St. Louis native leads a $1.4 million company at the University of Dayton
When Jessi Neff conducted her first board meeting as the new chief executive of Flyer Enterprises, the pressure was on the university senior.
"I was nervous," said Neff, who’d spoken at the board meetings before, "but I never led the conversation."
In a room full of executives and board members, Neff delivered her strategy for leading the company to another profitable year.
In her final year at the University of Dayton, Neff, a St. Charles native, is already leading a $1.4 million company that employs 180 students. The company, Flyer Enterprises, is one of the largest student-run businesses in the nation.
Flyer Enterprises runs seven divisions, which include caf