Nonprofit Studies Program
ELPNO 2007
2007
The Nonprofit Studies Program, in collaboration with the Georgia Center for Nonprofits and the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University, offered a new Executive Program in Nonprofit Organizations for 37 current and aspiring nonprofit CEOs, June 24-29, 2007. Nonprofit executives participated from Georgia, Florida, India and Africa.
The faculty included national scholars such as Dr. Virginia Hodgkinson from Georgetown University, Prof. John Bryson from the University of Minnesota and Prof. Janet Greenlee from the University of Dayton, as well as Prof. Peter Topping and Edward Queen from Emory University, and Profs. Harvey Newman, Michael Mescon and Dennis Young from the Andrew Young School. Luncheon and dinner speakers included Dr. John Seffrin of the American Cancer Society, Mr. Sam Pettway of Boardwalk Consulting and Ms. Trinita Logue of the Illinois Facilities Fund. Local expert instructors included John Bare of the Blank Foundation, Karen Beavor of the Georgia Center, Sid Kirschner of the Davis Academy, Bill Bolling of the Atlanta Foodbank, Donna Buchanan of Junior Achievement, Neil Sklarew of the Georgia Center, Laura Lee Clinton of CARE, John O'Kane of Coxe Curry and Janet Rechtman of Rechtman Consulting. The focus of the program was strategic thinking, finance and leadership. The UPS Foundation and several law and consulting firms provided scholarships.