Okolona Business & Professional Association

January Meeting

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Thursday Morning, January 26, 2012

Doors Open @ 7 AM for Serious Networkers!

OBPA Breakfast 7:30am-9:00am

Community Room ~ Upstairs

Okolona Firehouse #1 / 8501 Preston Highway

Ted Smith is the Director of the Innovation Office for the Louisville Kentucky Metropolitan Government. This newly-created Office is tasked with both internal government agency innovation support as well as citizen engagement focused on the development of the entrepreneur community. Under Ted’s leadership, Louisville will be the first city to deploy Asthmapolis GPS inhalers for public health transformation. Prior to joining city government, Ted was appointed Senior Advisor on Innovation in Health Information Technology in the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) of Health IT in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In that role, he led several initiatives focused on encouraging innovation in health IT and public private partnerships with the startup community. Ted is an Open Data champion and applied researcher on innovation related to open data and a former member of the White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP) Open Government Team. He is a successful entrepreneur in online media. Ted holds a bachelor of science in Neuroscience from Allegheny College and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from Miami University (OH). Ted completed his post-doctoral studies at MIT in space biomedical measurement and was a Co-Investigator for the Neurolab space shuttle mission.

Meeting pictures

Courtesy of Kat Baker & Eric Link

On-line meeting pictures-

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Welcome

The Okolona Business & Professional Association, Inc is a non-profit organization. Think of it as a Chamber of Commerce for small and large businesses alike, formed for the following purposes:

To build community pride through the development and maintenance of Lone Oak Park at the corner of Preston Highway and Outer Loop, the gateway to Okolona.
To provide a forum for regular meetings to encourage networking between member businesses.
To improve the business climate in the Okolona community by listening to the concerns of the business and professional community, and to have those concerns heard by the appropriate city officials.
To promote and encourage the beautification of the community and surrounding areas.
To encourage the particitpation of all members of the Association in their civic duties as business leaders.
To provide added value programs and discounts to our members through Affinity programs.

The Okolona area is experiencing new growth and development. Today, it is more important than ever to build a strong business organization that works together to improve our community.

If you are interested in joining, but have more questions, please call Amy Streible, Business Development Manager, at (502) 439-5633 or e-mail : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .