Sandra Van Trease, BJC Healthcare Group President, Presents at March 19 St. Louis NAWBO Event

ST. LOUIS - Feb. 27, 2014 - PRLog -- February 27, 2014 (St. Louis) – The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Greater St. Louis Chapter, the leading women’s business owner networking organization, announced that Sandra Van Trease, Group President for BJC Healthcare, one of the country’s largest non-profit hospitals, will be the keynote presenter at its Speakers Series event Wed., March 19, from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m., at Old Warson Country Club located at 9941 Old Warson Road, St. Louis, Mo., 63124.

Ms. Van Trease will present, “How to Succeed in Business: By Really Trying! A Personal View.”

The event sponsor is Acropolis Investment Management (http://www.acrinv.com/).

NAWBO members and guests will have the opportunity to engage with Ms. Van Trease and with other leading St. Louis woman business owners and executives before and after the presentation in an intimate and private setting.

Ms. Van Trease, a St. Louis native, is a graduate of University of Missouri – St. Louis and Washington University. Prior to joining BJC Healthcare’s senior leadership team in 2004, she served as President and CEO of Unicare, a managed healthcare company serving 1.7 million members. Ms. Van Trease, who has been recognized as one of the “Most Influential Women to Know in Healthcare” is active in the St. Louis community. She serves on several civic and corporate boards, which include the St. Louis Regional Business Council and the United Way Campaign Cabinet.

Ticket prices for the March 19 Speakers Series event are $75.00 for members and $100.00 for non-members. To register, please visit, https://classic.regonline.com/builder/site/?eventid=1346936.

The St. Louis NAWBO Speakers Series is another opportunity for the region’s leading women business owners, executives and professionals to meet and network. The St. Louis chapter also offers “Knowledge Now,” a series of educational lunches featuring leading experts discussing current business topics.

NAWBO Greater St. Louis Chapter, a recognized chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, is the leading networking organization for women business owners located in the St. Louis metropolitan area and Southern Illinois. To learn more, please visit, www.nawbostl.org, or call, 314.954.8344.