<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/westmont-news/westmont-host-leadership-conference.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>01/29/2018</pubDate><title>Westmont to Host Leadership Conference</title><excerpt>Keynote speakers Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Brooks, Lynda Weinman and President Gayle D. Beebe share insights on effective and purposeful leadership in government, non-profit and for-profit sectors at the 2018 Lead Where You Stand Conference, June 6-8, at Westmont’s new Global Leadership Center. The three-day event, “Transformational Leadership in the 21st Century: Pursuing the Greater Good in Challenging Times,” is sponsored by the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership and the Brittingham Family Foundation. Westmont will announce additional speakers in the next few months. Tickets to the conference, which includes materials, parking and meals, cost $399 until March 1 ($449 after) and may be purchased online at westmont.edu/lead. Students may purchase tickets for $199. Conference guests may also book single, air-conditioned rooms with extra-long twin beds and a private bathroom.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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