Voices of Experience

A Values Based Leadership Speaker Series

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Questions about leadership qualities, attributes, and deficits arise from every corner of our personal and professional lives. There is certainly no time like the present for us to be examining, exploring and seeking to embody the principles of "values based leadership". As professionals, we are called upon to define and uphold ethical business practices in an increasingly fluid business environment. We are all well aware of the ethical and values oriented conflicts that have beset some of this country's most successful businesses. Ours is a time of great challenge and great opportunity, wherein we are being called upon to engage in collaboration and cooperation in, what is often, a viciously competitive environment. In this increasingly complex and diverse business climate, issues of ethical leadership are relevant to almost all business audiences. We invite you to join us in several enlightening and exciting presentations and discussions addressing the theory and practice of values-based leadership and the role it plays and will continue to play at all levels of business activity.

Voices of Experience is the first annual Speaker Series hosted by the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. This series will feature eight exceptional speakers who are well-informed, dynamic business leaders representing many diverse backgrounds from across the country. Each of these distinguished speakers will discuss an aspect of the practice of values-based leadership. The other participants in this series will include an assemblage of local leaders in the business, legal, financial and academic communities, and Daniels students and alumni. Participants in this series will be provided a unique opportunity to learn from each other while drawing knowledge from a variety of experienced business professionals. Collectively, this dynamic combination of leaders creates a forum that links the theory with the practice of values-based leadership in ways that will be immediately transferable to our developing careers today and in the future.

The series begins this October and continues through May of 2005. Each talk will consist of a keynote speech, followed by time for Q&A, which will then be followed by a time for continued dialogue and networking. The speaking engagements will be held at the University of Denver, in addition to several that will be held in Vail, Colorado and hosted by Vail Leadership Institute. There is no charge for admission.

The Voices of Experience series is sponsored by the Daniels Department of Business Ethics and Legal Studies (BELS), the Daniels chapter of Net Impact, the Vail Leadership Institute, the law firm Berenbaum, Weinshienk & Eason P.C., CoBank, and Richard & Pat Korpan, and the Business Law Society at the DU College of Law. Daniels is proud to present this program in its continuing pursuit of business ethics excellence as demonstrated by its ranking as 5TH in the world for Ethical Standards by the Wall Street Journal.

Voices of Experience

Our Distinguished Speakers (The list of speakers is being finalized, and more information will follow)

October 11, 2004	Beaver Creek, Colorado
Matthew Fox	Vilar Center for the Arts
Topic: Leadership and Spirituality in the 21st Century	5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Matthew Fox is a spiritual theologian who has been an ordained priest since 1967. He holds Masters Degrees in philosophy and theology from Aquinas Institute and a Doctorate in spirituality, summa cum laude, from the Institut Catholiques de Paris. Mr. Fox is the founder and president of the University Creation Spirituality (UCS) located in downtown Oakland, California. He also lectures throughout North America, Central America, Europe, and Australia. Mr. Fox received the 1994 New York Open Center Tenth Anniversary Award for Achievement in Creative Spirituality. In 1995 he was presented the Courage of Conscience Award. Mr. Fox has twice received the Body Mind Spirit Award of Excellence for outstanding books in print: in 1996 for The Reinvention of Work and in 1997 for Confessions: The Making of a Post-Denominational Priest. **This event is being hosted by the Vail Leadership Institute

October 23, 2004	Denver, Colorado
James O'Toole, author of Leading Change	University of Denver, Strum Hall
Topic: Leading Change	11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
	James O'Toole is author of thirteen books, including Leading Change and The Executive's Compass. He is a research Professor in the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California. Mr. O'Toole's research and writings have been in the areas of political philosophy, planning, corporate culture, and leadership. He has addressed dozens of major corporations and professional organizations, and has published over seventy articles. Mr. O'Toole received his Doctorate in Social Anthropology from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He has served as a Special Assistant to Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Elliot Richardson, as Chairman of the Secretary's Task Force on Work in America, and as Director of Field Investigations for President Nixon's Commission on Campus Unrest. From 1994-97 Mr. O'Toole was Executive Vice President of the Aspen Institute. Most recently, he has been Managing Director of the Booz Allen & Hamilton Strategic Leadership Center, where he currently serves as Chair of the Center's academic Board of Advisors.

