{"id":29398,"date":"2021-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/government-leadership-advisory-council\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T16:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:19:28","slug":"government-leadership-advisory-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/our-solutions\/leadership-and-collaboration\/networks\/government-leadership-advisory-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Leadership Advisory Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:24%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">MORE PARTNERSHIP<br>NETWORKS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-pps-gutenberg-blocks-button pps-button rectangular_without_border tertiary with-icon p-0 m-0 text-left 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before\"><\/i><span>Back to Leadership and Collaboration<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"government-leadership-advisory-council\">Government Leadership Advisory Council<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">The Government Leadership Advisory Council helps us equip public service leaders with the knowledge, tools and relationships they need to succeed. The council is composed of leaders who have worked across sectors and offer unique perspectives on leadership in government, including former Fortune 500 CEOs, eminent academic scholars and former Cabinet secretaries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">The council&nbsp;informs our leadership development strategy and helped us design the <a href=\"\/leadership\/public-service-leadership-model\/\">Public Service Leadership Model<\/a>, which outlines the standards public service leaders must meet to address modern challenges and workforce needs. Our council members often share their expert recommendations to help leaders overcome their management challenges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:24%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:1%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chair\">Chair<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"block351088\" class=\"pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts display-button display-outline hide-more-button\" data-slider=\"false\">\r\n\t<div class=\"resources-wrapper row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-type=\"none\" class=\"card item row has-no-link  none pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts display-button display-outline hide-more-button has-image\" data-link=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='first-column col-12 col-md-4 mb-md-0 mb-4'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class='thumb' style=\"background:url(https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DougConant240x240.png) no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;\" href=\"\/staff\/doug-conant\/\" target=\"\" title=\"Doug Conant\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hide-text\">Thumbnail for Doug Conant<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='second-column col-12 col-md-8 px-3'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content size-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title size-regular bold   \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/staff\/doug-conant\/\" target=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDoug Conant\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Founder and CEO, ConantLeadership<br \/>\nFormer CEO and President, Campbell Soup Company<br \/>\nBoard Member, Partnership for Public Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Douglas (Doug) R. Conant is the only former Fortune 500 CEO who is a New York Times bestselling author, a Top 50 leadership Innovator, a Top 100 Leadership Speaker, and a Top 100 Most Influential Author in the World. He was the president and CEO of the Campbell Soup Company from 2001 to 2011. Upon retiring in 2011, he founded ConantLeadership \u2014 a mission-driven community of leaders and learners who are championing leadership that works in the 21st century.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"link\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-outline-primary\" href=\"\/staff\/doug-conant\/\" target=\"\" title=\"Doug Conant\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFull bio\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-council-members\">Council Members<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"block402185\" class=\"pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts hide-button display-outline hide-more-button\" data-slider=\"false\">\r\n\t<div class=\"resources-wrapper row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-type=\"none\" class=\"card item row has-no-link  none pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts hide-button display-outline hide-more-button has-image\" data-link=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='first-column col-12 col-md-4 mb-md-0 mb-4'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class='thumb' style=\"background:url(https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AmyEdmonson240x240.jpeg) no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;\" href=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"Amy Edmondson\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hide-text\">Thumbnail for Amy Edmondson<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='second-column col-12 col-md-8 px-3'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content size-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title size-regular bold   \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmy Edmondson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis professor of leadership and management at the Harvard Business School, a chair position established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society. She studies teaming, psychological safety and leadership. Previously, as the director of research at Pecos River Learning Centers, Amy worked on transformational change in large companies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-type=\"none\" class=\"card item row has-no-link  none pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts hide-button display-outline hide-more-button has-image\" data-link=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='first-column col-12 col-md-4 mb-md-0 mb-4'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class='thumb' style=\"background:url(https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/anthony-foxx-1000x1500-1-e1745869325619.jpeg) no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;\" href=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"Anthony Foxx\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hide-text\">Thumbnail for Anthony Foxx<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='second-column col-12 col-md-8 px-3'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content size-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title size-regular bold   \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnthony Foxx\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Director of Harvard Kennedy School&#8217;s Center for Public Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Foxx is the Emma Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He previously served as the 17th U.S. Secretary of Transportation where he led the agency\u2019s effort to advance new transportation technologies, promote public private partnerships, and address past inequities in transportation decision-making using executive authority. Prior to his tenure at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Anthony served as Mayor of Charlotte, the 54th and city\u2019s youngest in the history of the city.