the Exchange on Jan. 1, 1991. He is the first member of the NYSE's management to be elected to any of these positions in the NYSE's 210-year history. Grasso will join Concord Coalition Co-Chairmen Warren Rudman Warren Bruce Rudman (born May 18, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American Senator from New Hampshire. He was elected as a Republican in 1980 and re-elected in 1986, and was known as a pragmatic centrist, to such an extent that President Clinton approached him in 1994 about and Bob Kerrey, Concord Coalition President, Peter G. Peterson, and Members of The Concord Coalition Board of Directors, Paul Volcker and Robert E. Rubin, on a panel discussing "The New Economic Environment." The program portion of the dinner will begin at 8:15 p.m., in the Cotillion Room of the Pierre Hotel. Members of the media who would like to attend should contact John LaBeaume of The Concord Coalition at 703-894-6228 ext. 228 or communications@concordcoalition.org. WHO: NYSE Chairman & CEO Dick Grasso Concord Coalition Leaders Peter G. Peterson, Warren Rudman, Bob Kerrey, Robert E. Rubin & Paul Volcker WHAT: The Concord Coalition's Ninth Annual Economic Patriots Dinner: "The New Economic Environment" WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 30. The program will begin at 8:15 p.m. WHERE: The Pierre Hotel, Cotillion Room, Fifth Avenue at 61st Street, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New York 10021 SOURCE: The Concord Coalition |
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