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Apr 6, 2015
Posted Under: Foraker News       Tags: leadership-summit
Happy April! We are excited to bring speakers from around the world to the 2015 Leadership Summit on April 20 -21. Betham Ohia and Kate Cherrington will join us from New Zealand and will be speaking about transformation through indigenous values and community centered solutions.

Bentham Ohia is currently completing a Ph.D. with Te Whare WÄnanga o AwanuiÄrangi after a long career at Te WÄ?nanga o Aotearoa, seven years as CEO. He works with community groups facilitating transformational leadership practice. His work in strategy development includes directorships on tribal and organization boards both in New Zealand and internationally, including Big Fish Group, Deputy Chair of the Waikato Tainui Endowment College, Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO) and Advancement of MÄori Opportunity (AMO). He has chaired international conferences in education and transformational leadership and is an accreditation evaluator with WINHEC, the World Indigenous Higher Education Consortium, which evaluates programs in tribal colleges around the world. Bentham is also working with First Alaskans Institute in their staff development and the Community Doers project in Alaska.

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