Highlights from Chicago Session

Below is a small video highlighting the Leadership America Chicago Session in mid-April.

The agenda included a visit to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, where the group was welcomed by the President, Charles Evans, followed by a presentation by Senior Economist, William Strauss.

Other key presenters included:
Dr. Jean Lipman- Blumen , Professor of Public Policy; Co-Founding Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in Leadership, Claremont Graduate University, gave a keynote address based on her book, Connective Leadership: Managing in a Changing World.

Randall Kroszner, Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago.

Matt Miller, author of - The Tyranny of Dead Ideas—Letting Go of Old Ways to Unleash a New Prosperity. Mr. Miller is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a contributing editor for Fortune Magazine.

Additional presenters included: Stephanie Neely, City of Chicago Treasurer; Marilyn Gerdes, retired VP of Sara Lee Corporation and Gwen Cohen, Wealth Adviser, Morgan Stanley.

Congratulations to the 2009 Leadership America Chicago Class!

Congratulations to this year's class: Cheryl Aguilar, Rita Casavantes, Kellie Clapper, Sandy Colee, Marquita Davis, Carol Donovan, Patricia Green, Selean Holmes, Sheryl Jackson, Cris Jordan, Sylvia Kidd, Patty Kryscha, Mary Laube-Gale, Kylie McDonald, Beth Rosenthal, Maj. General Mary Saunders, Pamela Smith and Leisha Willis.

These extraordinary women leaders came together in Chicago for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. From having a backstage pass to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and hearing a presentation from top employees including the President, to learning all the nuances of the economic climate and the future of our nation, these women connected with each other to learn what is need to stay aware and marketable in this ever-changing economic climate.

Said one classmate, “It renewed my commitment to connective leadership. I acquired a sense of urgency regarding the importance of our involvement at the policy level on women's issues and issues of leadership in business. It expanded my vision in the area of thought leadership. Many thoughts and tools still developing and rising up out of the experience as I continue to digest the experience and decompress.”

Speakers included: ·

• Keynote Speaker- Dr. Jean Lipman- Blumen , Professor of Public Policy; Co-Founding Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in Leadership, Claremont Graduate University, will give a keynote address based on her book, Connective Leadership: Managing in a Changing World.
• Randall Kroszner, Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago.
• Matt Miller, author of - The Tyranny of Dead Ideas—Letting Go of Old Ways to Unleash a New Prosperity. Mr. Miller is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a contributing editor for Fortune Magazine.

Additional presenters included: Stephanie Neely, City of Chicago Treasurer; Marilyn Gerdes, retired VP of Sara Lee Corporation and Gwen Cohen, Wealth Adviser, Morgan Stanley.

Next up... San Francisco/Silicon Valley, July 19 - 21, 2009. Topics will surround "Technology Innovation: Using the latest Innovation to Power Progress."

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