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The Presidents' Forum
February 03, 2005

Pam Reynolds
President & CEO

Phoenix Textile Corporation

Speaker Biography:
Palmer A. (Pam) Reynolds is President and CEO of Phoenix Textile Corporation, a distributor of textiles, custom draperies and interior design products and services primarily to the healthcare industry. Founded in 1983 by Mrs. Reynolds and R. Hal Dean, Chairman of the Board, beginning with 10 employees, Phoenix Textile now employs 130 and has sales of $50 million. The company’s commitments and operating philosophy are:

We are a Company of Integrity
We are Customer Focused
We Deliver on the Bottom Line
We Value the Individual
We Have Fun Along the Way

The company and Mrs. Reynolds have won numerous awards including being named one of the 500 fastest growing privately held companies in America by Inc. Magazine, December 1988, Entrepreneur of the Year/St. Louis 1992, one of the 25 Best Employers/Inc. Magazine, July 1993, and is listed as one of the 500 Largest Woman-Owned Business in Working Woman Magazine.

Mrs. Reynolds is a member of the Board of Trustees of Missouri Baptist Medical Center, an Emeritus Trustee for William Jewell College in Liberty, MO, has served as a member of the Executive Board for the Missouri Baptist Convention, an auxiliary board member for Windermere, and a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners.

A member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church in St. Charles, she has three daughters and four grandchildren and resides in St. Charles, Missouri.

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