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www.jamesmonroewire.com The James Monroe Wire and Cable Corporation is a privately held company with forty years of industry experience manufacturing electronic and electrical wire and cable products. • Commercial Wire and Cable • Custom and Specialty Wire and Cable • Elevator Wire and Cable • Industrial Wire and Cable PANELIST: HARRY KOKKINIS, President, Table Talk Pies, Inc. Harry Kokkinis is the President of Table Talk Pies, a family owned business that has been part of the Worcester community for almost 100 years. In 1924 two Greek immigrants, Harry's grandfather--Theodore Tonna--and Angelo Cotsidas started a bakery in a small kitchen, baking pies at night and delivering them by horse drawn wagon during the day. After being sold, closed, and then reopened in 1986, Harry's father, Chris- to Cocaine, brought the business back from obscurity by refining and cornering the snack pie market. With the help of loyal employees and customers, Table Talk Pies now offers pies enjoyed by people all over North America. When Harry was 4 years old, his father took him on a visit to the bakery on a Sunday and dur- ing that visit his grandfather let him eat a whole pumpkin pie. This was the beginning of his love of the business. Harry joined Table Talk Pies in 2003. Learning the business from the ground up, Harry brought his experience restructuring and growing manufacturing businesses to help envision and re- alize a thriving future for Table Talk Pies. Harry has overseen the opening of two new baking locations and a cold storage warehouse—Bowditch in Shrewsbury in 2015, Southgate in 2017, and Armory Street Cold Storage in 2019—increasing the production capacity of Table Talk Pies to almost 5 million pies a week and creating economic opportunity in MA. In addition to that, Table Talk has recently broken ground for a new 135,000 sq. ft state of the art facility on Gardner Street here in Worcester. In addition to expanding the business, Harry has a passion for community involvement as a way of giving back to the city that has given so much to the company. With a focus on fighting hunger, combating addiction, supporting immigrants, and thanking our first responders, Table Talk Pies donates hundreds of thousands of pies a year. Harry has made his mark on the family legacy with his unwavering commitment to the origi- nal traditions of making a quality product while focusing on serving the customer and the com- munity.