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executive director of UNICEF at the organization’s global headquarters in New York. From 1984 through 1988, he was Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations. Lewis was an elected member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1963 to1978. In 1970, he became the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, during which time he led the Official Opposition. Lewis co-chairs the Leadership Programme Committee for the XVII International AIDS Conference, which will be held in Mexico City in August 2008. He

1957 PLU graduate, Foege’s talk, titled “From Smallpox to HIV/AIDS: The Changing Face of Global Health,” is slated for Friday, Feb. 22 at 11:15 a.m. in Chris Knutzen Hall. Foege is widely recognized as a leader in the successful eradication of smallpox in the 1970s. He has championed many issues, but child survival and development, injury prevention, population, preventive medicine and public health leadership are of special interest, particularly in the developing world. A strong proponent of

, representative from PROSA (Promotores de Salud en Defensa de la Vida del Pueblo), providing healthcare in remote areas of Oaxaca, Mexico Scott Jackson, vice president of the external relations team at the international nonprofit PATH Carol Koller, with 27 years of fund raising and development leadership experience, she is presently with Medical Teams International Lindsay Leeder, family nurse practitioner, Krista Colleague and former Jesuit Volunteer Corps member Connie McCloud, who has worked for the

which she’ll graduate this summer. Recently, the Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy named her the 2008 Student of the Year, an honor given to only one student in the state. “It’s pretty humbling,” Montgomery said. Selected by her peers and professors, the nomination letter hailed Montgomery’s academic excellence, clinical abilities, leadership skills and unique contributions to the program, including promoting multiracial issues, her compassion and her ability to make others feel

with, and I have an obligation to serve,” he explained. “I want to do what I’m suppose to do and find out how to get there.” He got a chance to talk with students from across the United States who are struggling with similar questions of vocation when he was named a recipient of the Fund for Theological Education Undergraduate Fellowship. The competitive fellowship recognizes students who have gifts for leadership and are exploring the possibility of ministry as a vocation. Only 50 were awarded to

her current position at Loyola University Chicago. At Loyola, Ross became a full professor in the theology department in 2002 and the director of the Ann Ida Gannon, BVM, Center for Women and Leadership in 2006. Established in 2005, the David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture honors and continues the contributions to PLU of alumnus and longtime religion faculty member David R. Knutson and his wife Marilyn. Inspired by David Knutson’s deeply faithful, intellectually rigorous, world-engaged theological

trips had a huge impact on my leadership journey,”she says. The Toyota system focuses on a fast-paced work environment, but also one where leaders are expected to be open with their employees. And advice for newly-minted nurses? Prepare yourself for change, Tachibana says. In fact, embrace it. “You have to keep your mind open to what society needs and to learn new things,” she says. Looking back as to why she entered nursing, Tachibana, 56, says she actually started thinking about nursing as a

and Leadership at PLU, started his teaching career at the Frances Haddon Morgan Center, a state institution in Bremerton, which closed earlier this year. At the time, it served autistic children ages 3 to 13. “That was my first introduction really to teaching and being responsible for the instructional management of kids with those types of disabilities,” Williams said. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCaTNPMKwgQ Thirty-seven years later, Williams is still doing this work. “I’m still working with

received the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the U.S., in recognition for his leadership in the effort to eradicate smallpox. In today’s every-changing world, the students here will make those next contributions to the world, Krise said. What that world looks like is up to them. The students here are charged with living a life caring about others, the community and the earth, he said. “A college education makes it more possible to live a well lived-life – a life of achievement and

. “That was my 15 seconds of baseball fame,” Krise said dryly to the standing room only crowd in Morken Center in late November during the State Farm MBA Executive Leadership Series at PLU. But, Krise said, it’s always good to say “yes” to new opportunities, even if it puts you in totally unfamiliar situations. This particular situation offered her a chance to play against some baseball greats, such as Catfish Hunter, Brooks Robinson and Yogi Berra – a chance she wouldn’t have otherwise had. Krise