HU TO HOST EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

Hampton, VA - On Nov. 1 - 2, Hampton University will host the Executive Leadership Summit "Passing the Torch." The Summit is intended for aspiring college presidents and for those aspiring to other executive leadership positions.

Dr. William R. Harvey, President of Hampton University for a quarter of a century, has not only moved the University to higher levels of academic and fiscal excellence, but has assumed the mantle of bridge builder to others who aspire to become college presidents or to assume other executive leadership positions. During the past decade, nine members from Hampton's executive team have become presidents at other institutions, carrying with them professional tenets from the Harvey Executive Leadership Model.

Last year at the first annual Leadership Summit, the former Hampton University executives, who are now presidents at other institutions, served as Summit presenters. They shared with aspiring leaders components of the Harvey Executive Leadership Model that they have found critical in their current presidency positions.

This year's presenters include: Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, President and Chief Executive Officer of The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education; Dr. Norman C. Francis, President of Xavier University of Louisiana; Dr. Sarah E. Moten, Education Division Chief, Education for Development and Democracy Initiatives USAID; Dr. Grace E. Harris, Provost Emerita, Virginia Commonwealth University and Alan E. Gollihue, President and Executive Director of the Portsmouth General Hospital Foundation.

Participants will have an opportunity to openly discuss critical challenges one faces in executive roles as well as engage in interactive sessions as to how one moves into, advances and survives in such high level positions. The goal of the presenters is to pass the Executive Torch as it was passed to them. Participants are invited to join the Academic Relay.

The Summit will provide opportunities for aspiring executive officers to hear first-hand, those challenges that top executives face as well as to be exposed to the range of strategies that current leaders have found successful. The Summit will also assist tomorrow's leaders in the development of strategies for accomplishing personal and professional goals; and provide professional development and retooling for those who aspire to maintain excellence in their current leadership positions.

The Summit will take place at the HU Student Center. The cost is $600 which includes continental breakfast and lunch on Nov. 1 and 2, dinner cruise on the Spirit of Norfolk on Nov. 1 and closing banquet on Nov. 2. Onsite registration will be accepted.

For more information on the Summit, call 757-727-5201 or send e-mail to martha.dawson@hamptonu.edu.