April 2, 2019

Contact Rick Kyte at 608-796-3704 or rlkyte@viterbo.eduor Nicole Van Ert at 608-796-3616 or nmvanert@viterbo.edu

VITERBO UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP AT NOON SERIES TO FEATURE LEADERETHICS-WISCONSIN FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR LEE RASCH APRIL 16

LA CROSSE, Wis. – Lee Rasch, founder and executive director of LeaderEthics-Wisconsin, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization committed to promoting ethical leadership among elected officials, will conclude the Viterbo University Leadership at Noon Series for the academic year Tuesday, April 16 in Reinhart Center 107.

LeaderEthics-Wisconsin promotes following the Four Key Principles of Ethical Leadership. Ethical leaders arehonest and truthful,transparent with public information,unifiers rather than dividers, andwilling to represent the collective interests of their constituency.

Rasch served as president of Western Technical College from 1989–2017. Throughout his career, he has actively promoted leadership development, continuous improvement, economic development and sustainability at the national, statewide, and local levels. Rasch was also chair of the Legislative Committee for the Wisconsin Technical College System for more than 15 years. He has a doctorate in higher education administration from Illinois State University.

All Leadership at Noon series events are held from noon–1 p.m. in the Reinhart Center and are free and open to the public. Audience members are welcome to bring their own lunch or purchase a boxed lunch for $5. The Leadership at Noon series is sponsored by the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership and the Dahl School of Business at Viterbo University. For a complete schedule of Ethics Institute events, visit www.viterbo.edu/ethics.

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