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Visionary human resources executive Ann Rhoades will be on campus Thursday, May 10, to givethe 2006–2007 Portman Lecture in the Spirit of Entrepreneurship. With over 25 years experiencein a variety of service-based industries, Rhoades is known for her creative approach to humanresource management and for blending cultures when companies merge. The founding ExecutiveVice President of People for JetBlue Airways, Rhoades is currently President of People Ink, herhuman resources consulting company.

Prior to her work at JetBlue, Rhoades was Vice President of the People Department for South-west Airlines, where she solidified the company’s reputation of retaining and hiring outstandingpeople in the airline business. Rhoades was also Executive Vice President of Team Services forPromus Hotel Corporation, where she was credited with building a strong service-oriented culture.

In a quest to revitalize the workforce and culture of the nation’s hospitals, she serves on patientsafety and quality task forces with the Texas Medical Institute of Technology to develop metricsused in pay-for-performance programs across the country. She is co-founder of CareLeadersCorporation, a company dedicated to helping US hospitals attain a higher level of performance.

As a leader in her community, Rhoades serves on the University of New Mexico’s Robert O.Anderson School of Business National Advisory Board and the boards of several other organiza-tions, including JetBlue Airways Corporation, Restoration Hardware, Acción New Mexico,Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, and as chairwoman for Safer New MexicoNow. Ann has an MBA in Management from the University of New Mexico.

Thursday

May 10

4:30 PM

Cook Auditorium

Tuck School of Business

ANN RHOADESFounding Executive Vice President

of People, JetBlue AirwaysPresident, People Ink

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People-Centric Cultures

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS · 2007–2008 FACULTY RESEARCH & CONFERENCE GRANTSApplication Deadlines: April 2, 2007 & October 1, 2007

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rockefeller leadership fellowsLEADERSHIP TRAINING ROCKS AT THE CENTER

IMPORTANTDEADLINE

2006–2007 ROCKEFELLER LEADERSHIP FELLOWSApplication deadline: Monday • April 16Application at: http://rockefeller.dartmouth.edu/studentsFor more information, contact: Sarah.Morgan@Dartmouth.edu

“It’s all in the Game: Athletics and Leadership Development” might be an apt title for sen-ior Shala Byers’ public policy independent study. The first Rockefeller Leadership Fellow totake advantage of the new curricular option, Shala’s study will examine the importance ofencouraging team athletics within the public school system as a means of leadership devel-opment. “Many have heard of the IQ as a way of measuring intelligence, but few havefocused on the development of one’s EQ or emotional intelligence,” says Shala, “which iscritical in the development of leaders such that they are aware of their peers and are able togather a sense of how to best approach issues with them.”

Shala decided to do the independent study because it was a great way to “merge my inter-est in athletics with applicable leadership theories that I have studied within the RLF pro-gram. I have always held an interest in this topic. Until now, however, my studies had notprovided a window of opportunity with which to bring this research to full fruition.”

The consensus is that the chemistryamong the 2006–2007 RockefellerLeadership Fellows (RLF) groupwas awesome and that learning fromone another was a key element inthe success of this year’s program. Asactive participants in the weeklytwo-hour sessions during fall andwinter terms, “we were constantlyasked to think about what we’veheard from guest speakers, to shareour opinions with the other Fellows,and to find ways to apply the advicewe get to our own leadership styles,”says Alex Kehl ’07. Senior Shala Byersadds that what made the programstand out for her was the greatgroup of people from “uniquely dif-ferent perspectives” with whom sheshared a rich and rewarding learningexperience.

An integral part of the RockefellerCenter’s core mission to educate,train, and inspire the next generation of public policy leaders, theRLF program “gives students a place where they can reflect onthe theory and practice of leadership with their peers, developand refine skills and teamwork, and expand their understand-ing about working within organizations,” says program direc-tor and Center Associate Director Sadhana Hall. The curricu-lum is designed to tackle complex questions facing leaderstoday as well as opportunities to develop their own particularstyles of leadership.

“The ability to lead depends on a capacity to understand theenvironment, assess the likely consequences of a variety of options,

2006-2007 Rocky Leadership Fellows take a break at their retreat at the Alden Country Inn

choose among the most promising of them, and work thoughtfullyto bring them about,” says Professor of Economics and CenterDirector Andrew Samwick. “The program serves as a bridgebetween the students’ experiences in an academic setting and thecontributions we expect them to make in their workplaces and thepublic sphere once they graduate.”

A new option for Fellows this year is to continue their study ofleadership as an independent study (see shaded box). All studentswho participate in the RLF program will leave Dartmouth betterprepared to step into leadership roles and serve as agents ofchange and progress in their communities and their careers.

