Frances Hesselbein will speak at LAMA's 50th anniversary President's Program in Washington

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For Immediate Release

February 23, 2007

Frances Hesselbein will speak at LAMA's 50th anniversary President's Program in Washington

CHICAGO - Frances Hesselbein, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Leader to Leader Institute, will be the featured speaker at the 2007 LAMA President’s Program, sponsored by the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA), June 24, 2007, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in Washington. 2006-2007 LAMA president Andrea Lapsley invited Hesselbein to speak.

This program is in conjunction with the Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA). Admission is open to all ALA Annual Conference attendees.

Hesselbein was the founding president of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation and was CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA, 1976-1990. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honor, in 1998 by President Clinton “as a pioneer for women, diversity and inclusion.” In 2002, Hesselbein was the first recipient of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Series Award for her service “to national security and the nation.”

Hesselbein is the author of “Hesselbein on Leadership,” and introduces “Be, Know, Do: Leadership the Army Way” with General Eric K. Shinseki. She is the co-editor of 21 books in 28 languages, and is editor-in-chief of the award-winning Leader to Leader journal. Hesselbein is the recipient of 18 honorary doctoral degrees and has spoken on leadership, ethics and transformation in 67 countries as well as to leaders in all three sectors across the United States.

The mission of the Library Administration and Management Association (www.ala.org/lama) is to encourage and nurture current and future library leaders, and to develop and promote outstanding leadership and management practices. LAMA is a division of the American Library Association.