CEOs in Spandex! Media Advisory & Photo Opportunity

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Silicon Valley Leadership Group is holding a news conference on the Palm, Inc. campus at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, to promote its CEO/Celebrity Cycle-to-Work Day Challenge to encourage Silicon Valley businesses, government agencies, employees and residents to cycle to work on May 17 as part of the national Bike-to-Work Week May 14-18. A dozen or more Silicon Valley executives and public officials will be clad in colorful cycling garb to help demonstrate that they and their organizations are committed to the effort to reduce greenhouse gases, lessen our dependence on fossil fuels, ease traffic congestion and promote a healthy lifestyle by cycling to work on May 17. The Leadership Group will challenge all Silicon Valley businesses, their employees and their communities to do the same.

Time:                      2 p.m. Event Kick-off w/ Cycling CEOs
                           Concludes at 2:30 p.m.

Location:                  Palm, Inc.
                           950 W. Maude Avenue (at the corner of Mary)
                           Sunnyvale, CA 94085

Media parking:     Between Buildings 1 and 2. Look for signs.

Event:                     Bicycling-in welcome by Carl Guardino,
                            president and CEO, Silicon Valley
                            Leadership Group
                           Next up: Ed Colligan, Palm president and
                            CEO, followed by other CEOs on bicycles
                           Short comments by officials, including Palo
                            Alto Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto, Specialized
                            Bikes CEO Mike Sinyard, Lockheed Martin VP
                            Len Kwiatkowski, and Santa Clara Valley
                            Transportation Authority GM Michael Burns.

RSVP:              A&R-Edelman for Palm, Inc.
                           Erin Freeley at efreeley@ar-edelman.com