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AT THE HEART OF THE MATTER

Leadership is “one of the most observed and least understood phe-nomena on earth,” states noted scholar and theorist JamesMcGregor Burns. But Dartmouth faculty, alumni, administrators,and other special guests are at the heart of the program helpingRockefeller Leadership Fellows study various theories of leadership,understand the complexities of leadership in an increasingly plu-ralistic and interdependent world, and develop the skills necessaryto assume leadership roles in their communities and careers.

“The RLF program plays an integral part in preparing studentsfor leadership positions by giving them a chance to discuss a broadrange of leadership issues with civic, academic, political, and busi-ness leaders from around the United States,” says Class of 1925Professor of Sociology John Campbell. Topics this year included:Vision, Leadership, and Culture; Leaders as Agents of Change;Leadership, Alignment, and Organizational Change; Intuition,Emotions, and Epistemology: How Well You Decide Depends on WhatYou Know; Leadership at the Top: Being Faced with an EthicalDilemma; and How Some People Make the Leap from Being anExpert to Being a Leader. The program “helps students connect thedots between their classes and their responsibility as potential lead-ers,” says Associate Professor of History Judith Byfield ’80, who ledthe session Leadership in a Multi-Cultural Society.

In addition to exposing students to leadership theories, it alsoprovides an opportunity for students to learn important skillsthrough workshop sessions such as The Art and Science ofNegotiation; Thinking Probabilistically; The Art of Observation;Blending Individual Styles to Achieve Common Goals; HandlingCrises as Leaders; Careers and Networking; and Public Speaking.

Dartmouth’s laudable institutional goal is “to turn out mature,well educated, and skilled young adults who can have and impacton society through initiative, creativity, social responsibility, andleadership,” says Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network ExecutiveDirector Gregg Fairbrothers ’79. “I think all Dartmouth studentsshould have the opportunity to confront the key focus areas of theRockefeller Leadership Fellows program at some time in theirDartmouth careers.”

John CampbellJudith Byfield ’80

2006-2007 RLF Program Presenters:

David Ager Harvard UniversityJudith Byfield ’80 HistoryJohn Campbell SociologyMelissa Crounse ’03 Google, Inc.Jay Davis ’90 EducationAine Donovan Ethics InstituteGregg Fairbrothers ’76 Dartmouth Entrepreneurial NetworkNate Fick ’99 Kennedy School of Government, HarvardCarol Folt Biological Sciences, Dean of FacultyLinda Fowler GovernmentMichael Gibbons Leadership Learning ProgramRobert Hager ’60 Former NBC CorrespondentSadhana Hall Rockefeller CenterJennifer Jordan Tuck School of BusinessPunam Keller Tuck School of BusinessBrian Kennedy Hood Museum of ArtJoshua Lozman ’01 Johns Hopkins UniversityBrian Mandell Kennedy School of Government, HarvardJoshua Marcuse ’04 Booz Allen HamiltonGiavanna Munafo Institutional Diversity & EquitySkip Sturman ’70 Career ServicesKent Womack Tuck School of BusinessAndy Zelleke Kennedy School of Government, Harvard

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Kirstin Ellison ’05

During her junior year atDartmouth, Kirstin Ellisonreceived a Rockefeller intern-ship grant to work at Com-mon Cause in Washington,DC. A nonprofit, nonparti-san lobbying organizationpromoting open, honest, andaccountable government,Common Cause is supportedby nearly 300,000 membersacross the nation. Today,Kirstin is a full-time staffmember there, managing

“Common Blog” and the Common Cause website and servingas intern coordinator, among other programmatic responsibili-ties. In addition to managing the Common Cause blog, sheis a frequent blogger, posting in recent months on theAbramoff scandal, the lack of a paper trail in electronic vot-ing machines, and the lack of diversity in media ownership.She is currently working closely with the senior leadership atCommon Cause as the organization is beginning its strategicreview process. As intern coordinator, Kirstin is perfectly sit-uated to serve as a Mentor in the new Rockefeller First-YearFellowship Program. Kirstin is among the more than 25 Dart-mouth alumni who have expressed interest in hosting one ofthe twelve First-Year Fellows who will spend the summerinterning in Washington, DC.

As Kirstin puts it, “My experiences with the RockefellerCenter as a student had a direct impact on my career at andafter Dartmouth. I became involved with the student dis-cussion groups early on, which convinced me to pursue aGovernment major. Later, Rocky staff and resources helpedme find two separate internships in Washington, DC, one ofwhich led directly to a job after graduation. I owe a lot to theguidance I received from the Rockefeller Center.”

