Julie
Geis: The Great Motivator
Julie Geis had a way of encouraging people to do their
best, whether they were in a boardroom or on a softball
field. "A pitcher from the softball team that she coaches
called to tell me that whenever she was not doing what
Julie wanted, she would yell at her to try harder," said
Ms. Geis's mother, Betty Geis.
Ms. Geis, 44, senior vice president of Aon
Corporation, where she worked for six years, was in New
York City in the south tower for a monthly meeting on the
day of the attacks, Mrs. Geis said. She lived in Lee's
Summit, Mo., the small town where she grew up. The job
allowed her to indulge a favorite pastime, traveling.
Besides New York, business trips took her to London,
Paris and Brazil. "Aon was getting established all over
the world," Mrs. Geis said. "She loved the challenge. She
loved the people."
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