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November 18, 2002
Robert C. Basten Joins Board of Governors,
The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research
The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins is pleased to announce Robert C. Basten, chairman of Centerprise Advisors, Inc., will serve as a member of its board of governors from November 2002 to October 2005. Basten is also the co-founder and president of Playing To Win For Life Foundation for ALS Research, a public charity created solely to raise funds for cutting-edge research and development of therapies to cure ALS (a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's disease). Basten was diagnosed with ALS earlier this year.
Basten founded Centerprise Advisors in May 1998. The company is currently ranked as the 14th largest professional services firm in the country, according to Bowman's Accounting Report, and is regarded as one of the industry's most innovative and highest performing firms. Prior to creating Centerprise, Basten was a senior executive at American Express and most recently served as President and CEO of American Express Tax and Business Services (TBS), a subsidiary of American Express. As head of TBS, he led the firm's development and emergence as one of the fastest growing professional, business and financial advisory services firms in the country.
Basten has extensive experience in leading the development of new businesses.
While at American Express, from 1984 to April 1998, he also held leadership
roles in technology, financial services, and brokerage, before leading
American Express' rapid emergence in the accounting and consulting industry.
Basten came to American Express from Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services,
Inc. He was a professional football player with the Minnesota Vikings
from 1982-83. Recognized by Accounting Today as one of "The Top
100 Most Influential People in the Accounting Profession in 2002," Basten
has received the honor seven times previously. He's been recognized by
Corporate Report Minnesota as one of Minnesota's top executives
and by City Business Magazine as one of "The Top 40 Most Influential
Business Leaders Under the Age of 40" in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis
and St. Paul.
Basten graduated cum laude from St. John's University
with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and received an MBA
with honors from the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.
The nature of ALS shapes the Center's results-oriented scientific approach. ALS is a devastating, progressive neuromuscular disease that causes complete paralysis and loss of function -- including the ability to eat, speak and breathe. ALS progresses quickly and is not curable. Most patients die within five years of diagnosis.
Information about the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins is available at www.alscenter.org or by calling 410-502-7677.
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