Northwest Student Leadership Conference
Speakers & Forum
Each year, NWSLC brings in four keynote speakers from across the nation to speak about issues in postsecondary education and student activism. These speakers include activists, politicians, professors, and student organizers.
Stay tuned for updates on the 20th Annual NWSLC Speakers!!
2008 NWSLC will Feature:
Dr. Lloyd V Hackley
Dr. Hackley is currently President and CEO of Hackley and Associates. He has also served as President of North Carolina Community College System, served as chancellor (Interim) at North Carolina A&T State University, chancellor and tenured professor of both Fayetteville State University and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, vice president in the 16-campus University of North Carolina system, chair of the North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute, chair of the NC Methodist Home for Children, chair of the Arkansas Civil Rights Commission, and chair, for seven years, of the US President’s Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Dr. Hackley was also a faculty member in the Government Executive Institute at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of business. Hackley serves on the Board of Directors for four corporations.
NWSLC 2008 will also feature
Mayor-Elect Sam Adams- Portland Oregon
Elected to the Mayoral seat in a landslide election in May, 2008, Sam Adams is vocal advocate for public arts, well-planned transportation systems, economic development, urban environmental sustainability, and transparency and accountability in government.
Coming to City Council with working-class roots, Adams has been persistent in securing support within the city for Portland’s business sector. On the legislative level, Adams co-founded the Small Business Advisory Council, created the Neighborhood Business District Grant Program, and reformed the Business License Fee to be more encouraging of economic stability and development. In efforts to bring jobs to the region, he has effectively recruited many businesses, including the Banfield, Thortex, and Integra.
Our next NWSLC Speaker will be
Lisa Grove
Lisa Grove, Founder and Principal of Grove Insight, has been the lead strategist for political candidates, nonprofit organizations, corporations and labor unions. She has a reputation for providing rock-solid research and successful communications and outreach campaigns. Ms. Grove has knocked off two incumbents and prevailed on scores of ballot measures (her record is 58 and eight). She has also helped companies in crisis navigate through troubled waters and back onto safe footing. She is known for fretting the details while never losing sight of the big picture. And she almost always wins.
Ms. Grove has conducted polls and moderated hundreds of focus groups and dial test sessions for Presidential, Senatorial, and Gubernatorial candidates, including work for Vice President Gore and Bill Bradley; U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, John Glenn, Tom Daschle and Carl Levin; Oregon Governors Ted Kulongoski and Barbara Roberts; Washington Governor Chris Gregoire; Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano; and, Members of Congress Susan Davis, Darlene Hooley, David Wu, Peter DeFazio and Brian Baird. Ms. Grove also consulted to Cesar Gaviria’s successful bid for the Presidency of Colombia. Aside from being Ron Wyden’s political pollster, Ms. Grove was his Communications Director in the special election following Bob Packwood’s resignation where he was first elected to the Senate.
Our 2008 Student Speaker will be
Danielle Howard, University of Nevada- Las Vegas
Danielle Howard is a graduate student in the Higher Education Leadership Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is involved within the institution by working as a Graduate Assistant for Leadership Development and Service Programs as well as being the President for the Educational Leadership Association. During her undergraduate, Danielle attended Central Washington University, where she gained most of her experience within the David Wain Coon Center for Excellence in Leadership, Washington Student Lobby, and as the Vice President for Academic Affairs for the ASCWU Board of Directors. She graduated CWU with a Bachelor’s in Science in Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science. Danielle has a passion for student advocacy and involvement and plans to pursue a career in student affairs by dedicating her time to developing student leaders.
Check ut the speakers from NWSLC 2007:
Dave Rosenfeld, National Program Director for Student PIRGs’
Bryce McKibben, Full time student at University of Washington and President of the Washington Student Lobby
Representative Tina Kotek, Oregon State Representative, D-North/NE Portland District 44
Cyreena Boston, Consultant, Friends of Cyreena
For the first year ever NWSLC provided a table fair and networking time for students and conference supporters in place of our forum. This year time for students to network with staff, local and national organizations, and each other was a high priority to the 2007 steering committee. This networking time was a huge success! We will try to make time to include this table and network time in addition to our forum for NWSLC 2008!
Contact Info
Oregon Student Foundation
635 NE Dekum St.
Portland, OR 97211
Phone: 503-286-0477
Fax: 503-286-0924
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