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  <title><![CDATA[IMPACT Presents: Meridith Rentz, CEO of MedShare]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p><strong>On </strong><strong>Wednesday, April 11, </strong>Meridith Rentz will speak at IMPACT. Ms. Rentz is President and CEO of MedShare, a nonprofit 
organization that delivers surplus medical supplies and equipment to 
underserved healthcare facilities in developing countries.&nbsp; Please join us for this talk at
4:30pm in the College of Management or watch the <a href="http://www.learnitlive.com/class/1970/Meridith-Rentz">free live webcast</a>.</p>

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<p><em>More about the Speaker</em></p><p>Prior to joining MedShare, Meridith Rentz was the Chief Operating Officer
 for Points of Light Institute and before that, Chief Administrative Officer for Emory 
Internal Medicine. She has also worked in Deloitte Consulting's Healthcare 
Strategy and Operations practice. Before her career in consulting, she worked with 
the South Carolina Department of Health &amp; Environmental Control in 
the area of tuberculosis control and also owned a small business that 
provided computer consulting to rural medical providers. Read full <a href="http://www.ile.gatech.edu/files/IMPACT%20Spring%202012/Speaker_Bios/Meridith_Rentz.pdf">bio</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>About the Impact Speaker Series</em></p>

<p>Since 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business
leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and
give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from
"building a venture around intellectual capital" to "successful
entrepreneurship in large organizations" and "socially responsible
leadership". The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and
the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from
successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and
non-profit leaders. Events for the series take place in the LeCraw Auditorium
in the College of Management building at 4:30 pm on Wednesdays unless otherwise
noted. <strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>The series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not
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