January 24: Melissa Bean, JP Morgan Chase & Co Chairman of the Midwest

On Tuesday at Rotary, we welcome JPMorgan Chase & Co Chairman of the Midwest Melissa Bean to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.  She’ll be sharing perspectives on how workforce readiness issues impact the business community.  The U.S. economy is building momentum and there is opportunity for rational and thoughtful policy decisions that could spur growth, create jobs for Americans across the income spectrum and help communities. Over the next decade, the U.S. will create more than 16 million well-paying jobs for workers that have the right training but not necessarily a four-year degree.  This skills gap is especially severe for small businesses. We need to help individuals, especially young people, gain the skills they need to fill these and it won’t happen unless businesses, government, and nonprofits all work together to address this issue.

Melissa Bean serves as the senior executive across all lines of business in the Midwest region. She partners closely with senior clients, community leaders, and JPMorgan Chase employees with a primary focus on client and talent development. Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bean served as President and CEO of the Executives’ Club of Chicago which followed her three terms as a Member of the U.S. Congress from 2005 to 2011. She represented Illinois’ 8th District and was an active leader on the House Financial Services and Small Business Committees.

Earlier in her career, Bean spent almost twenty years in the high tech industry managing sales organizations at Dataflex, SynOptics, Motorola/UDS and Arrow Electronics. She serves on the boards of One Million Degrees, The Executives’ Club of Chicago, Junior Achievement of Chicago, and World Business Chicago.