Senior Executives in State and Local Government


Program Session(s):
June 7, 2010 - June 25, 2010
July 5, 2010 - July 23, 2010

Application Deadline: April 09, 2010

Program Fee: $11,200

Program fee includes:
tuition, housing, curricular materials, and most meals.

Please note that both sessions Senior Executives in State and Local Government will begin on a Monday in 2010.

See the Admission section for fellowship information.


WHO SHOULD APPLY

The program is especially beneficial for senior-level executives from state, county and local government as well as their elected counterparts. Executives working with state and local governments – including non-profit organizations, national associations, and private corporations – will also find the program extremely valuable. Professional expertise and experience is critical to the learning process and each session’s members reflect a broad spectrum of functional responsibilities and geographical diversity.

"An important strength of the State and Local program is its ability to attract participants from a wide range of organizational settings and individual and community backgrounds. Much classroom discussion -- as well as time spent in quiet conversations outside the class -- focuses on how best to engage in difficult communication across boundaries that can -- and often do undermine effective public policy deliberations. Historically policy conversations that involve issues of race, class, ethnicity and gender have proven to be difficult, but more recently this list has grown to include emerging issues related to sexual orientation and the appropriate role of religion in public life. Too often policy policy deliberations remain stuck in the safe harbor of simply assessing the technical aspects of alternative approaches, but fail to engage in equally important explorations across the so-called "values divide." Guided by the notion "what is said in the classroom, stays in the classroom,"over the years the State and Local Program has exposed participants to new ways of engaging in these difficult value-ladened discussions, and in doing so has helped to equip participants to exercise the leadership needed to address pressing policy challenges that confront our increasingly diverse communities." Bill Apgar- Faculty Member

Representative participant titles from past programs:

State Senator

Chief Financial Officer

State Representative

Chief Information Officer

City Manager

County Supervisor

Deputy City Manager

Director

Assistant City Manager

Manager

City Clerk

Commisssioner of Health

County Commissioner

Inspector General

County Supervisor

City Planner

City Council Member

Budget Officer

City Controller

Senior Public Affairs Advisor

Mayor

Executive Director

Vice Mayor

General Counsel

Deputy Mayor

Chief of Police

Town Manager

Deputy Chief of Police

Undersecretary

Fire Chief

City Administrator

Deputy Fire Chief

County Treasurer

Division Chief

Deputy Secretary of State

Battalion Chief

Commissioner

Medical Director

Deputy Commissioner

Sheriff

Secretary

Inspector

Assistant Secretary

Deputy Superintendent

Auditor General

Chief of Staff

Comptroller

Public Affairs Officer

Deputy Attorney General

Public Affairs Manager

Senior Policy Advisor

Principal Consultant

Risk Manager

Member of Parliament

Administrator

Assistant Vice President of State and Federal

Deputy Administrator

Government Relations

EMS Chief

 


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