She has delayed graduate school in international relationsuntil the fall of 2008 in order to return to the political scenein our nation’s capital. Anticipating her graduate education,she is keeping her mind engaged academically by takinggraduate courses at the USDA Graduate School, where she iscurrently enrolled in an Introduction to Terrorism class. She isalso volunteering at organizations that are focused on inter-national affairs.

APPLY NOW FOR SUMMER 2007PUBLIC AFFAIRS/POLICY INTERNSHIP FUNDING & CIVIC SKILLS/INTERNSHIP TRAINING

Application Deadline: Thursday, May 3 · 4:00 PM · 203 Rockefeller Hall

Information & Applications: Center Resource Areas, http://rockfeller.dartmouth.edu/students, or Karen.Liot.Hill@Dartmouth.edu

Joshua Marcuse ’04

“At my first job in Washington, DC, working on foreign policyanalysis at the Council on Foreign Relations,” says Joshua Marcuse’04, “I realized that the excellent intellectual preparation I receivedat Dartmouth was only part of what I needed to be successful in theworkplace.” His academic training, he says, needed to be “groundedby practical knowledge, useful skills, and hands-on experience,”which he got from the many opportunities offered by theRockefeller Center.

As an undergraduate, Josh received a Class of 1952 internshipgrant to work at the Institute of National Strategic Studies. It pro-vided him a valuable co-curricular link between his academic stud-ies of international relations and his interest in pursuing a career inthat field. His entrepreneurial spirit manifested in founding theDartmouth College Undergraduate Law Journal, now the DartmouthLaw Journal, and raising funds to support and institutionalize itwith help from the RockefellerCenter. During his senior year,Josh participated in the Rocke-feller Leadership Fellows pro-gram to further develop hisleadership skills, which haveserved him well beyond campus.

Currently the Vice-Presidentof the Dartmouth Club ofWashington, DC, Josh is alsothe President and founder ofYoung Professionals in ForeignPolicy, a nonpartisan organ-ization committed to fosteringthe next generation of America’sforeign policy leadership. Hereturns to campus regularly tospeak to the new Fellows andorganizes events for the Wash-ington, DC-based Civic SkillsTraining (CST) that the Rocke-feller Center provides for students embarking on leave-term publicservice internships. “The CST and RLF programs are some of themost innovative and successful efforts I have seen to prepare youngpeople to make a contribution to society.”

Josh is currently working for Booz Allen Hamilton, an interna-tional management and technology consulting firm, supporting theOffice of the Secretary of Defense with the transformation of U.S.military capabilities.

ROCKEFELLER ALUMNI IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL

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THE DIRECT

LINEby Andrew Samwick, Director

New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation Presi-dential primary generates both excitementand learning opportunities for Dartmouthstudents every four years. As Presidentialcandidates started arriving in the state thiswinter, we at the Rockefeller Center werequick to partner with both the CollegeDemocrats and the College Republicans tohost candidate visits. No matter what theirpolitical persuasions, all Dartmouth stu-dents share in the unique opportunity toengage with emerging leaders as they cometo campus.

Personally and professionally, I enjoy thepolitical season but acknowledge that NewHampshire’s privileged status is part of amuch larger system that aims to elect the best leader as President. Duringeach election cycle, difficult questions are raised about whether accordinga small state with less racial and socioeconomic diversity than the nationas a whole such a prominent position serves the ultimate goal well.

In my opinion, the state’s small population is in fact an advantage. If themore populous states had the earliest primaries, lesser-known candidateswould have a difficult time competing, and the early election results mightwell be insurmountable for those who do not win. The issue of diversityis more compelling. If some candidates appeal differentially to differentgroups, and if New Hampshire’s early primary makes its results undulyinfluential in the nominating process, then its privileged status may not becontributing to the best eventual outcome. Perhaps these concerns havebeen addressed, however, as contests in Nevada and South Carolina, aswell as some larger states, will now be closer in time to the Iowa caucusand New Hampshire primary.

I confess that a bigger issue for me during this primary season is theexceedingly early start to the process and the planned televised debatesfrom New Hampshire in the spring of 2007. While I have no objection totelevising political events, the idea of putting the candidates next to eachother so early in the campaign, to trade one-minute sound bites aboutcomplex policy issues, seems ill-advised.

One of the most interesting aspects of the New Hampshire primary ishow much it depends on retail politics—events in small venues with eachof the candidates away from the intense media circus of made-for-television events. I think the process actually helps develop the candidatesfor the national stage and is the best justification for continuing the state’sfirst-in-the-nation primary role. Putting the candidates on television thissoon runs the risk of our selecting the naturally telegenic before letting theprocess of retail politics do its good work.

