Kirk P. Gregg, Executive Vice President and the Chief Administrative Officer at Corning Incorporated and past vice chairman and co-chairman of The Business Council, will receive the 2012 Corning Award for Excellence. The most prestigious award presented by The Business Council of New York State, Inc. will be bestowed on September 19 at the Council’s Annual Meeting at the Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing.<\/p>\n
The Business Council has also announced that Greg Casey, president and CEO of the Business-Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC), will address its members during its annual meeting at the Sagamore on September 21. And long-time political commentators, Paul Vandenburgh and Fred Dicker, will take their popular TALK 1300 AM radio programs on the road and broadcast live from the meeting.<\/p>\n
The Business Council gives the Corning Award each year to a New Yorker who has shown outstanding accomplishment and a deep and sustained commitment to the people of New York. The first Corning Award was presented in 1979.<\/p>\n
Kirk Gregg has served as Corning Incorporated’s chief administrative officer since 2002. He has responsibility for human resources, information technology, procurement and transportation, aviation, community affairs, government affairs, business services, and corporate security. Prior to Corning, Gregg was with General Dynamics Corporation as corporate director, Key Management Programs.<\/p>\n
Gregg holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and experimental psychology from Bemidji State University. He attended the University of Minnesota for a master’s degree in industrial relations and is a Sloan Fellow from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Kirk also worked for many years on the LPGA Corning Classic charities board which raised millions of dollars for hospitals in New York’s Southern Tier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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