The Heart of HoUSton:
Servant Leadership for 2015 and Beyond
Join us to explore how to create sustainable leadership, personal transformation and authentic involvement for individuals and organizations. Based on Laurence J. Payne's edited volume of the same name, attendees will hear from Houston leaders across disciplines to gain an understanding of how to sustainably impact our communities for the better.
Schedule:
8:30am - Arrival and Registration
9:00 - Welcome – Rev. Patrick Miller, Rector, St. Mark's Episcopal
9:10 - Opening Remarks - Stuart Nelson, VP at ISH
9:20 - Introduction - Larry Payne
9:30 - Framing and Context - Stephen Klineberg
9:45 - Mini-Talks
1. Peter C. Bishop - Futurist
2. Interview: Ed Wulfe - Business
3. Livia Bornigia, PhD - Communications
4. Rogelio (Roger) Marroquin - Business
5. Marie Moreno - Education
6. Attorney Michael Harris - Law
7. Jonas Garcia, MD - Medicine
8. Valerie Jackson, PhD - Psychology
9. Lidya Osadchey - Non-Profit
12:15 - Dialogue with Faith Leaders, Archbishop Emeritus Fiorenza, and Rev. Bill Lawson
12:40 - Discussion/Q+A
12:55 - Closing Comments - Larry Payne
1:00 - End
Our Speakers:
Laurence J. “Larry” Payne has 35 years of experience in public service, education and not-for-profit and religious leadership. Larry is recognized from City Hall to the White House with city, State and National leaders actively seek out his counsel in leadership, diversity, management, organization design, and strategic planning.
Larry is Vice President for Organizational Development at Desir Group Human Capital Managemnet, a leadership training, education, and consulting firm based in Houston. He also sits on the board of ISH.
Dr. Stephen Klineberg received an M.A. in Psychopathology from the University of Paris and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard. After teaching at Princeton, he joined Rice University’s Sociology Department in 1972. In March 1982, he and his students initiated the annual “Kinder Institute Houston Area Survey,” now in its 33rd year of tracking the remarkable changes in the demographic patterns, economic outlooks, experiences, and beliefs of Harris County residents. No other metropolitan region in America has been the focus of a long-term longitudinal research program of this scope. Houston recovered from the oil-boom collapse in the early 1980s to find itself squarely in the midst of the new restructured economy and an accelerating demographic revolution. No city more clearly exemplifies the transformations that are refashioning the social and political landscape across all of urban America.
Peter C. Bishop is a Professional Futurist (futurologist), a retired Associate Professor of Strategic Foresight, and the former Director of the graduate program in Futures Studies at the University of Houston. He came to the UH in 2005, after having taught futures studies at the University of Houston–Clear Lake since 1982. Specializing in techniques for long term forecasting and planning, he has published a book on the subject, Thinking about the Future: Guidelines for Strategic Foresight, with co-author Andy Hines. He delivers keynote addresses and conducts seminars on the future for business, government and not-for-profit organizations.
Ed Wulfe is Chairman, CEO and founder of Wulfe & Co., a Houston based commercial retail real estate brokerage, development and property management firm. He has more than 50 years of experience in commercial real estate, community redevelopment and civic leadership. Wulfe is a member of the Executive Committees and Boards of the Greater Houston Partnership, the Symphony and Scenic Houston. He also serves on the Boards of the Center for Houston's Future, Trees for Houston; Uptown Houston, Texas Bowl, Holocaust Museum Houston, and the Methodist Hospital Center for Performing Arts Medicine. He is past President of Congregation Emanu El and past Chairman of the Urban Land Institute's Houston District Council.
As the rhetorical theory expert for the University of St. Thomas Communication Department, Dr. Livia Bornigia teaches classes on public speaking, persuasion and argumentation, and propaganda. She also brings in the study of her native Italy through a class on Italian cinema. Bornigia is a professional actor and director; she has appeared in many theater productions in the Houston area and has directed a number of shows.“The concept of owning the space is something that comes from both my training in public speaking, but also my training as an actor and a director,” Bornigia said. “If you are fully present in the space at the time of your presentation, then absolutely nothing can go wrong.”Bornigia said the ability for students to express their ideas in front of an audience in a way that is unapologetic yet respectful of diversity is essential for them to have a voice in our democratic society – the difference between being visible and invisible.Bornigia said as a teacher, she loves to give students the practical and creative wings that will allow them to be successful in whatever their profession may be.
Rogelio (Roger) Marroquin oversees and manages the operations of a business unit with overall responsibility for the account (i.e. service delivery, sales, operations, IT, HR, facilities). Manages the client relationship ensuring customer satisfaction. Has profit and loss responsibility and overall control of planning, staffing, budgeting, managing expense priorities, and recommending and implementing changes to methods for the business unit. Roger is a Certified Xerox Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Throughout his career, Roger has garnered many Presidents’ Club Awards and held the distinction as the #1 Operation earning the leadership award within Xerox Services. Roger has an MBA in International Management and has attended many executive training and development programs such as; Center for Creative Leadership and Kellogg School of Management.
