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State Representative Michael Beard
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-8872
For more information contact: Jodi Boyne 651-296-0640
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Representative Michael Beard awarded fellowship for Midwestern leadership institute
(Lombard, Ill.) May 6, 2006 -- State Representative Michael Beard of Shakopee was among 37 select lawmakers chosen today to participate in a training program that annually identifies and assists promising state leaders in the Midwest.
Representative Beard will meet with fellow lawmakers from Minnesota and 10 other Midwestern states and the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan on July 7 -11, in Madison, Wis., for The Council of State Governments’ 12th annual Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development (BILLD).
“In a little more than a decade, BILLD has come to be recognized as one of the premier leadership training programs in the nation,” says Michigan Rep. Jerry O. Kooiman, who serves as co-chair of the institute’s steering committee. “Since 1995, more than 360 of our region’s lawmakers have graduated from the Bowhay Institute, and many of them now hold key leadership positions in their states.”
State legislators from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin were chosen to participate during the competitive, nonpartisan selection process. Members of the Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan legislative assemblies are selected by their caucuses to take part in the program.
BILLD was founded in 1995 to help new legislators meet the demands of program devolution and, in many states, term limits. These two emerging forces have highlighted the shortage of training available for legislators, a void that BILLD aims to fill.
A program of The Council of State Governments’ Midwestern Office, BILLD is held at the
University of Wisconsin’s Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs. Courses and seminars are conducted by La Follette faculty, Midwestern legislative leaders and professional development experts.
In addition to courses designed to develop leadership skills, the program analyzes a variety of public policy issues, including education, energy and corrections. The program is funded through grants from foundation and corporate sponsors and an in-kind contribution provided by The Council of State Governments’ Midwestern Office.
The Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development is named in honor of the late James Bowhay, longtime director of The Council of State Governments’ Midwestern Office. Founded in 1933, The Council of State Governments has national headquarters in Lexington, Ky., and regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago (Lombard, Ill.), New York City and Sacramento. The goal of the national, nonpartisan organization is to assist and advance state government by providing research assistance, professional development opportunities, interstate consulting services and suggested state legislation.
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