ULV Alum and Professor Talks Leadership and World Issues

Story courtesy University of La Verne

Leading expert on leadership and the study of organizations Dr. Terrence Deal is the featured speaker at the second Challenges Of Making Public Administration and Complexity Theory Work conference, or COMPACT II, June 5-8.

The University of La Verne Alumnus, professor, author and speaker will discuss Leadership and Complex Systems Friday, June 7 and will assess the role of leadership in governing metropolitan systems facing the complex issues that have become apparent as populations have grown.

Deal, who has written more than 20 books and more than 100 book chapters, has taught extensively on organization, leadership, change and culture at La Verne, Harvard University, Stanford University and Vanderbilt University.

La Verne is the second institution to host the COMPACT conference, which was first held at Erasmus University in the Netherlands in 2011.

Scholars from around the globe will convene to discuss and learn about the challenges facing metropolitan systems around the world in managing and maintaining adequate supplies of water, air quality, housing, health, functional transportation and education.

“The central focus of COMPACT conferences is on the application of complexity thinking in public policy and administration,” Meek said.

Additional speakers include La Verne Provost Dr. Greg Dewey, Professor of Law Dr. Kevin Marshall, Professor of Public Administration Dr. Jack Meek, Associate Professor of Public Administration Dr. Marcia Godwin, City of La Verne Mayor Don Kendrick, City of Claremont Councilman Larry Schroeder and a variety of experts in the field of complexity from around the world.