Marie D. Moreno graduated in 1995 from University of Houston with a Baccalaureate of Science in Information Technology. Upon graduation she worked in the Houston technology industry, finding her calling in education with Houston Independent School District, Lee High School as a Career & Technology Education teacher. She taught for 3 years, subsequently appointed as an Assistant Principal in 1999, while attending Texas Southern University, earning her Master’s degree in Mid- Management in 2000 and Texas Principal Certification. Lee High School represented the catalyst which has fueled her passion for teaching, mentoring, and student success. Lee High School represents students from 70 different countries, speaking 42 languages, with 3 of 4 students speaking something other than English as their first language. In 2005, she assumed the combined duties of Principal at Kaleidoscope Middle School, a Houston ISD Charter School, Las Americas Middle School, and Las Americas Early Childhood, located in Southwest Houston-Gulfton area. In 2006, she transitioned the middle schools to a new location in the Gulfton community, where she continues to serve students and the community as Principal of Las Americas Newcomer (4-8) School. She is celebrating 10 years as principal, this school year. Ms. Moreno is a recognized member of the American Leadership Forum, Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter, Association of Hispanic School Administrators, Houston Association of School Administrators, and the Gulfton Youth Development Program. She is a featured speaker for the National Hispanic Professional Organization (NHPO), on the topic of Diversity Education in the 21st Century Classroom. She has served on a variety of panels discussing refugees and immigrants. There is also an essay, published in Larry Payne’s book, The Heart of Houston” where she talks about her role as servant leader. She is the proud mother of two sons, Aron 11 and Adrian 20.
Michael Harris’ service, dedication and commitment to the City of Houston, its constituents and the people at-large began as a Police Sergeant for the City of Houston’s Police Department in 1986. Since that time, commitment and community involvement has been evidenced in every area of his work, profession and career. Harris is known throughout the City and State in business, legislative, political and community arenas. This lends well to his ability to network, connect and organize people collectively to work toward targeted causes. While on the police force, Harris received the honor and distinction as “Officer-of-the-Year” and was also recognized with the “Outstanding Texan Award.”Harris brings over 20 years’ business management, community relations, government affairs, public policy and public service to his law practice at The Harris Law Firm. A 1996 graduate of the Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Harris earned his degree while working as a Sergeant with the Houston Police Department.After graduation from law school, he became an associate with Barnes & Turner Law Firm and served as a government affairs consultant with Locke, Liddell & Sapp, LLP.In 2001 Harris founded The Harris Law Firm; he represents and counsels clients in all areas of Texas law.
Dr. Jonas Garcia is a cardiologist in Houston, TX, and has been in private practice since 1983. He notes, "Over the years of practicing Cardiology and Internal Medicine, my mission has always been to know my patient well, listen to their concerns and compassionately address their health issues." Dr. Garcia received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, and completed his residency at Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans. He is an active attending at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and Park Plaza Hospital.
Dr. Valerie D. Jackson has a Doctorate of Philosophy Degree in Clinical Adolescent Psychology from Prairie View A & M University (affiliate of Texas A & M University). She has been involved in clinical work for the past 13 years and a college professor for 10 years. Also, she has worked in the nonprofit arena for over 13 years assisting over 100 Philanthropist with starting a nonprofit organization. For the past 6 years, the Dreyfus Health Foundation (DHF) – a New York based organization, has contracted her as the local Executive Director for the Houston affiliate, Solutions for Better Living (SBL). She has worked with children in care (DFPS) for over 16 years in settings such as residential treatment centers, inpatient and outpatient mental health facilities, child placement agencies, and case management services. Dr. Jackson is very passionate about addressing the disparities and inequality of the child welfare system. She is the founder of two major programs for SBL, iServe and Monarch Family Services. Dr. Jackson is the co-owner of Cross Mountain Clinician”s Network, a clinical practice that offers individual and group counseling, psychological testing and assessments.
Lidya K. Osadchey has been a resident of Houston for more than 30 years. She has earned BA from Rice University and MA from the University of Houston. Lidya is the Founding Executive Director of the Holocaust Museum Houston. In May 2000, she was appointed CEO of the ESCAPE Family Resource Center. Families are being transformed by ESCAPE’s people and classes. Ms. Osadchey notes, “If our classroom walls could talk, they’d pour out the anguish expressed as men and women begin to share their stories, and then the confidence and empowerment adults gain as they learn skills for constructive parenting and relationship building. They’d also share about our children, who week to week talk about the extraordinary changes they’re experiencing at home.”
Archbishop Emeritus J. Fiorenza was the seventh Bishop and the first Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, serving from 1985 to 2006. He previously served as Bishop of San Angelo from 1979 to 1984. Ever committed to serving the people of Galveston-Houston, Archbishop Fiorenza has remained an advocate for social justice issues and a supporter of interfaith collaboration for positive social change across all social and economic borders.
William A. Lawson is the founding pastor of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. He is now retired from that position. For ten years, he served as director of the Baptist Student Union and Professor of Bible at Texas Southern University and has been deeply involved in advocacy activities for African Americans, for Hispanics, for women, and for the poor. In 1996 the Houston community honored him with the creation of a non-profit advocacy agency called WALIPP, the William A. Lawson Institute for Peace and Prosperity. That agency has gone before public officials and bodies on behalf of the underclasses, and now has established a middle school for boys, chartered as a public school with the Houston Independent School District so it would be accessible to low-income families. WALIPP has also constructed 50 units of apartments for seniors in Houston’s Third Ward. Finally, the agency is pulling together community development groups, churches, civic clubs, and local governments to redevelop the Third Ward so that aggressive real estate development will not expel those who need affordable housing. Lawson always works in close partnership with his wife, Audrey, who worked with the Baptist Student Union at TSU, with the church for his 42-year tenure there, and now with WALIPP.