There are many months between these televised debates and the NewHampshire primary. We would lose very little in waiting until the fallbefore distorting the campaign to accommodate nationally televiseddebates. What we would gain is an electorate that is enthusiastic about thepolitical process rather than exasperated by it and candidates who hadbuilt their platforms in front of people, not cameras. We would also beadvantaged by more time during which the media spotlight could befocused on the people actually governing in Washington.

Behind every successful organization . . .

For over 30 years, Ronald Schram ’64 provided integratedbusiness and legal advice to non-profit health care organi-zations throughout the US, having founded the health carepractice at the Boston law firm of Ropes & Gray. But hisleadership wasn’t isolated to the business world. He is a for-mer trustee of Dartmouth College, the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Derby Academy, the NewEngland Sports Museum, and most recently of the CentralNew England Chapter of the National Multiple SclerosisSociety.

In his parting speech to the Society’s 2006 annual meet-ing, he harkened back to the beginning of his tenure as itsChair when he referenced Jim Collins’ book titled Good toGreat, which suggested that at the heart of great companies isa culture that rigorously finds and promotes “disciplinedpeople to thinkand act in a disci-plined manner.”Ron recalled say-ing that the MSSociety was a goodorganization butthat it also facedserious challenges inmeeting the needsof MS patients andtheir families.From his years ofexperience he un-derstood that suc-cessful leadersknow the impor-tance of motivating people within the organization, so heappointed task force and charged it with developing a strat-egy to meet ambitious financial and programmatic goals thatwould make it great. As he stepped down from his leadershipposition, he was happy to report “the significant progress wehave made in meeting our financial goals and developing newprograms including those in care management, financialassistance, scholarship assistance, supporting children andyoung adults through discussion groups and programs like‘Kids Get MS Too,’ long-term care, and advocacy.”

Ron continues his service to Dartmouth by chairing theRockefeller Center’s Board of Visitors. He is utilizing hisexperience and talent to assure that the Center moves froma good organization to a great one in meeting its challengeto educate, train, and inspire the next generation of publicpolicy leaders.

Alumnus Profile: Ronald Schram ’64

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Tuesday, April 174:30 pm, 2 Rockefeller Hall

CONGRESS TO CAMPUS SERIES

The New Congress: Implications forPublic Policy and the 2008Presidential ElectionBarbara Kennelly (D-CT)William Goodling (R-PA)Co-sponsored with the Department of Government

Thursday, April 194:30 pm, 3 Rockefeller Hall

BROOKS FAMILY LECTURE SERIES

Mass Communication for the Masses:The Power of WeblogsAnn AlthouseProfessor of Law, University of Wisconsin

John Hinderaker ’71Partner, Faegre & Benson, LLP

Joe Malchow ’08Andrew Seal ’07Roger Simon ’64Founder/CEO, Pajamas Media

Tuesday, April 244:30 pm, Filene AuditoriumMoore Hall

Report from Darfur:First Genocide of the 21st CenturyNicholas KristofColumnist, New York TimesCo-sponsored with The John Sloan Dickey Center

Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5Rockefeller Hall

2007 LAW DAY PROGRAMSchedule available at website http://rockefeller.dartmouth.edu/events

Co-sponsored with the Dartmouth LawyersAssociation and the Office of Alumni Relations

Monday, May 74:30 pm, 3 Rockefeller Hall

ROGER S. AARON ’64 LECTURE

Tortures Past and PresentKenneth PenningtonKelly-Quinn Professor of Ecclesiastical and LegalHistory, The Catholic University of America

Co-sponsored with The John Sloan Dickey Center

Thursday, May 104:30 pm, Cook Auditorium, Tuck School

PORTMAN LECTURE IN THE SPIRITOF ENTRPRENEURSHIP

People-Centric Cultures PayBig Dividends: Lessons fromGreat CompaniesAnn RhoadesFounding Executive Vice President of People,JetBlue Airways and President, People Ink

Friday, May 114:30 pm, Filene Auditorium,Moore Hall

Under Pressure: The Future ofFreshwater for People and NatureSandra PostelFounder, Global Fresh Water Policy

Brian RichterDirector, The Sustainable Waters Program,The Nature Conservancy

Co-sponsored with the Nature Conservancy

Thursday, May 174:30 pm, 3 Rockefeller Hall

BERNARD D. NOSSITER ’47 LECTURE

Iraq through a Camera Lens:A Photojournalist’s StoryAnja NiedringhausPhotographer, The Associated Press

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