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Emerging Leadership Symposium

Friday, July 15, 2022 8:30 PM-3:00 PM

Spark Downtown

Mark White (left) and Kenyatta Lovett (right)

Mark White (left) and Kenyatta Lovett (right), two of the leaders in the Center for Public Scholarship, which is hosting the Emerging Leadership Symposium on July 15.

Lipscomb University’s College of Leadership and Public Service, recognized across Tennessee and nationally for producing servant leaders in multiple sectors and venues of public service, launched a Center for Public Scholarship this spring that is hosting its first annual Emerging Leadership Symposium, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., July 15, at Spark Downtown Nashville. 

The first endeavor of the new center is the Emerging Leadership Symposium, hosted by Kenyatta Lovett, director of the Center for Research in Leadership and Public Service, Rep. Mark White, director of community and government outreach, and Mike Krause, leader in residence. The symposium will include four panels of subject experts addressing rural challenges and opportunities in the state of Tennessee and surrounding states. The event will be followed by a CLPS poll and case study report. 

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from leaders who are wrestling with challenges they are facing themselves or are preparing to experience in the future. The panel discussions will offer different perspectives on advancing best practices in leadership and public service from researchers and practitioners. Panel discussion topics include:

  • Public-private partnership strategies for local leaders involved with the Ford Motor Company’s new electric vehicle and battery manufacturing plant in Haywood County.
  • Regional collaboration navigating federal assistance, interstate partnerships and housing challenges after a natural disaster.
  • Global impact on foreign investments on local economies.
  • Education-to-workforce challenges for school districts.

Register for the Emerging Leadership Symposium.