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SPEAKERS
 Lance
Secretan, one of the world’s foremost strategists and
leadership advisors, brings passion and courage to his cause—to
change the world by reawakening spirit and values in the workplace.
Lance’s brilliance as a teacher and storyteller is showcased
in his work as an electrifying and unique thought-leader,
public speaker, “coaches’ coach”, and bestselling
author. In his breakthrough work on leadership and inspiration,
Lance has the uncanny ability to foretell, discern, and translate
concepts while holding the mega-view.
Secretan's
life is one of exceptional experiences and contribution. Wisdom
drawn from years as a corporate executive, academic, humanitarian,
coach, father, and husband, makes his perspectives invaluable.
He holds an M.A. (cum laude) from the University of Southern
California and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics.
Lance
Secretan is the international best-selling author of thirteen
books that revolutionize leadership theories—his latest
offering, ONE: The Art and Practice of Conscious Leadership,
will be published in April 2006. He is an award-winning columnist,
currently contributing a monthly column to Worthwhile Magazine
(www.whorthwhilemag.com).
Voted one of the nation's top ten speakers, and one of the
twenty-first century's most influential, Secretan loves to
capture the attention and excitement of audiences around the
world.
Dr. Secretan works with an exceptional worldwide faculty to
guide the transformation of people and organizations. One
in five of Industry Week's 100 Best-Managed Companies are
among his clients.
Dr. Brian McNulty has
a Ph.D. in Special Education Administration and Public Administration.
He is currently Vice-President of Field Services at McREL
(Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning), responsible
for coordinating all of McREL’s consulting, training,
and technical assistance in the region, nationally, and abroad;
and providing leadership in developing new programs and services
which serve to implement the results of McREL’s applied
research and development. He has over 30 years experience
in education, with a focus on leadership, special education
and compensatory services in K 12, state departments of education,
and school settings. Prior to joining McREL, Dr. McNulty served
as Executive Director of Educational Services, Adams County
School District 14, Commerce City, Colorado. In this position
he was responsible for the leadership, administration, supervision
and direction of staff, programs, and resources of the Division
of Educational Services. He is a former Assistant Commissioner
of Education at the Colorado Department of Education. Dr.
McNulty’s areas of expertise include leadership development,
school effectiveness and improvement, early childhood education,
and special education. He has published and lectured extensively
in these areas.
 Daria
Hall is a Senior Policy Analyst
for the Education Trust, a Washington, D.C.-based organization
dedicated to raising the academic achievement of poor and
minority students. Her primary responsibilities include monitoring
state accountability systems, analyzing state-, district-,
and school-level assessment results, and assisting educators,
parents, and advocates in using data to improve schools. Daria
is a member of the National Governors Association Task Force
on State High School Graduation Data.
 Brooke
Haycock, Artist-in-Residence
with the Education Trust, is a playwright and actor with a
background in student organizing. Characterized as provocative,
edgy and brutally honest, her one woman shows have been used
with groups of students, parents, teachers, school administrators,
higher ed faculty and administrators, policymakers and advocates
alike to spark honest dialogue and focus energies around some
of the most pressing and emotionally charged issues we face
in American education today.
 Michael
P. Flanagan, State Superintendent of Public Instruction,
State of Michigan
Mike
Flanagan was appointed State Superintendent of Public Instruction
by the State Board of Education on May 18, 2005. He directs
the Michigan Department of Education; chairs the State Board
of Education; and advises the State Board of Education, the
Governor, and the state Legislature regarding public education
in Michigan.
Prior to his appointment, Mr. Flanagan served as the Executive
Director of MASA and MAISA. He has been honored as Executive
Director Emeritus by those organizations.
For the previous seven years, Mr. Flanagan served as the Superintendent
of the Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA). Wayne
RESA serves nearly 500,000 children in the more than three
dozen diverse communities of Wayne County. Nearly 180,000
of the county’s children live in poverty, which poses
a great challenge to the education system. He pushed RESA
to address this challenge, as demonstrated by the agency’s
mission of “Leading…Learning for All,” with
primary focus on the word “all.”
Mr.
Flanagan was Superintendent of the Farmington / Farmington
Hills School District in Michigan for five years, prior to
Wayne RESA. He is past chairperson of the Education Alliance
of Michigan, a nonprofit coalition of leading parent, business,
and education associations; past president of the National
County Superintendents Association; and past member of the
Michigan Commission on Asia in the Schools. In addition, he
served on former Michigan Gov. John Engler’s Reading
Plan for Michigan Council; and was appointed Education Commissioner
on the Detroit 300 Commission by former Detroit Mayor Dennis
Archer.
Mr. Flanagan currently serves on the boards of the North Central
State Committee; the Michigan Virtual University; and the
North Central Regional Educational Laboratories (NCREL).
 Jim
Ballard has 35 years of experience in the K-12 public
education arena. The majority of this was spent in Michigan
but includes experience in North Dakota and Illinois. He holds
a BS in Education with certification in Special Education
and Elementary Education; a MS in counseling; and, an Ed.
S. in Educational Administration from Central Michigan University.
He has been a self-contained classroom teacher for special
education students, a Type “C” Consultant, a school
social worker, and at the age of twenty-eight became an elementary
principal. For 15 years he worked as a building principal
at the elementary, middle level, and high school levels. Spending
nine of those years as a high school principal. In 1988 he
began his association career as a staff member with the Michigan
Association of Secondary School Principals. In 1996 he became
the Executive Director for MASSP. In his position he spends
a great deal of his time representing the secondary principals
and speaking on their behalf to the Michigan Legislature and
State Board of Education.
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DIRECTIONS
TO GRAND TRAVERSE RESORT
100 Grand Traverse Village Boulevard
P.O. Box 404
Acme, MI 49610
800-236-1577
From
Detroit:
Take I-75 north through Saginaw, until you reach M-72. Go
west on M-72 at the Grayling exit, then approx. 30-35 miles
through Kalkaska into Acme. Go north on US-31 about 1/2 mile.
Resort will be on the east (rt.) side of the road.
From
Indianapolis:
Take US-31 north to 80/90. Go east on 80/90 to US-131. Continue
north to M-72. Go west on M-72 approx. 15 miles. Go north
on US-31 about 1/2 mile. Resort will be on the east (rt.)
side of the road.
Map
From
Lansing:
Take route 27 north to exit 254 this exit will turn into M-72.
Go west on M-72 approx. 35-40 miles. Go north on US-31 about
1/2 mile. Resort will be on the east (rt.) side of the road.
From
Cherry Capital Airport:
Take Airport Access Road north through the light to US-31
and turn right (north). Go north on US-31 approximately 10
minutes to the intersection of US-31 and M-72. Continue through
the light and the resort will be on the right side of the
highway.
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