Leadership and Strategies: Transforming Their Organizations

Leadership and Strategies: Transforming Their Organizations HBCU Conference Alabama State University Monday, March 5, 2012

What does it take to transform an organization? Vision Courage Preparation Faith Charisma

Vision "The world is nothing in itself. Your mind must give it meaning. And what you behold upon it are your wishes, acted out so you can look on them and think them real.” – A Course in Miracles

Courage "Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.“ -- Harry Truman

Preparation “Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” – Vince Lombardi

Faith “Faith is daring the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see.”-- William Newton Clark

Charisma “The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.” -- John Buchan

Malcolm D. Jackson • Appointed to serve at EPA by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in June 2010 • Prior senior IT positions at CIGNA, Monsanto, Quaker Oats, General Dynamics, and Shell Oil Company • B.S. Jackson State University and M.B.A. from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management Assistant Secretary for the Environmental Information Office and Chief Information Officer at the US Environmental Protection Agency

Debora A. Plunkett • Appointed by the Director of NSA to serve as the focal point for Cyber Security, cryptography, and information systems security for all national security systems. • Prior senior IT positions at NSA and a Director on the National Security Council at the White House • B.S. Towson University, M.S. Johns Hopkins, M.S. National War College Director of the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency

Muriel E. Poston, PhD • Serves in the Education Directorate at NSF and is Professor in the Biology Department at Skidmore College. • Former Dean of the Faculty at Skidmore College, Professor in the Department of Biology/Botany at Howard University, Chair of Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering • B.A. Stanford University, M.A. and Ph.D. University of California at Los Angeles, J.D. University of Maryland Division Director for the Human Resources Division at the National Science Foundation

Wanda M. Gibson • Serves as Director of the Department of Information Technology for Fairfax County, VA serving over 1 million residents and constituents. • Prior private and public sector positions as a technology executive, former Chair of Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments CIO Committee, serves on several county-wide committees. • B.S. and M.B.A. Howard University, Advanced Certificates MIT Chief Technology Officer and Director of Information Technology for Fairfax County, Virginia

Let the transformation begin …

Leadership and Strategies: Transforming Their Organizations