Leadership Through Adversity

at a new location, the Oasis Conference Center

on Thursday, May 12, 2005

Register and make payment on-line by Monday, May 9, 2005.

What Makes This Year's Conference So Special?

• An exceptional line-up of speakers from very diverse backgrounds and perspectives on the theme of the day
• Well known Keynote speakers from within local community
• Dynamic, interactive concurrent sessions with specialist in forensic dentistry, terrorism, humanitarian relief and media professionalism

What You Will Take Away With You:

• A deeper understanding of leadership in the face of adversity
• Positive solutions enabling more successful results when leading under difficult circumstances

 

About the Speakers

MARVIN LEWIS   Marvin Lewis is in his second season as Bengals head coach, following a 2003 campaign which saw him lead a new wave of enthusiasm among supporters of the Orange and Black.      The Bengals posted an 8-8 record in Lewis' first season, rising from 2-14 in 2002, and fans turned out in record numbers at Paul Brown Stadium. The four largest crowds in team history were included in a total of five sellouts, and total regular season attendance was an all-time high of 479,488.      The team's accomplishments included: The biggest improvement among all NFL clubs in 2003 (six more wins than in '02.) The second-largest one-season improvement in Bengals history (the 1988 team went 12-4 following a 4-11 record in '87). Only the third instance (among 17 possibilities) of an NFL team finishing at .500 or better the year after a 2-14 season.     Lewis finished second behind New England's Bill Belichick in Associated Press voting for NFL Coach of the Year. The Bengals finished second in the AFC North Division, and their playoff hopes were very much alive entering the season's final weekend. (more...)

ALICIA REECE   Alicia Reece became the youngest woman in history to be elected (at large) to Cincinnati City Council at the age of 28, in November of 1999. She chairs the Health, Social & Children Services, Small Business Development, Employment & Training Committee and sits on the Finance and Community Development & Intergovernmental Affairs Committees.      As a businesswoman, Ms. Reece serves as Vice President of her family-owned business, Communiplex Promotions and Reece & Reece Enterprises, and was selected as the Business Courier's Forty "Under 40" Business Leaders (2000).      Ms. Reece, who has been featured in Ebony and Jet magazine, is the host of her own weekly popular radio talk show along with father, Steven Reece (Alicia Reece & Steve Reece, Back to Back), on Sundays from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., on WDBZ 1230AM.      Ms. Reece's leadership skills have been recognized throughout the city and country. She was selected as an Emerging Leader by Applause Magazine (1997). Ms. Reece served as the 1998 Minority Coordinator for the "Get Out To Vote" Campaign in Hamilton County. As the coordinator, she organized events featuring the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., Congressman John Conyers, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Congressman Charlie Rangle, Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., plus local and state elected officials. Ms. Reece is the founder of the annual "Stop The Violence" program where she brings high school students, city officials, and the Cincinnati police to work together to reduce violence in the city. (more...)

FRANK WRIGHT   Dr. Franklin D. Wright is a Forensic Dental Consultant with a full time family practice in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a graduate of the College of Dentistry at the University of Kentucky.      Dr. Wright has published articles in the Cincinnati Dental Society “Bulletin”, the Manual of Forensic Odontology, and the Journal of Forensic Sciences.      He has lectured on a variety of topics at numerous workshops, teacher in-service and continuing education training sessions, and dental society meetings across the United States, and in Central and South America.      His affiliations include the American Board of Forensic Odontology, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the International College of Dentists, the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, and the PANDA Coalition. He has held several offices in many organizations.      Dr. Wright has been involved in litigation, both in civil and criminal cases, as well as the review of many cases that were not litigated. His research interests include the photo-documentation of patterned injuries using non-visible light, and digital imaging and enhancement. (more...)

ED BRIDGEMAN   Professor Ed Pridgeman joined the University of Cincinnati Police in 1970 and served progressively as a Detective, Sergeant and Lieutenant before being appointed Chief in 1977. Prior to this he was a Special Investigator for the Hamilton Co. Juvenile Court.      In addition to graduating from the FBI National Academy, he has attended the US Secret Service Protective Operations Course, the University of Chicago Institute of Social Pathology, the Federal Law Enforcement Advanced Anti-Terrorism Management Course and the FBI's Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar. He has attended and contributed to numerous International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) seminars on protective services and mass violence. Prof. Bridgeman has also served as a consultant to the IACP and the International Assoc. of Bomb Technicians and was Director of the Ohio Hazardous Device Training Project. He is an advisor on Terrorism training to the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy and the Hamilton and Clermont County Emergency Management Agencies, a staff consultant to the Hamilton Co. SWAT Team and a former member of the IACP Committee on Terrorism and the IACP Advisory Committee on International Policy, Prof. Bridgeman has published several articles on Terrorism and Police Administration. In 1998 he was appointed to the US Attorney General's Working Group on Hate Crimes and is one of those representing Clermont County on the Ohio Emergency Management Agency's Domestic Preparedness for Terrorism Program. (more...)

BRIAN BERTKE   Brian Bertke is the Director of Corporate Programs at Matthew 25: Ministries and the Center for Humanitarian Relief located in Blue Ash, Ohio. Brian's responsibilities include developing relationships with U.S. corporations and establishing in-kind donation programs. Some of the companies that partner with Matthew 25: Ministries include Avon, Beiersdorf, Cintas, Jergens, Longaberger, MeadWestvaco, Procter & Gamble and Smucker's.      Brian is also responsible for establishing cohesiveness with other non-profit agencies so that resources and programs can be maximized and a greater number of people can be served. He is also currently planning a fund raiser which will involve climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania which will benefit children in several African nations. (more...)

JOE NUXHALL   Cincinnati Reds broadcast legend and former pitcher Joe Nuxhall became an announcer for the Reds when he retired from baseball in 1967. Since then, he has endeared himself to Reds fans as a valuable part of the most colorful and longest running radio broadcasting tandem in baseball.      In all, "The Ol' Lefthander" has spent 38 years in the broadcast booth and experienced many exciting moments. He described the action during the Reds five World Series appearances and World Championships in 1975, 1976 and 1990. He also was heard rooting Pete Rose's historic 4,192nd base hit to the turf at Riverfront Stadium with his famous "get down, get down" call.      Nuxhall has broadcasted games from each of the three stadiums the stadiums the Reds have called home: Crosley Field, Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field and the three-year-old Great American Ballpark. The words from his signature sign-off, "Rounding Third and Heading for Home," adorn the façade of Great American Ballpark for all of Cincinnati to see.      He became the youngest player to ever play Major League Baseball in 1944. On special permission from his Hamilton High School principal, the then 15-year-old pitcher signed a contract with the Reds. He yielded five runs and five walks while retiring two batters in major league debut. (more...)

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