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2nd Quarter Power Lunch

June 22, 2017 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

$10.00 – $20.00
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Join us for our Second Quarter Power Luncheon featuring keynote speaker Gale Lemerand!

Mr. Lemerand is one of the Nation’s leading entrepreneurs and philanthropists and will speak to the VYPG about his journey and how he got where he did today.

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A Little more about Gale:

Lorin Gale Lemerand was born in Escanaba, Michigan, a small town in the state’s upper peninsula, the middle of three children in a working-class family.
After high school he served in the Merchant Marines and then in the Air Force, serving in Korea as the Korean War was winding down. When he got back to the states, he discovered a knack for selling, and sold vacuum cleaners and Fuller brushes door-to-door before moving up to building materials and a management position in Chicago.
But the company downsized and wanted Lemerand to transfer to Phoenix. That wasn’t going to happen, so at age 40, he decided to form his own insulation company, agreeing to take on his former boss, Richard “Dick” Williams, as a minority partner.

Four years later, looking to expand Gale Industries beyond Illinois, Lemerand in 1978 began opening branch offices in Florida and decided to move his headquarters that year to Daytona Beach.
“I started a location in Port Orange and just liked the area so I decided to come here and build a house,” he recalled.
Lemerand in 1995 agreed to sell his company, which had grown to 100 locations in 23 states, to Masco following an aborted attempt to take Gale Industries public the previous year.
He continued to work for Masco five more years before parting ways with the company to pursue other interests.

Houligan’s is one of nearly 30 restaurants Lemerand either owns or co-owns, along with Stonewood, Peach Valley Cafe and Pie Five Pizza. Restaurants are the second business empire he’s built. The first, an insulation company he started at age 40, brought him more than $100 million when he sold it at 60.

He never went to college. His father owned a dump truck. His mother worked at a welding plant. From those blue collar beginnings in Michigan, Lemerand has become one of Volusia County’s most prominent businessmen and philanthropists.

Lemerand isn’t slowing down, he decided to take the reins as CEO of Stonewood Holdings, the parent company for the Stonewood Grill & Tavern and Peach Valley Cafe chains, which he majority owns. He continues to routinely work 55-hour weeks.

Lemerand’s other interests include giving away lots of his money. His philanthropy started with a whisper in Chi Chi Rodriguez’s ear. During a charity golfing event hosted by the legendary PGA golfer, Lemerand whispered that he was giving $500,000 cash to the Chi Chi Rodriquez Youth Foundation. The golfer started crying tears of joy, Lemerand said.  A trip to a Gators football game in 1994 — his first college game — started his giving to UF. Big-time Gators booster Bill Lloyd, a then co-owner of Lloyd Buick-Cadillac in Daytona Beach, invited him along and introduced him to then-coach Steve Spurrier.  Lemerand said he was instantly hooked, joking that Lloyd is “the most expensive friend I ever made,” because it resulted in his donating millions of dollars over the years to the university.  Lemerand regularly attends Gators football and basketball games and has gotten to know the players and coaches. He still maintains a close friendship with former Gator football coach Urban Meyer, who invited him and fiancee Jill Simpkins to attend this year’s national championship game as his personal guests. Meyer’s Ohio State Buckeyes won.

Locally, Lemerand also became a supporter of the Council on Aging, the Boy Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs, United Way and March of Dimes, in addition to higher educational institutions. “Our community is indeed a better place because of Gale’s volunteer spirit, hard work, unselfish use of his time and energy and generosity,” said Joe Petrock, chairman of the Civic Foundation.

 

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Details

Date:
June 22, 2017
Time:
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Cost:
$10.00 – $20.00

Organizer

Kelsie Willett
Email:
kelsie.willett@cobbcole.com

Venue

LPGA International Clubhouse
1000 Champions Drive
Daytona Beach, 32124
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Phone:
3862745742
Website:
http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/LPGA-International/

Who's Attending

38 people are attending 2nd Quarter Power Lunch

  • Jason Frederick
  • Alexis Vulpi
  • Stephanie Miller
  • Douglas Gillikin
  • John Holt
  • Anthony Walsh
  • Samantha Edwards
  • Kelli Wilkinson
  • Cassandra Kennedy
  • Emily Smith
  • Owen Chittenden
  • Michael Messano
  • Dean Schneider
  • KATEE MATHIS
  • Thomas Caffrey
  • Lisa Elliott
  • Joe Lovecchio
  • Mei Wright
  • Matthew Gillikin
  • Ben Eby
  • Priscilla Chanfrau
  • Dixie Morgese
  • Chris Graham
  • Kelsie Willett
  • Sarah Bates
  • Kimberly Holy
  • Christy Modica
  • Samantha Crouch
  • Rachel Pringle
  • Jennifer Craig
  • Mike Sandler
  • Allan Charles
  • Ashley Sheridan
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