PTC meeting next month. Tom Mitchell, Ph.D. Associate Professor Industrial & Organizational Psychologist Director of Graduate Programs in Applied Psychology University of Baltimore College of Liberal Arts 1420 North Charles Street, Suite 209 Academic Center Baltimore, MD 21201 [log in to unmask] http://home.ubalt.edu/tmitch phone: 410 837 5348 fax: 410 837 4059 -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:08 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: PTC/MW November Luncheon (Thurs., Nov. 19th) - Unrealized Vision: Reimagining the Senior Executive Service JOIN US FOR THE PTC/MW NOVEMBER LUNCHEON ** LOCATION: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY - ARLINGTON CAMPUS ** *** NOTE: THE LUNCHEON ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th HAS BEEN MOVED TO THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 19th *** DATE: Thursday, November 19 (11:30 am - 1:30 pm) TOPIC: Unrealized Vision: Reimagining the Senior Executive Service PRESENTERS: Brian Vander May, Booz Allen Hamilton and Bob Lavigna, Partnership for Public Service REGISTER: Online at www.PTCMW.org . PTC/MW members and colleagues are strongly encouraged to register no later than COB, Friday, November 13th . ** NEW WEBCAST OPTION ($5 for Students and Members; $10 for Non-Members): PTC/MW is pleased to offer remote access to our Luncheons for a nominal fee. You can now join us at our Luncheons from a live Internet connection, anywhere in the world! To register for the webcast please go to the PTC/MW website or the Luncheon registration page and look for the "To View Webcast" option ( www.ptcmw.org/lunch.htm ). An e-mail with the dial-in instructions will be delivered within 24 hours of the event . Please contact the PTC/MW Treasurer ([log in to unmask]) if you have questions about or wish to cancel your registration. ** LOCATION: George Mason University - Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 317 (3401 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201). Visit the PTC/MW website ( www.PTCMW.org ) for directions to the GMU-Arlington Campus. Parking is limited to street; taking the Metro is advised. MEAL: Luncheon menu is buffet-style and will be suitable for all attendees. SUMMARY: Thirty-one years ago, as part of the most sweeping civil service reforms in more than a century, Congress created the Senior Executive Service (SES) to provide a unified, government-wide cadre of Federal career executives with shared values, a broad perspective and solid leadership skills. This leadership corps, reformers believed, would move across agencies, bring their expertise and strategic thinking to a range of difficult issues and problems, and operate under a uniform and performance-based pay system. Today's SES, however, only vaguely reflects and demonstrates this vision. At the Luncheon, Brian Vander May and Bob Lavigna will review the results and findings of a recently completed study of the SES. The purpose of this study was to examine to what extent it has achieved its original goals and is keeping up with the times, to see if there are impediments to its success, and to determine if changes should be made to improve the management of government. The primary finding was that the SES as envisioned by reformers has fallen short of its promise. More importantly, the report found that the original vision itself is inadequate for today's needs and does not provide the blueprint to build the kind of senior government leadership required for the future. ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: Brian Vander May is an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading strategy and technology consulting firm, where he focuses on providing human capital solutions to government clients. His areas of specialization are leadership development and HR transformation. He has over ten years of broad human resources experience in the private and public sectors, and from an in-house and external consulting perspective. Brian was the Booz Allen project manager for the joint study with the Partnership for Public Service "Unrealized Vision: Reimagining the Senior Executive Service". Brian received an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in International Relations from Connecticut College. Bob Lavigna is Vice President of Research for the non-partisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service. He directs research projects that find new ways for government to attract, develop and retain talent. Before joining the Partnership, Bob was Senior Manager of Consulting for CPS Human Resource Services, a self-supporting public agency that provides HR consulting services to Federal, state and local government. He directed consulting in a 36-state region. Before that, from 1991-2001, he was Administrator of the Wisconsin civil service system and directed a statewide labor-management cooperation program. Before being appointed to his Wisconsin position by the governor, Bob served with the Government Accountability Office for 17 years. The organizations Bob has led have received innovation and achievement awards from the Ford Foundation, the Council of State Governments, the International Public Management Association for HR (IPMA-HR), the National Association of State Personnel Executives, the Urban League, and others. Bob's individual awards and honors include selection as a "Public Official of the Year" by Governing magazine. He is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He writes frequently for journals and other publications and has authored three book chapters. Bob is a past national president of IPMA-HR and a past chair of the American Society for Public Administration Section on Personnel. He has a B.A. in Public Affairs from George Washington University and an M.S. in HR from Cornell University.