Saturday, October 15, 2005
Old National Bancorp CEO is fall 2005 Executive in Residence
 Robert G. Jones will be Executive in Residence for the USI College of Business on Friday, October 28. Jones is president and CEO of Old National Bancorp and a member of its board of directors. He assumed the position effective September 7, 2004. The College of Business hosts an Executive in Residence every fall. “The program exposes students to successful business leaders,” said Nancy Bizal, coordinator of College of Business external relations. “It lets students know the way executives think and talk, and what issues they are facing, and it’s a way of helping the classroom to come alive.” Prior to joining Old National, Jones served for 25 years at KeyCorp, most recently as CEO of McDonald Investments Inc., the KeyCorp business unit that provides brokerage, capital markets, insurance, investment banking, and asset management services. He began his banking career in 1979 as a management associate at Society National Bank, which merged with Key in 1994. At Society he served in various capacities of increasing responsibility in retail and commercial banking, including election as president of the bank’s Columbus, Ohio, district in 1990 at the age of 32. He was Society’s retail center executive when it merged with Key, and was given similar responsibilities in the larger organization. Key continued to expand Jones’ role, tapping him to run its retail bank, then its client services function — which included banking operations, client satisfaction centers, electronic payments, investment services, loan services and corporate real estate — and a special assignment as the executive in charge of the company’s profit improvement activities, which were designed to deliver roughly $300 million in pre-tax earnings improvement by 2002. Jones had served as McDonald’s CEO since 2002 and was a member of the parent company’s executive council. Jones played an active role in civic and community activities in Cleveland, Ohio, where he served as chairman of the board of trustees for the Applewood Centers, general campaign chairman for the United Negro College Fund, and executive committee member and vice chairman of Downtown Cleveland Partnership. He also served on the boards of the Cleveland Zoological Society, the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, the MetroHealth Foundation and Laurel School, and served as vice chairman of the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation. He is a member of the board of trustees of Ashland College, his alma mater. In Evansville, Jones continues his commitment to the community, serving on the boards of University of Evansville, Evansville Regional Business Council, Vision Evansville, Evansville Day School, and Riley Children’s Hospital. Jones serves on the 2005 campaign cabinet for Southwest Indiana United Way and will chair that campaign in 2007. He also is co-chair of the Hands on Discovery Children’s Museum capital campaign. In addition, Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel appointed Jones to lead a task force aimed at developing a strategic plan for economic development in the four-county area surrounding Evansville. Select College of Business students will join Jones for a breakfast meeting on campus at 7:30 a.m. that day. Students will have the opportunity to participate in an informal discussion and seek advice. He will present two public lectures on the topic of business ethics at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. in Carter Hall in the University Center, and meet with a class for another informal discussion in between the public lectures at 10 a.m. President H. Ray Hoops, USI vice presidents and deans, College of Business faculty, former Executives in Residence, members of the college’s three advisory boards, and student leaders have been invited to attend a luncheon with Jones that day, but anyone can attend. The cost is $12, and reservations must be made by Tuesday, October 25. To make reservations, call Christy Nolan at 812/465-7001. For more information, call Bizal at 812/464-1801. |
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