CEO OF HARBOR GROUP TO SPEAK HERE MARCH 5

Jordan E. Slone, chairman and CEO of the Harbor Group companies, will be the next speaker for the College of Business and Public Administration's Landmark Executive-in-Residence Speaker Series Tuesday, March 5.

Slone's talk will begin at 12:30 p.m. in Chandler Recital Hall of the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center. It is free and open to the public.

As head of the Harbor Group companies, a diversified real estate investment and financial services firm, Slone has sponsored and now controls 50 limited partnerships and corporations owning assets in excess of $750 million in 14 states, as well as a portfolio of properties in the United Kingdom and Hungary.

Prior to forming Harbor Group in 1985, he was co-founder and vice president of International Spring Corp., a manufacturer of inner springs and box springs for the mattress industry.

Slone serves on the Virginia-Israel Advisory Board, which advises the governor of Virginia on ways to improve economic and cultural links between the state and Israel. He received the Young Leadership Award from the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater in 1995.