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Application &
Nomination Process |
The
end of the Nomination process for the 2008 Program is drawing
near! The deadline for nominations is February 1st.
Please visit the Leadership Kansas
webpage and nominate qualified persons to the
Program. For those that have not done so yet, it is
quick and easy!
All
nominated persons will receive a letter in early February
recognizing that they have been nominated by you. They
will also receive information about the Program including
tuition ($1,000), available scholarships (up to $500) and
Local Session dates.
They
will be encouraged to apply for one of the 40 available spots
in the 2008 Class, and will be directed to the LK webpage to
complete an online application. They will have until
February 28th to submit their Application and Letter of
Recommendation.
Important:
Those persons who were nominated in 2007 are automatically
re-nominated for the 2008 Program. Similarly, those
persons who applied to the 2007 Program, but were not
selected, will also automatically be re-nominated and if they
re-apply will have their application fee
waived. | |
Greetings!
It was another successful year for the
Leadership Kansas Program. In October, the
Program graduated its 29th Class. It was a very
competitive year to gain entry into the Program. With almost 550
persons nominated, and 123 Applications submitted, the
Selection Committee had their hands full selecting 40
persons from this large group of well-qualified
applicants.
As a result of the hard work of our sponsoring
entity - the Kansas Chamber, the Board of Trustees, the
State and Local Program Chairs, and the tremendous
support of the Leadership Kansas Alumni, the Class
enjoyed a life-changing experience that will benefit
each and every one of them in unique and lasting
ways. | |
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2007 Program
Re-Cap 
As anyone who has served as the State
Program Chair could attest to, there is an enormous
amount of work that is required to organize the Program
in any given year.
The work for the 2007 Program was begun by State
Program Chair Alan Fankhauser
('92) but completed by Barbara
Carswell ('01), who stepped in for Alan in April
when a career opportunity relocated him out of state.
She did a wonderful job carrying on the good work that
Alan started.
This year's Class began their Leadership
Kansas experience in Lawrence for their two-day
Orientation.
After spending an afternoon getting to know each
other, they were officially presented to the alum during
the evening Alumni Reception.
Per-usual, the Class members were exposed
to a variety of people and places that the average
Kansan does not have access. They traveled to
Garden City, Hutchinson, Wichita, Kansas City Metro
area, Colby, Chanute, Pittsburg, and
Topeka.
This was an extremely engaged class, and
other than the bad luck they seemed to bring to almost
every community they visited, it was an outstanding
experience for all involved.
The Class
will be well-represented on the Board of Trustees by Hannes
Zacharias, and by Todd Johnson
on the Alumni Advisory
Committee. |
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2008 Program
The process of cobbling together the 2008
Program has begun in earnest. The Board is proud to
announce that the State Program Chair for 2008 is Brad
Stratton ('03). He recently
convened several alumni from across the state for a Visioning
Committee meeting where several "timely" topics were
considered for inclusion as part of next year's
Program.
Next task for Brad will be the selection of Local
Session locations and dates.
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Nomination & Application
Process
The end of the Nomination process for the
2008 Program is drawing near! The deadline for
nominations is February 1st. Please visit the
Leadership Kansas Nomination Page
and nominate qualified
persons to the Program. For those that
have not done so yet, it is quick and
easy!
All nominated persons will receive a
letter in early February recognizing that they have been
nominated by you.
They will also receive information about the
Program including tuition ($1,000), available
scholarships (up to $500) and Local Session dates. They will be
encouraged to apply for one of the 40 available spots in
the 2008 Class, and will be directed to the LK webpage
to complete an on-line application. They will have
until February 28th to submit their
Application and Letter of
Recommendation.
Important: Those
persons who were nominated in 2007 are automatically
re-nominated for the 2008 Program. Similarly, those
persons who applied to the 2007 Program, but were not
selected, will also automatically be re-nominated and if
they re-apply, will have their application fee
waived.
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New Board of Trustees
The first meeting of the 2007-2008 Board
of Trustees was held in Topeka on December 14th. The out-going
Chair, Russ
Jennings ('98) turned the gavel over to the new
Chair, Teresa
Clounch ('99). The Chair-Elect for the upcoming
year is Natalie Haag
('01). At
its October meeting, the following outgoing Board
members were recognized for their valuable service:
Barbara Carswell, Gilbert Cruz, David Kerr, and Kim
Scanlon.
Current Board of Trustees
Members:
Chair: Teresa Clounch;
Chair Elect: Natalie Haag;
Immediate Past Chair: Russ Jennings;
Past Chair: Larry
Berg; Trustees- Marilyn
Bittenbender; Brenda Dietrich; Ross Hendrickson; Coleen
Jennison; Jay Kennedy; Matt Lowen; Jim Ludwig; Gary
Schmitt; Brad Stratton; Paula Van Norden; Bruce Witt;
and Hannes
Zacharias.
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2008 Leadership Summit & Alumni
Reunion 
Please mark your calendar for May 2,
2008. That
is the date of our 5th
Annual Leadership Summit & Alumni Reunion. The event will
be held in Wichita at the Hotel at Old Town Conference
Center. The
Chairperson of this year's event is Kim Scanlon
('03), who is already hard at work on behalf of the
alumni organizing her committee.
Look for materials about the 2008 Summit
to be mailed to you in late March. As you may or
may not be aware, this event is the ONLY fundraising
event we hold each year for the Program and your support
and attendance would be greatly
appreciated.
For those that have never attended our
annual alumni event, I would urge you to consider
participating this year. The event was
created to accomplish three objectives: 1) re-connect
alumni to the Program by staging what is essentially
a "mini-Local Session" with an afternoon of interesting
and timely topics and impressive presenters; 2) create
an advantageous networking opportunity for alumni
and the current Class; and 3) raise much-needed
funds for the Program to keep our tuition the lowest
of any statewide leadership Program in the
country. |
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Alumnus of the Year
Award 
Congratulations to Sandy
Praeger ('86) who was selected as the 2007 Jim
Edwards Alumnus of The Year recipient. Sandy, our
current Insurance Commissioner, has been a generous
supporter of the Program for many years and has served
in a variety of leadership positions within the Program,
including a two-year stint as State Program
Chair. |
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30th Year Anniversary "Fall
Fling"
Your Board
of Trustees is currently working on plans to do
something special to celebrate the 30th year
of the Program.
They are working with various alum to organize a
series of events the day of the Class Graduation in
Topeka on October 24th. The afternoon
event is centered around fun, interesting, casual
activities that will bring many of our alumni together
to celebrate. Please watch for more information on the
LK Fall Fling and plan to
attend! |
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Important 2008 Dates
Nomination
Deadline
February 1st
Application
Deadline
February 28th
Class
Selection
March 14th
New Class
Orientation
May 2nd &
3rd
Leadership Summit & Alumni
Reunion
May 2nd
30th Year Anniversary Party
& Graduation Banquet
October
24th |
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LK Directory Updates
We
endeavor to keep the Leadership Kansas Directory as
current as possible, and would urge you to forward to us
any change in contact information in as timely a manner
as possible.
We go to print with a new Directory in late March
of each year and distribute it to those alumni who
financially support the Program through the Leadership
Summit & Alumni Reunion. Please send all
changes to the Leadership Kansas office listed
below. |
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Thank
you for your continued support of the Leadership Kansas
Program. We look forward to an exciting
2008. Please do not hesitate to contact the
Leadership Kansas Staff if we can be of any
assistance.
Sincerely,
John J.
Federico
Executive Director
Leadership
Kansas | | |
