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BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Juan Arambula
California State Assembly
Henry Barkett
Real Estate Development
(Chief Financial Officer)
Jim Boren
The Fresno Bee
Jim Coleman
E & J Gallo
Rep. Jim Costa
U.S. Congress
Diana Dooley
Children’s Hospital,
Central California
John Harris
Harris Farms
Dr. Arnold Gazarian
Berberian Companies
Don Jackson
Attorney
(Chairman)
Lee Lockhart
The Business Journal
William Lyles
Lyles Diversified
Dennis Parnagian
Fowler Packing Co.
Sen. Chuck Poochigian
California State Senate
(Vice Chairman)
Sal Russo
Russo, Marsh & Rogers
Earl Smittcamp
Wawona Orchards
Mike Villines
California State Assembly
Ex Officio Members
Dr. John Welty,
President
Calif. State Univ., Fresno
(Secretary)
Dr. Jeronima Echeverria,
Provost
Calif. State Univ., Fresno
Dr. Luz Gonzalez,
Dean
College of Social Sciences
Calif. State Univ., Fresno
STAFF
Executive Director
Mark Keppler
Research Assistants
Jill Beuttner
Alicia Demes
Chris Marklund
Duane Whittaker
Jessica Woody
Webmaster
Julie Fisher
CONTACT
The Maddy Institute
Foundation Building
Calif. State Univ., Fresno
4910 N. Chestnut Ave.
Fresno, CA 93726-1852
Phone:
(559) 278-0831
Fax:
(559) 278-0992
Email:
mkeppler@csufresno.edu
Website:
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Maddy Associates:
A Public Affairs Forum for “California’s New
Frontier"
On June 27, The Maddy Institute officially launched the
Maddy Associates program—a public affairs forum modeled
after the Commonwealth Club of California—to bring together
a diverse array of distinguished speakers to discuss topics
of importance to our region, our State and our Nation.
Our first event will be an annual “Sacramento Update” with
State Senate and State Assembly members from throughout the
San Joaquin Valley, scheduled for Wednesday, August 10 from
5:00 to 7:30 pm at the Smittcamp Alumni House on the
California State University, Fresno campus. Senators Chuck
Poochigian and Dean Florez, as well as Assemblymembers Juan
Arambula, David Cogdill, Nicole Parra and Mike Villines have
already indicated that they will attend. Other state
legislators who have been invited include Senators Roy
Ashburn, Jeff Denham, Michael Machado, as well as
Assemblymembers Greg Aghazarian, Barbara Matthews, Bill
Maze, Kevin McCarthy, Alan Nakanishi, Sharon Runner and
Simon Salinas.
Our second event will be an annual “Washington Update” with
the San Joaquin Valley’s Congressional delegation, scheduled
for October...[read
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Civic/Business Leader Bill Lyles and Assemblyman Mike
Villines Join Maddy Institute Board
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William Lyles, CEO -
Lyles Diversified
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Assemblyman Mike Villines
(R-29)
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On June
1, civic and business
leader William (Bill) Lyles and Assemblyman Mike Villines
(R-29) joined The Maddy Institute Board of Directors.
Bill will be a member of the Institute’s Public Policy
Committee. Mike will be a member of the Institute’s Public
Relations and Public Policy Committees.
Both Bill and Mike have a strong record of community
involvement and leadership.
Bill is a recognized leader in the building industry, having
served in top roles in many national, state and local
organizations. He is on the board of the National
Association of General Contractors and the board of
directors of the California State Chamber of Commerce. Bill
also has served on the Board of the Fresno Economic
Development Corporation as well as on the Board of Governors
for the California State University, Fresno Foundation.
Bill has been very active in community service, serving as
board chairman of Valley Public Television and the Fresno
Regional Foundation, and as president of the Fresno Chamber
of Commerce, Rotary Playland, East Fresno Rotary and the
Fresno Metropolitan Museum's board of directors. He also has
served on the board of directors for the Private Industry
Council, the Fresno Philharmonic Association, the Purdue
Alumni Association and the Fresno Opera Association.