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-type=\"none\" class=\"card item row has-no-link  none pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts hide-button display-outline hide-more-button has-image\" data-link=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='first-column col-12 col-md-4 mb-md-0 mb-4'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class='thumb' style=\"background:url(https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BernieBanksPortrait240x240.jpeg) no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;\" href=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"Bernie Banks\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hide-text\">Thumbnail for Bernie Banks<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='second-column col-12 col-md-8 px-3'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content size-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title size-regular bold   \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBernie Banks\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Director of Rice University\u2019s Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Professor in the Practice of Leadership, University\u2019s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business. Retired Brigadier General, U.S. Army<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bernard (Bernie) Banks is a noted expert on the subjects of leadership and organizational change. Currently, he is the Director of Rice University\u2019s Doerr Institute for New Leaders and a Professor in the Practice of Leadership. Most recently, Bernie served on the faculty and senior leadership team at Northwestern University\u2019s Kellogg School of Management from 2016-2024 before\u00a0arriving at Rice.\u00a0In addition to having studied leadership extensively, he has led multiple military units ranging in size from 10 to 500 people since 1988.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-type=\"none\" class=\"card item row has-no-link  none pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts hide-button display-outline hide-more-button has-image\" data-link=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='first-column col-12 col-md-4 mb-md-0 mb-4'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class='thumb' style=\"background:url(https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Betsy-Myers.jpg) no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;\" href=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"Betsy Myers\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hide-text\">Thumbnail for Betsy Myers<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='second-column col-12 col-md-8 px-3'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content size-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title size-regular bold   \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBetsy Myers\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Senior Advisor, Warren Bennis Leadership Institute at the University of Cincinnati<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Betsy\u00a0Myers is a renowned expert on emerging leadership trends and women\u2019s leadership and is the author of\u00a0<i>Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire, and Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You.\u00a0<\/i>In addition to being a senior adviser to two U.S. presidents, her extensive leadership background also includes roles at the U.S. Small Business Administration, including heading the Office of Women&#8217;s Business Ownership. Previously, she was the founding director of the Center for Women and Business at Bentley University and the executive director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard&#8217;s Kennedy School.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-type=\"none\" class=\"card item row has-no-link  none pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts hide-button display-outline hide-more-button has-image\" data-link=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='first-column col-12 col-md-4 mb-md-0 mb-4'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class='thumb' style=\"background:url(https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BobMcDonald240x240-1.jpeg) no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;\" href=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"Bob McDonald\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hide-text\">Thumbnail for Bob McDonald<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='second-column col-12 col-md-8 px-3'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content size-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title size-regular bold   \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBob McDonald\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Former Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs<br \/>\nRetired Chairman, President and CEO, The Procter and Gamble Company<br \/>\nBoard Member, Partnership for Public Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robert (Bob) A. McDonald served as the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs from July 2014 to January 2017. Under his guidance, the VA reduced by half the number of homeless veterans since 2010. Prior to joining the VA, Bob was chairman, president, and CEO for the Procter &amp; Gamble Company. An Army veteran, Bob served as an airborne ranger infantry officer with the 82nd Airborne Division.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-type=\"none\" class=\"card item row has-no-link  none pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts hide-button display-outline hide-more-button has-image\" data-link=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='first-column col-12 col-md-4 mb-md-0 mb-4'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class='thumb' style=\"background:url(https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ChrisPorath240x240.jpeg) no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;\" href=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"Chris Porath\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hide-text\">Thumbnail for Chris Porath<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='second-column col-12 col-md-8 px-3'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content size-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title size-regular bold   \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Porath\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Professor of Organizational Behavior at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s Kenan-Flagler Business School<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Author<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Christine (Chris) Porath is the author of the books \u201cMastering Community\u201d and \u201cMastering Civility,\u201d and co-author of \u201cThe Cost of Bad Behavior. Previously, Chris served on the faculty at Georgetown University and the University of Southern California (USC). Her research on the topic of civility focuses not only on the effects of bad behavior, but also how organizations can create a more positive environment where people can thrive, and how individuals and organizations benefit in terms of individual well-being and performance. Her speaking and consulting clients have included Google, the United Nations and the World Bank.