State Legislative Leaders Foundation - Leadership Summit

"The Right Thing: Restoring Institutional Integrity and Regaining Public Trust"
September 17 - 20, 2009
Zig Ziglar Center for Ethical Leadership at Southern Nazarene University
Bethany, Oklahoma (Greater Oklahoma City)

It seems that almost every week or so there is a story about a public servant doing something wrong. A legislator agrees to vote for a bill in exchange for the promise of a job after he or she leaves office. A legislative leader helps a favored lobbyist and receives a not so secret gratuity in return. A Governor who ran on an ethics reform platform is charged with trading appointments for favors. Another “forgets” to report pro bono work done on her house by a contractor working on a state financed project. And a popularly elected judge accepts campaign contributions from a firm with a case before his court and chooses not to recuse himself.

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Featured Speakers
Faculty will include seasoned legislative leaders; James Ziglar, former Clerk of the United States Senate and longtime public servant; Brian Flanagan, Director of Training for Ziglar, Inc.; and Judy Nadler, former Mayor of Santa Clara, California and Senior Fellow in Government Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.

About SLLF

The State Legislative Leaders Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, independent national organization committed to providing specialized educational and enrichment programs for the leaders of our state legislatures — an elite group of approximately 350 House Speakers, Senate Presidents, Majority Leaders, Minority Leaders and Pro Tempores.