National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon Series Presents Corporation for National and Community Service CEO Leslie Lenkowsky 8/21/2002
From: Melinda Cooke of the National Press Club, 202-662-7516 News Advisory: WHAT: National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon WHEN: August 27, 2002 12:30 - 2 p.m. WHERE: National Press Club Ballroom 529 14th St., NW Washington, D.C. On Tuesday, August 27, Leslie Lenkowsky, chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that oversees the Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America programs, will be the luncheon speaker at the National Press Club. Dr. Lenkowsky was appointed to his post by President George W. Bush in October 2001. He had been a member of the Corporation's board of directors since the agency was created in 1993. Before joining the Bush Administration, Dr. Lenkowsky was professor of philanthropic studies and public policy at Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis, as well as a research associate at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. From 1990 to 1997, he served as president of the Hudson Institute, an internationally renowned public policy research institution headquartered in Indianapolis. During Dr. Lenkowsky's tenure at Hudson, the institute developed an innovative set of programs aimed at providing practical solutions to the nation's most pressing domestic problems, such as crime, welfare dependency, and failing schools. A leading scholar on America's civic traditions, Dr. Lenkowsky has served as president of the Institute for Educational Affairs, deputy director of the U.S. Information Agency, research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University, and research director at the Smith Richardson Foundation. He has also served on a number of governmental, for-profit, and non-profit boards and commissions -- including the Commission on National and Community Service, the predecessor agency of the Corporation -- and is a fellow at the National Academy of Public Administration. The luncheon will begin at 12:30 p.m. Remarks will begin just after 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session. Advance reservations may be made by calling 202-662-7501 The club is located at 14th and F Streets, one block from Metro Center, on the 13th floor of the National Press Building. RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY AUGUST 26TH AT 2 P.M. Cost for the luncheon: Members and Students $16 Guests of Members and Speaker $28 General $35 For more information about this or any other National Press Club Luncheon or to be added to our email list, please call Melinda Cooke at 202-662-7516 or email mcooke@press.org |