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The Power and Practice of Servant Leadership

The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership is pleased to announce its premiere Denver Event
Seminar (1:00pm-5:30pm)
Reception (5:30pm-7pm)

Thursday October 23, 2008
St. Cajetans on the Auraria Campus in Denver, Colorado

Three national leaders will share their journeys and insights on the practice of servant leadership.

The individual cost of attendance for this event is $49 per person.
Special Sponsoring opportunities are available.

Individual registrations:    http://www.greenleaf.org/catalog/seminars.html
Group registrations and sponsorships contact Juana Bordas @ mestizalead@aol.com

Presenters
Dr.Kent M. Keith, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Kent M. Keith has been an attorney, a state government official, a high tech park developer, a university president, a YMCA executive, author, and Rhodes Scholar. Dr. Keith is known internationally as the author of the Paradoxical Commandments, first published in 1968 as a booklet for student leaders. He has published three books about the commandments, including Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments, a national bestseller that was translated into 16 languages. His most recent book is The Case for Servant Leadership, published by the Greenleaf Center. Dr. Keith has been featured in The New York Times, People magazine, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Family Circle. He has appeared on dozens of TV shows and more than 90 radio programs in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

JackLowe, Board Chair TDIndustires
JackLowe served as the CEO and Board Chair of TDIndustries, a national mechanical and plumbing construction and facility service company headquartered in Dallas. For nine consecutive years the company has appeared in the Fortune magazine list of the 100 best companies to work. Jack attributes the trust that underpins their success to the employee-owned company's servant leader philosophy, in which all 1300 employees are partners. Jack serves on numerous corporate and non-profit boards, including Zale Corporation, Drew Industries, Texas Business and Education Coalition, and the Center for Reform of School Systems. He is the President of the Greenleaf Center Board of Trustees and President of the Board of the DallasIndependentSchool District. Jack is the recipient of many awards, including the national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Principle-Centered Leadership.

Juana Bordas, President - Mestiza Leadership International
Mestiza Leadership International focuses on leadership, diversity, and organizational change. Juana is a former faculty member for the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), and taught in the Leadership Development Program, the most highly utilized executive program in the world. As founding President/CEO of the National Hispana Leadership Institute she forged partnerships with Harvard's JFK School of Government and CCL to provide training for Hispanic women. Juana is a founder of Mi Casa Women's Center and served as executive director until 1986. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame and received the 2008 MartinLutherKing Jr.Award for Social Responsibility. Juana served as an advisor to the Harvard Journal on Hispanic Policy and the Kellogg National Leadership Program. She is vice-chair of the GreenleafCenter for Servant Leadership and author of Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age.

Learn to Lead as a Servant Leader
Seminar Overview: Jack Lowe, chairman of TDIndustires, Dr. Kent Keith, President of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, and Juana Bordas, President of Mestiza Leadership International will share their journeys in Servant Leadership and discuss strategies for practicing and implementing servant leadership in organizations and communities.

Networking Event: The Board of Directors of the Greenleaf Center will meet 150 Denver leaders from business, government, nonprofits, and leadership organizations. The intent is to strengthen the Servant Leader network in the metro Denver area and to increase diversity and partnerships with communities of color.

Take Advantage of this great opportunity to learn how to lead as a Servant Leader, increase and know how to lead diversity, and network with hundreds of leaders in the Denver area! Find out more at Greenleaf.org.
Juana Bordas Vice Chair Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership Author Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age