U.S. Steel executive named president of Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois
Mark Tade, manager of employee relations for U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works, was elected as this year’s president of the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois, a key economic development organization in the Metro East area.
Members also chose four other council officers for one-year terms:
— Council chairman, Vaughn Vandegrift, chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
— Council vice president, Gerry Schuetzenhofer, president of Coldwell Banker Brown Realtors
— Secretary, Richard Sauget Sr short term personal loan., president of East County Enterprises
— Treasurer, Dale Stewart, executive secretary/treasurer of the Southwestern Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council
The Leadership Council was organized to attract and retain jobs and stimulate capital investment in the Metro East area.