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-type=\"none\" class=\"card item row has-no-link  none pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts hide-button display-outline hide-more-button has-image\" data-link=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='first-column col-12 col-md-4 mb-md-0 mb-4'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class='thumb' style=\"background:url(https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LesterLyles240x240.jpeg) no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;\" href=\"\" target=\"\" title=\" Lester Lyles\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hide-text\">Thumbnail for  Lester Lyles<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='second-column col-12 col-md-8 px-3'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content size-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title size-regular bold   \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Lester Lyles\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Former Chairman of the Board, USAA<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Retired General and former Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air Force<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Board Member, Partnership for Public Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>General Lester (Les) L. Lyles served for 36 years in the United States Air Force, retiring as a general in 2003. During his Air Force career, he served in distinguished roles including vice chief of staff and commander of the Air Force Materiel Command. Since retirement, he has continued to be involved with public service through presidential and agency commissions on security and space policy, as well as serving on the board of corporations including General Dynamics Corp. and USAA.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-type=\"none\" class=\"card item row has-no-link  none pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts hide-button display-outline hide-more-button has-image\" data-link=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='first-column col-12 col-md-4 mb-md-0 mb-4'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class='thumb' style=\"background:url(https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LizWisemanUSE240x240.jpeg) no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;\" href=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"Liz Wiseman\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hide-text\">Thumbnail for Liz Wiseman<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='second-column col-12 col-md-8 px-3'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content size-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title size-regular bold   \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLiz Wiseman\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>CEO, Wiseman Group<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Former Vice President, Oracle Corporation<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley. Some of her recent clients include: Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. Liz previously worked as an executive at Oracle Corporation when she led the creation of Oracle University.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-type=\"none\" class=\"card item row has-no-link  none pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts hide-button display-outline hide-more-button has-image\" data-link=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='first-column col-12 col-md-4 mb-md-0 mb-4'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class='thumb' style=\"background:url(https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mette.jpg) no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;\" href=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"Mette Norgaard\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hide-text\">Thumbnail for Mette Norgaard<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='second-column col-12 col-md-8 px-3'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content size-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title size-regular bold   \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMette Norgaard\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Founder, Strategic Leadership &amp; Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mette Norgaard works with CEOs to design and deliver culture specific leadership solutions. She sees physical intelligence as new frontier in leadership\u2014an actual shortcut to greater presence and performance. Norgaard is the author of the international best-seller <em>The Ugly Duckling Goes to Work\u00a0<\/em>and co-author of the New York Times Bestseller\u00a0<em>TouchPoints.\u00a0<\/em>She writes a leadership column for B\u00f8rsen, the Danish financial daily.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-type=\"none\" class=\"card item row has-no-link  none pps-dynamic-content size-regular layout-horizontal square-image display-images display-images hide-dates hide-types display-excerpts hide-button display-outline hide-more-button has-image\" data-link=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='first-column col-12 col-md-4 mb-md-0 mb-4'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class='thumb' style=\"background:url(https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SallyJewell240x240.jpeg) no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;\" href=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"Sally Jewell\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hide-text\">Thumbnail for Sally Jewell<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='second-column col-12 col-md-8 px-3'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content size-regular\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title size-regular bold   \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSally Jewell\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Former Secretary, Department of the Interior<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Former CEO, Recreational Equipment Inc. 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