— Serving Leaders Acting as Presenting Partner for the Event on Friday, April 16, 2010 —

PITTSBURGH, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Ken Blanchard, one of the nation's foremost thinkers and writers on the subject of leadership, will offer the keynote address at the Geneva College Leadership Conference 2010, scheduled for Friday, April 16, 2010.  Serving Leaders, a Pittsburgh-based organization that specializes in uniting leaders from business, government, the social sector and the community of faith to positively impact communities, is a presenting partner for this annual event, which is being held at the Marriott Pittsburgh North (Cranberry Township, PA).  

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"Ken Blanchard is a dynamic, insightful speaker who fully embraces the model of servant leadership," said John Stahl-Wert, CEO of Serving Leaders and a professor at Geneva College who will also offer an address at the conference.  "From his many books to his founding of Lead Like Jesus, Ken has an innate ability to communicate the model of the serving leader to a wide variety of audiences and demonstrate how it can have a far-reaching impact on organizations of all kinds.  At Serving Leaders, we believe Ken's presence at this year's conference will provide true value to attendees."

A nationally renowned speaker, author and business consultant, Ken Blanchard has authored three dozen books, including Gung Ho! and The One Minute Manager.  In addition, The Serving Leader, authored by Stahl-Wert and Ken Jennings, is included in The Ken Blanchard Series.

The Geneva College Leadership Conference is hosted by the Master of Science in Organizational Leadership (MSOL) program.  The goals of the conference are to challenge and inspire attendees to understand and apply contemporary concepts of leadership in a variety of organizational contexts and in their own lives.  The conference focuses specifically on the model of the serving leader.  

At the conference, Serving Leaders will join Geneva College in presenting The Serving Leader Award, which honors a person of faith who lives out serving-leader qualities in his or her life and work.  Alumni from Geneva's MSOL program and representatives from Serving Leaders will choose the winner from a host of nominees.

In addition to Ken Blanchard and John Stahl-Wert, Marcia Newman will also offer remarks at the conference.  Currently the director of marketing for Stewart Richardson in Indianapolis, Newman is well known for her work with the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership.  

Panel members for the event include:  

• J. Christopher Donahue, president, chief executive officer and director, Federated Investors, Inc.
• Kim Tillotson Fleming, president, Hefren-Tillotson
• Al Neupaver, president and CEO, WABTEC Corporation
• Roger Oxendale, former CEO, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
• Ken E. Smith, former president & CEO, H.P. Maynard & Company; executive coach/entrepreneur
• Doris Carson Williams, president and CEO, African American Chamber of Western Pennsylvania
• Dr. Cynthia Zurchin, principal, Pittsburgh Schaeffer Primary, Pittsburgh Public School

For more information about the conference or to register, please visit www.geneva.edu.  

About Serving Leaders

Serving Leaders, founded by the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation, is a not-for-profit organization committed to transforming the culture of cities by building better leaders.  Through initiatives such as The Leaders Collaborative, Serving Leaders empowers local and regional leaders to exercise their leadership calling with the highest of integrity and superior strategy execution capability.  The Leaders Collaborative is a leadership development program that draws upon the business examples of highly successful values-driven companies, the servant leadership teachings of Jesus, and the business expertise of local top corporate leaders to equip and connect regional leaders to serve the transformation of their businesses and organizations as well as their cities.  Serving Leaders maintains corporate offices in Pittsburgh, PA.  For more information, visit www.serving-leaders.com.    

    
    
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