February 17, 2005	Vail, Colorado
Larry Wilson, founder of Wilson Learning Corporation	Donovan Pavilion
Topic: A New Kind of Leadership	6:00pm - 7:30pm
	Larry Wilson, founder of Wilson Learning Corporation and Pecos River Institute, will be hosting a dialogue on character-based leadership on Thursday, February 17, at 6:00 pm at the Donovan Pavilion in Vail. Wilson will talk about this new kind of leadership emerging in today’s business world, he will offer leaders ways to address today’s tough challenges and help put into practice policies and systems based on an organizations human values. As vice-chairman of Pecos River, the Change Management Group of Aon Consulting, Wilson is often referred to as one of the foremost thinkers and speakers in the business world. He has always been passionate about understanding how people in business learn and what creates success and fulfillment. He has spent his career finding new ways to help organizations and people stretch, grow, and expand their potential to achieve both greater performance and greater satisfaction. Wilson is the youngest lifetime member to join the industry’s prestigious Million Dollar Round Table, a feat he accomplished at age 29, based on the success of his 1965 founding of Wilson Learning Corporation, an international corporate training and research firm based in Minneapolis, MN. Praised by its many Fortune 500 clients for its pioneering work in performance systems and human resource development, Wilson Learning quickly became the second largest training company in the U.S. Also a top selling author, Wilson became nationally recognized with the business best seller, “The One Minute $ales Person”, a book he co-authored with Spencer Johnson as well as “Play to Win! Choosing Growth Over Fear in Work and Life.”

April 8, 2005	Denver, Colorado
Roger Raber, President & CEO of NACD	University of Denver
Topic: Board of Directors
Roger Raber is President and CEO of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). As the chief spokesman for corporate boards, Mr. Raber has testified before Congress on the recent corporate governance legislation and reforms, and has provided commentary on board governance principles and policies to a variety of policymakers, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, NASDAQ, and New York Stock Exchange. He has also advised groups representing corporate counsel, internal auditors, and institutional investors, among others. He has provided board consulting for many companies, including major public companies and national insurance groups. His governance views appear regularly in professional publications. Prior to his appointment to NACD in 1999, Mr. Raber was Director of Member Services for America's Community Bankers (ACB) in Washington D.C., and President of the ACB's Center for Financial Studies in Connecticut. He received his doctorate in education from Columbia University, and has taught in graduate and professional development programs at Johns Hopkins University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Virginia.

January 1, 2005	Denver, Colorado
Pamela Strobel, Executive VP and CAO of Exelon Corporation	University of Denver
	Pamela Strobel is Executive Vice President and the Exelon Chief Administrative Officer. She is responsible for Exelon's shared services group (Business Services Company), Exelon Communications, and Exelon Enterprises, its unregulated portfolio of businesses. She also serves as Chair of the Exelon Corporate Strategy Committee. Ms. Strobel most recently served as Chairman and CEO, Exelon Energy Delivery, the holding company for Exelon Corporation's energy delivery businesses, PECO Energy in Philadelphia and ComEd in Chicago. Prior to the merger of PECO and Unicom, Strobel was Executive Vice President of Unicom Corporation and its chief subsidiary, ComEd. She joined ComEd as General Counsel in 1993. She has played a broad corporate policy role with large customers and various regulatory and government officials. Before joining ComEd, Ms. Strobel was a partner in the law firm of Sidley & Austin. Among many honors, Ms. Strobel was named as one of Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women in 2002. Ms. Strobel received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Illinois, where she was a Bronze Tablet (upper three percent) recipient and a member of the law review.

Invited	Denver, Colorado
Charles Elson, Chair in Corporate Governance, University of Delaware	University of Denver
Topic: Corporate Governance
Charles Elson is the Edgar S. Woolard, Jr., Chair in Corporate Governance and the Director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware. He is also "Of Counsel" to the law firm of Holland & Knight. His fields of expertise include corporations, securities regulation and corporate governance. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Virginia Law School. Mr. Elson has written extensively on the subject of boards of directors. He served on the National Association of Corporate Directors' Commissions on Director Compensation, Director Professionalism, CEO Succession, Audit Committees, Strategic Planning and Director Evaluation, was a member of its Best Practices Council on Coping With Fraud and Other Illegal Activity, and presently serves on that organization's Advisory Council. He is Vice Chairman of the ABA Business Law Section's Committee on Corporate Governance and a member of its Committee on Corporate Laws.

Invited	Denver, Colorado
Kenneth West, Chairman, National Association of Corporate Directors	University of Denver
	Kenneth West joined TIAA/CREF in April 1995 as Senior Consultant for Corporate Governance. Mr. West retired in 1995 as Chairman of the Board of Harris Bancorp, Inc. of Chicago after 38 years of service. He currently serves as a Co-Chairman of the $1 billion Campaign for Illinois. Mr. West has been active at the University of Chicago serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1985 to 1988. In 1988, he was awarded the University's Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree. Mr. West is past President of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was also Chairman of the Civic Committee of Chicago. He was Chairman of the United Way/Crusade of Mercy in Chicago in 1990. In October of 1997, Mr. West was elected to Chicago's Business Hall of Fame. He was elected Vice Chairman of the National Park Foundation in 1997 where he also serves as a Trustee. Mr. West has served on the Board of Motorola, Inc. since 1976. He is also a Director of The Pepper Companies, Inc., a privately-owned, commercial/institutional construction company. He was a Director of the Bank of Montreal from 1984-1994 and a member of the Chicago Stock Exchange Board of Governors from 1988-1994. Mr. West completed his MBA with highest honors from the University of Chicago in 1960.

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