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Join Leadership Oakland on November 28th, 2007 for the first installment of their fortified Breakfast of Champions speaker series. Keith Cooley, Director, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth (DLEG), will be presenting on “The Secret to Michigan’s Renaissance.”
A graduate of Leadership Oakland, Keith W. Cooley was appointed by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm as DLEG Director effective March 5, 2007. Known as an innovative problem solver, Keith Cooley was previously employed at Focus: HOPE where he melded his passion for community service with his corporate expertise. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2006, after serving four years as Chief Operating Officer of Focus: HOPE.
Cooley began his professional career in 1968 as an experimental physicist with General Electric Corp. He joined General Motors Corp. in 1972 as a project engineer and became program manager and an engineering director in its Cadillac Motor Car Division in 1985. Cooley was appointed Director, Strategic Planning, for the GM Corporate Communications Staff in 1994.
Join Keith as he shares his perspective on the state’s economy and what he believes it will take to move boldly into a healthy future. Learn more about the MDLEG: www.michigan.gov/cis/
Throughout the year, Leadership Oakland holds breakfast meetings featuring experts on a variety of topics. These breakfast seminars are open to the public and offer the opportunity to hear the latest updates on issues and topics impacting our region and/or assist them as they develop personal, professional and public leadership skills. Highlights of the program include:
• Top quality presenters
• Excellent full, hot breakfast
• Early morning so you will still have plenty of time in the office
• Networking built into each session
• Opportunity to meet and connect with other LO Alums
• Introduce LO to your friends and colleagues
• Money saving “Power Paks”
The first Breakfast event will be held Wednesday, November 28th, 2007, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., at the Michigan State Management Education Center, 811, W. Square Lake Rd., Troy, 48098. The cost is $30 LO alumni members and $34 for non members and guests and includes a complete breakfast. The public is welcome. Pre-registration required. To register, contact Wendy at 248. 952.6880 or
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