Friday, May 23
Leadership Southern California Class of 2008
Land Use, Housing and Transportation
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Wednesday, June 11
SCLN Summer Celebration with Leadership Atlanta
Social Hollywood, RSVP required
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Friday, June 13
Leadership L.A. Class of 2008 Health Care
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LEADERSHIP LEARNING___

Mobility 21 Coalition focuses on the Valley
Join the Mobility 21 Coalition and Council President Pro Tempore Wendy Greuel as they discuss solutions to transportation issues facing the San Fernando Valley on Wednesday, May 21 at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills at 7:30 a.m.
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Did you miss a seminar while you were a leadership fellow?
Alumni of Leadership Southern California and Leadership L.A. may audit a class seminar, as space permits. To attend, view seminar dates and email scln@lachamber.com to reserve your spot.

Promoting regional and community leadership
To promote an event in this space, please submit event and registration information for consideration to scln@lachamber.com. The Network Connection goes out every second Monday of the month.

 

WHO WE ARE__________

SCLN Board of Directors

SCLN Staff

The Southern California Leadership Network's mission is to develop a productive network of exemplary and diverse leaders in the business, government and community sectors who are capable of addressing the critical challenges facing the Southern California region. For more information, visit www.leadershipnetwork.org.

May 2008

COMMUNITY POLICING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT: Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton speaks with Southern California Leadership Network (SCLN) fellows and guests at SCLN's Conversations with Leaders alumni event April 30 at the LAPD Academy. Above from left, Leadership L.A. 2007 Alumnus Brandon Stephenson, Cerrell Associates, Inc.; LLA 2008 Fellow Cesar Diaz, Cerrell Associates, Inc.; guest Lisa Gritzner, Cerrell Associates, Inc.; and Chief Bratton. Read more about the event below. View photo galleries.

Leadership L.A. learns first-hand that in education, smaller works better
The LLA Class of 2008 discussed the Los Angeles Unified School District's new movement toward small schools and small learning communities, the importance of career-technical education and opportunities for education reform at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex on Friday, May 9 with education leaders from throughout the nation. "Instruction in our schools is core, but we cannot get to strong instruction if our students feel like they don't matter; if our parents are disconnected," said LAUSD Board Member Yolie Flores Aguilar. She participated on a panel discussing the importance of small schools, which allow students to have a more personalized experience. The session also included a conversation with students from the high school and an education reform activity lead by David Rattray, President, UNITE-LA and Vice President of Education & Workforce Development, L.A. Area Chamber. View photo gallery.

Kevin Cottrell selected for American Marshall Memorial Fellowship
SCLN Executive Director Kevin Cottrell has been awarded a 2008 American Marshall Memorial Fellowship (AMMF) from the German Marshall Fund (GMF). The AMMF was created to introduce a new generation of American leaders to European economy, institutions, politics and people. GMF awards 50 American fellowships each year to leaders in politics, government, business, media and the nonprofit sector who are committed to strengthening transatlantic relationships. Cottrell will travel to Europe in June 2008, meeting with civic leaders in Belgium, Netherlands, Turkey, Montenegro and Germany.

LAPD Chief Bratton focuses on community policing in Los Angeles
L.A. Police Chief William J. Bratton discussed community policing in a global environment and his leadership during crises at the Conversations with Leaders alumni event on April 30 at the LAPD Academy. "We are now working to convince the federal government that the LAPD is an equal partner in the war on terrorism," he said in a conversation with SCLN Board Chair Tony Buzzelli, Deloitte. Bratton said he always looks at crises as opportunities to bring about two positive changes or benefits. View photo gallery.

SCLN Alumni and L.A. Area Chamber members hear from economist on what's ahead
The nation has yet to see the worst of the financial downturn, said Dr. Christopher Thornberg, Beacon Economics, at an Economic Outlook Briefing at the Chamber on April 29. We are not in a recession yet, Thornberg said, but the country is in the process of falling into one. He stressed that the impending economic crisis has been fueled in-part by a pull back in consumer spending. “Two years ago consumers were in the midst of a buying binge, spending more than they were earning,” said Thornberg, who recommended that people prepare for 2009, when the market will improve. This event was hosted by the Chamber, in partnership with SCLN.

LSC 2008 experiences Southern California's regional water challenges and opportunities
The Leadership Southern California Class of 2008 visited the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for an overview of the regional water agency's governance structure, infrastructure planning, delivery and conservation. "Southern California cannot continue to rely on the state water project," said MWD Assistant General Manager and Chief Administrative Officer Gilbert Ivey. The class then traveled to the F.E. Weymouth Treatment Plant in La Verne, where Fellows took a closer look at managing environmental changes with the recent proliferation of Quagga mussels in the MWD's aqueducts. Following the path of water delivery in the region, the class visited Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet- the MWD's largest source of water for Southern Californians in case of an emergency or severe drought.

May 2008 Donors Achieving Excellence Through Leadership
SCLN is working to ensure leaders in our region are well connected and prepared to address quality of life issues across all counties in our mega-region. To continue this critical work, SCLN needs your help. Your generous and tax-deductible support will help improve some of the organization's most important network-building activities, including cutting edge curriculum, scholarship opportunities, alumni mixers, leadership initiatives and more. View circles of support and donate online now. Thank you to this month's donors at the following levels:

Chairman's Circle:

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Vicente P. Ching, Paramount Pictures (LSC '01)
• Payden & Rygel

Friends:

• Ann Burckle (LSC '08, LLA '06)
• Mary-Elizabeth Michaels, Mattel, Inc. (LSC '07)

A partnership with the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce













OVERHEARD____________

"Southern California's key to the future is figuring out how this region can control its own water supply."

-Gilbert Ivey, Assistant General Manager and Chief Administrative Officer, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, at the Leadership Southern California Class of 2008 seminar on water, April 25.

"We are sitting in the cradle of LAUSD reform. The opportunity for greatness is here."

-Mónica García, President, Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, referring to the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex at the Leadership L.A. Class of 2008 seminar on education, May 9.

ALUMNI
SPOTLIGHT ________

In what kinds of community activities do you become involved, and why?

"My community activities primarily revolve around various institutions and organizations that focus on education. I truly believe that education is the future of our country.

I volunteer as a board member of the Los Angeles Trade Tech Foundation. Our purpose is to both raise money and to connect downtown L.A. businesses with the talent at L.A. Trade Tech. The K through 12 education grooms everybody to go to college, but we sometimes forget about the trade education that can provide young people with an alternative, and usually well-paid career path.

Also, California State University at Fullerton, my alma mater, asked me to be on the Advisory Board to the Dean of Engineering and Computer Sciences (ECS). This allows me to help shape policies that will affect the careers of students at CSUF. My company, Gotama Building Engineers, has just funded a scholarship available to ECS students for research focusing on sustainability."

-Caecilia Gotama, PE, AP, Principal, Gotama Building Engineers, Inc.; and graduate, Leadership L.A. Class of Fall 2002.