Rock Executives, Inc. Breast Cancer Awareness Bags Tournament Fundraiser

October is breast cancer awareness month, and the Rock Executives, Inc. team eagerly anticipates our October 30th Charity Bags Tournament Fundraiser benefiting "Susan G. Komen's Passionately Pink for The Cure Campaign."  The bean bag tournament is expected to raise around $1,200 for the Passionately Pink Campaign with all of the proceeds going directly to the cause.  Since the event is the day before Halloween, Rock Executives, Inc will also be hosting a pink-themed costume contest and raffling off various items and giving away prizes to the winners of the tournament and costume contest.  This event is open not only to all Rock Executives, Inc employees but also open to friends and family of the company

Rock Executives, Inc. and St Jude's Join Forces for Chicago Fire Fundraiser Event

This upcoming Sunday September 25th, Rock Executives, Inc. will be once again partnering up with St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital for a fundraising event with the Chicago Fire soccer team.  The Rock Executive's team will be responsible for selling 50/50 raffle tickets to spectators at Sunday's game both prior to and during the Chicago Fire's match against the New England Revolution.

In return for the volunteer work the Rock Executive's participants are invited to stay and watch the match after philanthropic duties are fulfilled. A great turnout is expected with almost 20 employees already confirming their attendance to Sunday's event. To find out how you can help donate to St. Jude's please visit: www.stjude.org/waystohelp.

Rock Executive's Rising Star: Derek Fisher

Derek Fisher joined the Rock Executives team in October 2010. He advanced very quickly to the position of assistant manager of the T-Mobile campaign and works side by side with manager Jimmy Brock in building and developing one of the most exciting and dynamic campaigns in the country. He is poised to manage his first campaign in the upcoming months in Houston, TX.

Derek grew up in rural Pennsylvania Dutch country and had a career in military service dashed by injury. He then relocated to New York City and entered into a career in financial services, being one of the youngest producing brokers at PaineWebber. His career culminated in ultimately being a Senior Vice President at Zacks, Investment Research where he was responsible for managing the institutional services department. In 2004, Derek relocated to Barcelona, Spain where he was a graduate professor and taught international finance and economics at several international MBA programs. Derek’s accomplishments range from being a National Merit Scholar, Foundations Forum recipient, member of several select side rugby teams at scrum half, and author. He counts in his many interests sailing, watching his beloved New Zealand All Blacks rugby team, consuming champagne, eating out, and winning every team night activity Rock Executives holds.

Keith Leluga: Rock Executives most recent addition to the management team!

Keith Leluga, born and raised in Chicago Heights, IL took a different career path from others in the industry, sales and marketing was not his forte.  While in college, Keith started taking business classes but that changed once he started working in the legal field.  He graduated from Purdue University with his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science in 2004 with his eye on the legal field. After college, he took a position working as paralegal and legal intern at one of Chicago’s largest law firms. This lasted for about 3 years until he took the next step and went to law school. Keith graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in May of 2010 and began working as a student prosecutor.  While working as a student prosecutor he tried and won several jury and bench trials, while also balancing school at the same time. However, there came a time when the position he was in became stagnant and there wasn’t much room for growth.  This is when he found Rock Executives.

Starting in October of 2010 on the T-Mobile campaign, Keith quickly worked his way through the entry level and into the second phase of our company.  About 4 months into his employment Keith was offered an opportunity to move to the Spark Energy campaign. In February, after the transition, Keith began to build and grow in the business at a rapid pace. With guidance from the Rock Executives management team and mentors in the office, he took the knowledge they passed on and ran with it. Through hard work, dedication, and a mentality he was going to succeed despite any obstacles, Keith was promoted to Assistant Management on July 11, 2011.  As an Assistant Manager Keith helps oversee the Spark Energy Campaign, works closely with our client, has daily meetings with his team, runs meetings for the entire office, territory & market research, and other various management responsibilities.  When he came to Rock Executives, Keith was looking for a new opportunity and a place where he could grow fast.  What really caught his attention was the fact that this was a merit-based business and his hard work and determination were going to get him to the next level, and they did. Keith took the opportunity, ran with it and is excited for what the future holds for his career choice.

Rock Executives partners up with St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital for Great Urban Race Fundraiser!

Rock Executives, Inc. is proud to announce joining St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital this upcoming Saturday July 23rd, 2011 for its Great Urban Race  http://www.greaturbanrace.com/  fundraiser taking place in Chicago.  This exciting event which is also taking place in 41 other cities around the globe raises awareness about the importance of children's cancer research, and asks its participants to donate pledges for support.  This race is different from others due to its varied content from scavenger hunts to physical and mental challenges.  Participants work in teams of two and will be undertaking each of these challenges throughout the course of the day.

Rock Executives employees will be responsible for judging certain challenges as well as ensuring the safety of all of the particpants in the race by making sure each team is following the race guidelines.  Twenty of our employees have agreed to volunteer their time at the race, and others who did not register in time will definitely be there to support from the sidelines. The Rock Executives team is excited and honored to be a part of such a great cause, and looks forward to working with St. Jude's and other organizations for future philanthropic events.  For more information on the Chicago race or St; Jude's please visit: http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=fc7fef0dbe855210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD