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Peter Goldmark Kicks Off Naropa Leadership Conference
Naropa’s Marpa Center to Host Management Series at Nalanda Campus 

BOULDER, Colo. (May 24, 2007)— Join in a four-day conference devoted to authentic leadership through practices that foster self-awareness, presence, compassionate communication and effective action with Peter Goldmark, Susan Skjei and Mark Wilding beginning on Thursday,
June 14, 2007.

This weekend workshop provides an introduction to the principles and practices of Authentic Leadership that will delve deeply into the questions that matter to nonprofit leaders. The workshop will introduce important issues of succession planning, changes in management, life and work balance, skillful communication and emotional intelligence.

Goldmark is Director of the Climate and Air Program at Environmental Defense and directs programs concerned with scientific policy as well as international dimensions of the challenge of global warming. He was the eleventh President of The Rockefeller Foundation based in New York City. Prior to this appointment, he was Senior Vice President for Eastern Newspapers for the Los Angeles-based Times Mirror Company. Goldmark served for eight years as Executive Director of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and was Director of the Budget for the State of New York. In addition to being Secretary of Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he was also Executive Assistant to the Mayor in 1970. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Lend Lease Corporation and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. For the Spring 2007 semester, he returned to Princeton University as a Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School.

Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Naropa University is a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian liberal arts institution dedicated to advancing contemplative education. This approach to learning integrates the best of Eastern and Western educational traditions, helping students know themselves more deeply and engage constructively with others. The university comprises a four-year undergraduate college and graduate programs in the arts, education, environmental leadership, psychology and
religious studies.

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Authentic Leadership for Social Entrepreneurs: Creating Successful Nonprofits and Social Enterprises With Peter Goldmark, Susan Skjei and Mark Wilding 

June 14–17, 2007

Naropa University Nalanda Event Center

6287 Arapahoe Ave.
Thurs 7–9 p.m. • Fri 7–9 p.m.
Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m. • Sun 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Noncredit: $195, $165.75 by May 25
Thursday and/or Friday night only: $15 ($10 students/seniors)

All lectures are $15, $10 students/seniors, unless otherwise noted.

To register for Marpa Center events, call 303-245-4800 or visit www.naropa.edu/extend/marpa/programs.cfm for details.