QU President’s Breakfast on Tuesday to feature Mercantile Bank president as guest speaker

QUINCY — Quincy University welcomes alumnus Mark Tyrpin (Class of 1997) as the featured speaker at the President’s Leadership Breakfast, for which QU President Brian McGee is the host, from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the QU Cafeteria, 18th and Lind.

Tyrpin has been the president of Mercantile Bank, a United Community Bank, for 13 years. He has 36 years of banking experience in Quincy in various lending and management capacities with Bank America, First Federal Bank (Quincy) and Heartland Bank.

Tyrpin is an active board member on the Richard A. Perritt Charitable Foundation, a private foundation in Chicago, and on the Ronald McDonald House of Central Illinois. He has served on numerous board positions in Quincy. Tyrpin earned his master’s degree in business administration from QU in 1997 and serves as a business instructor for the Oakley School of Business at QU and for the Illinois Bankers Association and Wisconsin Bankers Association.

The President’s Leadership Breakfast Series is a regular campus event where community leaders share their knowledge on different topics. While enjoying a buffet-style breakfast, local business professionals and government officials join QU faculty, staff and students to network and converse with each other. Each breakfast features a guest speaker who will share about their organization or cause and how they have demonstrated leadership.

All members of the community are welcome to attend. Call 217-228-5227 for more information.