The St. George Area Chapter of The BYU Management Society invites you to join us for our chapter lunch Thursday, February 21, featuring Dimon Richard McFerson retired Chairman and CEO of Nationwide.

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Dixie College Gardner Center
225 South 700 East
St. George , UT
Time: 12:00 Noon

Cost $15 (now accepting cash, check or credit cards).
Please RSVP as soon as possible to: Nate McNamee at nate@twmadvisor.com or call Nate at (435) 669-9400.

The focus of the BYU Management Society is to grow moral and ethical leadership around the world. No restrictions on membership exist, except that members are expected to live by standards that will bring credit to the Management Society.  Locally, the BYU Management Society ‐ St. George Chapter has established a scholarship program available to students pursuing post‐secondary education at either Dixie State College or any of the BYU affiliated universities (BYU‐Provo, BYU‐Idaho, BYU‐Hawaii). Monies will be paid directly to the recipients’ school of choice to help defray the cost of tuition. Preference will be given to students pursuing business related education.

Upcoming Luncheons and Events:  Saturday, March 23 - BYU Management Scholarship Banquet with Pres. Cecil O. Samuelson, President of BYU. This is our annual fundraiser. Tickets are $40 per person or $300 for a table of 8. Space is filling up fast so get your reservation in soon. Sponsorships available.

Thursday, April 25 - Luncheon - Coach Dave Rose, Head Basketball Coach - BYU Cougars.

About Our Speaker:
Dimon Richard McFerson retired as Chairman and CEO of Nationwide on December 31, 2000. Nationwide is one of the Country's top ten insurance organizations based in Columbus, Ohio, with assets exceeding $150 billion. He was elected president of the Nationwide property/casualty companies in 1988, and promoted to CEO in 1992. During his eight years as CEO, Mr. McFerson repositioned Nationwide through acquisitions and divestitures into a national provider of commercial and personal lines property and casualty insurance, life insurance and retirement savings products.

Mr. McFerson joined Nationwide in 1979 as vice president of internal audits. He was named vice president of individual life and health operations in 1981, and was promoted in 1983 to senior vice president and chief financial officer. Before joining Nationwide, Mr. McFerson was with The New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, in Boston, as senior vice president and controller and Surety Life Insurance Company, in Salt Lake City, as senior vice president of finance. He began his career with Ernst & Ernst Certified Public Accountants in Los Angeles.

A Los Angeles native, Mr. McFerson is a 1959 graduate of UCLA and earned a master’s degree from the University of Southern California in 1972. He is a certified public accountant (CPA), and holds the chartered life underwriter (CLU)  professional designation. He was awarded honorary doctorates from Capital University in 1996, Ohio Dominican University in 1997, Otterbein College in 2001, and Franklin University in 2002.

An industry leader, Mr. McFerson served on the boards of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the Insurance Information Institute (III), and is past chairman of both boards. While he was chair of the IIHS, the Vehicle Research Crash Test Center was conceived, funded by the major property and casualty insurers, and constructed. He is past chairman (service concluding in 2001) of the International Co-operative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF), headquartered in the United Kingdom.

At the national level, Mr. McFerson served as chair of The United Way of America National Board of Governors from 1998 to 2000. He concluded his six-year term on the American Red Cross National Board of Governors in 1999 as first vice chair.

In his local community, Columbus, Ohio, in 2003, he concluded nine years as board chairman of the Center of Science and Industry (COSI). He served seven years (1996-2003) on the board of trustees of The Columbus Foundation. He chaired the greater Columbus United Way campaign in 1990 and also served as a board member. He was board chairman of Ohio Dominican University for seven years, and also served as chairman of the Ohio Federation of Independent Colleges Board of Trustees. He served two years (1998-2000) as chair of the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

From May 2000 to May 2009, he served as a member of the board of trustees of The Ohio State University, having been appointed by the Governor of Ohio to a nine-year term. In April 2004, having lived in the district since 1983, he was named to fill an unexpired term on the Olentangy Local School Board. In November 2007, he was elected to a four-year term by the voters. Olentangy Schools is the fastest growing district in the State with more than 16,000 students in 2011.

Mr. McFerson is a very active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served for eight years as Stake President of the Columbus Ohio North Stake (1980-1988) and as a Regional Representative from 1991-1995. He currently teaches a Sunday school class.

He was honored in March 1997 with the National Jewish Fund Tree of Life award for exemplary leadership and humanitarian service; and in June 1997, the Columbus Chapter of the American Red Cross awarded him their first Humanitarian of the Year award. In April 1999, he received The Heart of Higgins award from The American Heart Association and the Columbus Chapter of the American Cancer Society presented him their top award in May 1999. In October 1999, he was inducted into the Junior Achievement of Central Ohio Business Hall of Fame. In November 2000, he received the Central Ohio United Way’s top honor, the Alexis de Tocqueville award for volunteer service. The Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce presented him with the prestigious Columbus Award in February 2003 in recognition for his many years of efforts serving and enlarging the business community.

Mr. McFerson and his wife, Darlene, have seven children, twenty five grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. They alternate their time between their Powell, Ohio and St. George, Utah homes.