Bill’s extensive community service was recognized in 1989
when the Fresno Chamber of Commerce awarded him the Leon S.
Peters Award which honors a business professional for
devotion to improving life in Fresno and the Central Valley
and again in 1999 when the University presented him with one
of its highest honors – the California State University,
Fresno Foundation Service Award – given to an “…individual
who has achieved stature in his or her field of endeavor
that reflects favorably on the Fresno community and the
university.
” He has supported many other aspects of education in the
region, including the San Joaquin College of Law, community
colleges and public schools.
Bill holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue
University and served in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineering
Corps where he helped supervise construction of a power
plant, roads, water systems and buildings.
Assemblymember Mike Villines represents the 29th district in
the State Assembly. The district includes the communities of
Fresno, Clovis, Madera, and Orange Cove. Mike sits on four
Committees including, Rules Committee, Budget Committee,
Elections and Redistricting Committee and is the vice chair
of the Water Parks and Wildlife committee.
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Sen. Ken
Maddy follows voting on the State
Senate floor on Friday evening, Aug.
28, 1998, two days before the close of
his last legislative session. Source:
Fresno Bee.
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July 20
Rose Ann Vuich
Ethical Leadership Award
Nominations Due
[details...]
August 10
(5:00 to 7:30 p.m.)
Maddy Associates
"Sacramento Update"
Smittcamp Alumni House [details...]
September
29
(8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
Conference on Open Government
Location: Fresno - TBA
October 1
Maddy & Costa Scholar Interns
Applications Due
[details...]
October
13
(11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)
Rose Ann Vuich Ethical Leadership
Award Lunch
Radisson Conference Center
[details...]
October
Date TBA
(5:00 to 7:30 p.m.)
Maddy Associates
"Washington D.C. Update"
Smittcamp Alumni House [details...]
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Learn more about what our alumni
are now doing....The University's
"Presidential Scholar" who is spending his
summer in China learning Chinese and will be
attending Johns Hopkins for a graduate
degree in International Relations in the
fall...A financial analyst with Vangaurd
Group in Pennsylvania...A scheduler and
press coordinator for Congressman Jim Costa
(CA-20)...A key member of U.S. Sen. Boxer's
staff...A law student at UC Davis who plans
to return to the Central Valley and work in
public interest law...A law student with an
MPA who is completing her studies in labor
and employment law at Catholic University in
Washington, D.C...A UCLA law graduate
practicing water law in Los Angeles...[details...]
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Maddy and Costa Scholar
Interns at the State Capital.
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Maddy Institute Scholar Interns Visit State Capital
On April 11, sixteen Maddy and Costa Scholar Interns went on
a VIP tour of the Capital arranged by State Senator Chuck
Poochigian’s staff. One California’s top political
consultants, Sal Russo, also spoke to the scholar interns
about current political climate in Sacramento at local
landmark (and Sen. Maddy favorite) Frank Fats restaurant.
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| Donna Zajonc, author of The
Politics of Hope, leading Community Collaboration
Workshop sponsored by the Maddy Institute's Dooley
Leadership Fund. |
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“Community Collaboration” Focus of Maddy
Workshop
On March 24, more than 50 government and civic leaders
attended a Maddy Institute workshop on community
collaboration sponsored by the Cal Dooley Leadership Fund.
The workshop, entitled “'How Then Shall We Collaborate?”
focused on providing community leaders with new insights and
new tools to increase collaboration and bi-partisan
political leadership.
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Maddy Institute Executive
Director Mark Keppler
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Federal Expenditures in the San Joaquin
Valley: Implications for Public Policy
On April 22, Executive Director Mark
Keppler joined State Assemblyman Juan Arambula and former
Congressman Rick Lehman at the Spring Conference of the
San Joaquin Valley Regional Association of California
Counties to discuss a recent report by the Congressional
Research Service on the public policy implications of
federal expenditures in the San Joaquin Valley.
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more...]
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Chairman
of The Board
Executive
Director
A
Scholar Intern
