Conference Agenda

Wednesday, June 25 

5:00 p.m.            Pre-Conference gathering at Leo & Leona’s

Thursday, June 26

7:30 a.m.           Registration and Continental breakfast

8:15 a.m.           Welcome and Opening Reflection – Passion & Purpose

                              Tom Thibodeau, Distinguished Professor of Servant Leadership at Viterbo University

8:30 a.m.           Servant Leadership: The Ho-Chunk Sacred Story 

                              Ryan Crain '24, Executive Director of Education, Ho-Chunk Nation

                              Jon Greendeer, President, Ho-Chunk Nation

9:30 a.m.            Housing: A Servant Leadership Approach

                              Chris Laurent ‘24, Cinnaire

10:15 a.m.          Break

10:35 a.m.         Interactive Activity

11:00 a.m.         A Little Empathy Goes A Long Way

                              Heather Schimmers, Gundersen Region President

11:50 a.m.        Lunch @ The Weber Center

1:00 p.m.          Purpose & Passion Through Words

                             Carolyn Colleen '07, '10, Founder of FIERCE Network

                             Neal Zygarlicke '11, '12, President of Badger Corrugating Company

                             Lauren Journot, Impact Director at La Crosse Area Community Foundation

1:50 p.m.           Interactive Activity

2:10 p.m.           The Culver’s Story

                              Jake Bowe, Owner/Operator of Culver’s

3:05 p.m.            Let Purpose Find You: A Skeptic’s Story

                              Frank Oswald, Faculty Member, Colombia University

3:55 p.m.            Closing

 

Friday, June 27

7:30 a.m.            Gathering and Continental breakfast

8:15 a.m.            Opening Activity – Leading & Serving with Passion & Purpose

                               Creating a Purpose Statement

8:30 a.m.            The Courage of Vulnerability: The Chileda Story

                                Derek Cortez, CEO of Chileda

9:15 a.m.           The Gift of Feedback

                              Misty Lown, Founder of Misty’s Dance Unlimited, More Than Just Great Dancing!®, Willow & Grace

                              Boutique, and the Chance To Dance Foundation

10:00 a.m.          Break

10:15 a.m.          Empathetic Imagination

                              James Bowey, Documentary Artist

11:30 a.m.          Interactive Activity

11:45 p.m.          Lunch @ The Cargill Room

12:45 p.m.         Purpose & Passion: Author’s Panel

                               Valerie Savage ‘22, Author

                              Martha Boehm ‘23, Author of Just Keep Growing: 25 Servant Leadership Lessons

                              Dennis Dean Ondrejka, Author

1:30 p.m.           Turning Tragedy Into Triumph

                              Lucas Herro, USA Para Archer

2:15 p.m.            Purpose and Passion: A Concert - Dan Sebranek, Mary Cortesi, Tim Kolek

3:00 p.m.           Closing Remarks