Inspiring Women in Public Administration Conference

Engage with others, build skills and find inspiration for your professional journey.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

K-State Innovation Campus, Olathe, Kansas

“If you don’t like the feel of change, imagine how it would feel to be irrelevant.” – Unknown

This year’s Inspiring Women in Public Administration Conference will provide a rich environment to engage and expand our understanding of the trends affecting us professionally and personally. The agenda has been crafted to provide opportunities to enhance participants’ leadership capacities while also providing a day of encouragement and renewal. Your leadership is critical. And so is your spirit. Regardless of the professional stage of your life, please join us on June 28. Be inspired.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Rosie Rios, US Treasurer, Department of the Treasury
Sheryl Sculley, City Manager of San Antonio, TX

FRAMEWORK & CONFERENCE TOPICS at-a-glance

MORNING SESSIONS: Focus on outlining and understanding the developing trends (changing demographics, financial recovery and forecast, unemployment, jobs, changing workforce, rise in incivility/partisan politics, funding education, etc) and the impact to local communities.

AFTERNOON SESSIONS: Developing leadership capacity (building the pipeline, maintaining creditability, required skill sets, community building and engagement), and leading effectively in a changing environment.

Welcome, Overview and Getting Acquainted 8:30 a.m.

Dr. Marilu Goodyear, Director, KU School of Public Affairs & Administration

Jan Perkins, Partner, Management Partners, Inc.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: ROSIE RIOS 9:00 a.m.

Rosie Rios serves as the 43rd Treasurer of the United States.  She has direct oversight over the U.S. Mint, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and FortKnox and is a key liaison with the Federal Reserve.   In addition, the Treasurer serves as a senior advisor to the Secretary in the areas of community development and public engagement.  She is especially passionate about supporting Women in Finance and issues of Main Street in the economic recovery.

Prior to her confirmation as Treasurer, Rios worked at MacFarlane Partners, where she was Managing Director of Investments.  Working with MacFarlane Partners’ development and global capital partners, Rios played a central role in facilitating equity transactions for large mixed-use development projects in major urban areas. She is a graduate of Harvard University

PANEL DISCUSSION: GLOBAL TRENDS, LOCAL IMPACT: 10:00 a.m.

Panelists:

• Ellen Hanson, Chief of Police, City of Lenexa, Kansas
• Beth Linn, city Administrator, Edgerton, Kansas
• Julie Novak, President, The Novak Consulting Group
• Marge Vogt, Councilmember, City of Olathe, Kansas
• Moderator: Patty Gentrup, Consultant, Shockey Consulting Services

The panelists will discuss their backgrounds and thoughts on the greatest challenges to local communities, professional staff and elected officials. Learn which skill sets they have found to be the most effective when faced with these challenges.

SMALL GROUP BREAKOUT SESSIONS: 11:00 a.m.

Topics: Public Policy and politics, community building and engagement and responding to incivility and keeping professional credibility.

LUNCH & PRESENTATION: SHERYL SCULLY 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Sheryl Sculley began serving as City Manager of San Antonio, Texas effective November 7, 2005, with more than 30 years of public management experience. As City Manager, Sculley is the Chief Executive Officer of the municipal corporation of 11,500 employees, an annual operating and capital budget of $2.2 billion, and a city population of 1.3 million residents. San Antonio is the nation’s seventh largest city.

Appointed by the Mayor and City Council, Sculley was recruited in 2005 to transform the city administration and improve the city’s public infrastructure. During her five year tenure, she has appointed and replaced two thirds of the city’s executive staff, reorganized city departments, streamlined City business systems, vastly improved customer service and elevated the professionalism of City management.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: TBD 1:40 p.m.

PANEL DISCUSSION: DEVELOPING YOUR LEADERSHIP CAPACITY 2:20 p.m.

Panelists:

• Mary Birch, Government Relations Coordinator, Lathrop & Gage LC
• Kathleen Boyle-Dalen, Vice President, PREP-KC
• Jewel Scott, Executive Director, The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City
• Moderator: Regan Carrizales, Associate Director, The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City

The panelists will share their backgrounds and thoughts on skill sets that are imperative in today's environment and how they might evolve, along with strategies to develop leadership capacity.

SMALL GROUP BREAKOUT SESSIONS: 3:20 p.m.

Topics: Mentorship, building the pipeline (to include attracting diversity to the profession), community building and handling ethical dilemmas.

CLOSING REMARKS: Dr. Marilu Goodyear 4:20 - 4:30 p.m.

RECEPTION: 4:30 p.m.