The Nation’s Premier Program on Leadership and Public Service

Date/Time/Place: January 10, 2010, 4-6PM;Ocean Manor Resort (Ballroom), 4040 Galt Ocean Drive (Oceanfront between Oakland and Commercial, Ft. Lauderdale FL 33308) (954-566-7500)

Program: video and discussion and Q and A’s with White House Fellow Alumni including Jim Padilla, former President/COO of Ford Motor Company (Hispanic American, engineer); Carolyn Chin, CEO of Larasan Pharmaceuticals (Asian American, engineer, Harvard MBA); Sharon I.Richie-Melvan, Ph.D., MSN, Colonel, U.S. Army Retired (African American, nursing, military)

RSVP: carolynchin@yahoo.com, 954-772-8792 or just come

For more information and application (deadline this year is February 1, 2010), go to www.whitehouse.gov/about/fellows; (202) 395-4522

The White House Fellows Program, founded in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson at the suggestion of his Health, Education and Welfare Secretary John W. Gardner, is America's most prestigious program for leadership and public service, offering exceptional men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government.  White House Fellows typically spend a year working as full-time, paid special assistants to senior White House Staff, the Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries and other top-ranking government officials. Fellows also participate in a once-in-a-lifetime education program consisting of off-the-record, roundtable discussions with renowned leaders from the private and public sectors, and take trips to study leaders and policy in action both domestically and internationally. Fellowships are awarded on a strictly non-partisan basis.

The program has fostered a legacy of leadership, with nearly 650 alumni who are respected leaders in a variety of fields and professions.  Alumni include former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, General Wesley Clark, Senator Sam Brownback, former CNN President Tom Johnson, Levi Strauss & Co CEO Robert Haas, former NBC Chairman Jane Pfeiffer, Wall St. Journal Editorial Page Editor Paul Gigot, CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta, former Senator Tim Wirth, former National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane, former Tenneco CEO Dana Mead, Court of Appeals Judges Deanell Tacha and Margaret McKeown, and author Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Applications must be uploaded by February 1, 2010 for the 2010-11 Class.  The program commences in September of each year.  Applicants must be U.S. citizens and employees of the Federal government are not eligible unless they are career military personnel.  There are no age restrictions; however the program was created to give remarkable young Americans this experience while they were early to mid-career. Applicants must have completed their undergraduate studies and be working in their chosen professions at the time of consideration. Many applicants apply multiple times before being selected and some apply many years after learning about the program. For more information about the program, to view an informational film, and to download an application, please visit the program website at www.whitehouse.gov/fellows, or call the program office at (202) 395-4522.