Committee for a Better New Orleans/Metropolitan Area Committee
Announces Opening of Nominations for 2007 Metropolitan Leadership Forum
Future Leaders Sought for Challenging, Stimulating Program
With New Orleans still facing myriad challenges, the Committee for a Better New Orleans/Metropolitan Area Committee (CBNO/MAC) announces the opening of nominations for the 2007 Metropolitan Leadership Forum. First initiated some four decades ago, the Metropolitan Leadership Forum includes among its graduates leaders in every aspect of New Orleans life, including government, education, business, faith, and the nonprofit sector. This year’s class will join approximately two thousand fellow alumni in serving as a tremendous resource to the community.
The Leadership Forum begins September 10 with a bus tour of the city, designed to give participants an overview of the problems and the opportunities ahead. Additional session topics include Human Relations, Housing, Education, Public Safety, Economic and Workforce Development, Regionalism, Transportation, City Management, and Health Care. Each session features two or three guest speakers with expertise and experience in the topic at hand, followed by lively question-and-answer sessions.
Another key feature of the Leadership Forum is the class project. Participants will design their own community service project in either education or housing, to experience first-hand the power of volunteerism. Upon completion of the Forum, graduates are also given information on how to link up with organizations that match their interests – and two will be invited to serve on the CBNO/MAC Board of Directors.
Any member of the community may nominate candidates for the Leadership Forum, and self-nominations are welcome; nomination forms may be found on the CBNO/MAC web site, www.cbno.org. The nomination deadline is August 3, 2007. There is no cost for participating in the Forum, which is underwritten by a variety of sponsors and a dedicated endowment. Sponsorships for the 2007 Leadership Forum are still available. Sponsors for the 2006 Forum included Harrah’s New Orleans Casino, the Reily Foundation, the Fair Grounds Race Course, the New Orleans Literacy Alliance, McGlinchey Stafford, Jones Walker, the Heymann Fund, and the Zemurray Foundation.
For more information about the 2007 Metropolitan Leadership Forum, please contact Keith Twitchell, President, CBNO/MAC, at (504) 943-7970 |
