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Annual Meeting and Dinner signifies the change in the board leadership. We celebrate successes of the past year, look ahead to a new year and honor local business and their leaders. At this signature event, awards are presented to outstanding businesses and individuals of the year. This event has E-REP members, elected and appointed officials, key community leaders and our strategic partners making it the largest E-REP networking event of the year. The whole community is invited to attend! 

Keynote Speaker: Pete Yonkman, President of Cook Group and Cook Medical in Bloomington, Indiana 

Pete Yonkman is president of Cook Group and Cook Medical in Bloomington, Indiana. He has been with the company for nearly 20 years, starting in 2001 as in-house counsel. Pete has served in a variety of roles for Cook, including leading one of the local manufacturing sites and as executive vice president for 10 business units. Pete was named president of Cook Medical in 2014 and in 2015 added the role of president of Cook Group.

Pete is a born and bred Hoosier originally from Crown Point, Indiana. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Indiana University and earned degrees in psychology and philosophy. He graduated with his law degree from the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University in 1998. Pete is actively involved in community issues, including adult education, workforce development, fostering start-ups, and creating a business culture that supports entrepreneurs.

He lives in Bloomington with his wife, Janell, and their two boys, Leo and Vic.

Learn more about Pete Yonkman in an interview with Cook Medical and Cook Group’s president in Medium’s post, Conscious Entrepreneurship: May I introduce Pete Yonkman.

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