My talk will cover our Mission and focus at FFLW. I will also cover recent trends in income inequality. I will c over our pledge for a living wage and human dignit y. I will talk to our elected official accountabil ity program and rollout. I will highlight why we s hould forget about a living wage and focus on a li ving wage.

After graduating from Arizona State University he was self-employed as a political consultant in Ar izona. In 1980 Mr. Meade become the youngest perso n to manage a statewide campaign in the history of Arizona.

Mr. Meade spent twenty years in senior level positions with two of the world’s le ading financial service companies – Citicorp and A merican Express. Mr. Meade was recruited out of Ci ticorp to join American Express and lead the busin ess development effort when American Express made the decision to enter the consumer lending busines s and add revolving credit products to the company ’s portfolio.

Mr. Meade has significant e xperience in back-office operations and has manage d every financial service back-office function dir ectly over his career. He was a critical member of the American Express reengineering efforts in the mid 90’s and lead the reengineering effort for th e primary customer service functions. In addition\ , he spent three years as General Manager for the Benelux countries for American Express and was bas ed in Amsterdam\, Netherlands.

Like many others Mr. Meade left to join the internet boom in the late 90”s. He joined Webmiles a frequency loy alty company based in Utah\, as Chief Executive Of ficer in 1999.

In 2001 Mr. Meade was recr uited away from Webmiles and joined Startek\, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer where he served until the spring of 2005. During his tenure as CEO of St artek he led the transition of the company from a supply chain management to a more diverse business process outsourcing company. While at Startek the company achieved record revenues\, profits and ea rnings per share.

In 2004 as CEO of Start ek Mr. Meade was given the Allay Award by the Wome n’s Vision Foundation of Colorado which is given a nnually to the CEO demonstrating a commitment to w omen in the workplace. Over a 30-year career Mr. M eade has consistently demonstrated the ability to develop sound strategic plans and drive thorough e xecution with the result being significant top-lin e growth while reducing operating expenses and inc reasing profitability.

In late 2023 Mr. M eade decided to devote the remaining time he has i n his 4th quarter of life to addressing the issue of income inequality in America. He founded Fight for a Living Wage which is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization striving to build a national grassro ots movement to ensure every full time American ca n live with dignity and earn a living wage. Fight for a Living wage is an all-volunteer organization \, and Mr. Meade is the Executive Director.

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DESCRIPTION:Sunday Speaker Topic: Fight for A Living Wage - Bi ll Meade\n \n \n \n \n \n Description:\n \n \n My talk will cover our Mission and focus at FFLW. I will also cover recent trends in income inequality . I will cover our pledge for a living wage and hu man dignity. I will talk to our elected official a ccountability program and rollout. I will highligh t why we should forget about a living wage and foc us on a living wage.\n \n \n Bio:\n \n \n After gr aduating from Arizona State University he was self -employed as a political consultant in Arizona. In 1980 Mr. Meade become the youngest person to mana ge a statewide campaign in the history of Arizona. \n \n \n Mr. Meade spent twenty years in senior le vel positions with two of the world’s leading fina ncial service companies – Citicorp and American Ex press. Mr. Meade was recruited out of Citicorp to join American Express and lead the business develo pment effort when American Express made the decisi on to enter the consumer lending business and add revolving credit products to the company’s portfol io.\n \n \n Mr. Meade has significant experience i n back-office operations and has managed every fin ancial service back-office function directly over his career. He was a critical member of the Americ an Express reengineering efforts in the mid 90’s a nd lead the reengineering effort for the primary c ustomer service functions. In addition\, he spent three years as General Manager for the Benelux cou ntries for American Express and was based in Amste rdam\, Netherlands.\n \n \n Like many others Mr. M eade left to join the internet boom in the late 90 ”s. He joined Webmiles a frequency loyalty company based in Utah\, as Chief Executive Officer in 199 9.\n \n \n In 2001 Mr. Meade was recruited away fr om Webmiles and joined Startek\, Inc. as Chief Exe cutive Officer where he served until the spring of 2005. During his tenure as CEO of Startek he led the transition of the company from a supply chain management to a more diverse business process outs ourcing company. While at Startek the company achi eved record revenues\, profits and earnings per sh are.\n \n \n In 2004 as CEO of Startek Mr. Meade w as given the Allay Award by the Women’s Vision Fou ndation of Colorado which is given annually to the CEO demonstrating a commitment to women in the wo rkplace. Over a 30-year career Mr. Meade has consi stently demonstrated the ability to develop sound strategic plans and drive thorough execution with the result being significant top-line growth while reducing operating expenses and increasing profit ability.\n \n \n In late 2023 Mr. Meade decided to devote the remaining time he has in his 4th quart er of life to addressing the issue of income inequ ality in America. He founded Fight for a Living Wa ge which is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization s triving to build a national grassroots movement to ensure every full time American can live with dig nity and earn a living wage. Fight for a Living wa ge is an all-volunteer organization\, and Mr. Mead e is the Executive Director.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n Please Note:\n Doors open at 9:00 am for o ptional buffet breakfast ($10 donation) and social izing. Speaker program begins at 10:00 am.\n \n \n Important: $10 breakfast fee waived for awesome h umans bringing in food to share!\n \n \n If you ca n help with set-up\, clean-up\, and/or by bringing a breakfast casserole\, please go to SignUpGenius (insert updated link Here (https://www.signupgeni us.com/go/10C0448A4AB22A6FA7-54195629-january).)\n \n \n A Children's Program is available during th e Speaker Meeting. Go to a separate Meetup to RSVP for your kids (insert updated link Here.)\n \n \n Prefer to join us remotely?\n \n \n \n Zoom Link: Link Here (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83914164957? pwd=B4aEKcaGB4yUzRacnaFsbKXJzMk5Of.1)\n YOUTUBE: Y ou can watch live (15 second delay)\, or you can w atch later. LINK HERE (https://www.youtube.com/cha nnel/UCOw8Sl1yofrwRuGUYS_OOOA)\n \n Need help? Ema il humanist@hsgp.org (http://hsgp.org/) before the day of this meeting.\n \n \n The Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix presents its Sunday Speaker me etings twice a month on Sunday mornings. Meetings are free and open to the public.\n \n \n **Go to o ur YouTube channel to see past meetings\, presenta tions and interviews. Please become a subscriber-- it's free! LINK HERE (https://www.youtube.com/chan nel/UCOw8Sl1yofrwRuGUYS_OOOA)\n **We invite you to become a dues-paying member of HSGP. To become a member or make a donation\, go to www.hsgp.org (ht tp://www.hsgp.org/)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CATEGORIES:Sunday Speaker CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260510T100000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260510T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260510T113000 LOCATION:627 W RIO SALADO PKWY\n HSGP HUMANIST CENTER\n MES A\, AZ 85201-4009\n United States\n URL:https://hsgp.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=5046 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR