Presenters
Dr. Kent M. Keith
Chief Executive Officer - The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership
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.
Jack Lowe
Board Chair TDIndustires
Jack Lowe 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 Dallas Independent School 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 Martin Luther King 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-president of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership and author of Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age.
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