2011 La Crosse Leadership & Diversity Conference

Agenda

Participants

The following NWS personnel participated in this conference:

1. Amanda Graning, WFO DLH Forecaster
2. Ben Deubelbeiss, WFO LOT Forecaster
3. Charly Wells, NWS HQ, Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity Management OEODM Director, Washington D.C
4. Christine Wielgos, WFO PAH Forecaster
5. Dan Luna, WFO MPX MIC
6. Jen Hacker, WFO FSD Lead Forecaster
7. Jim Lee, WFO DMX Forecaster
8. Kevin Kraujalis, WFO DLH Meteorologist Intern
9. Linda Engebretson, WFO DVN Forecaster
10. Marie Hoffpauer, CR Workforce Program Coordinator
11. Matt Friedlein, WFO MPX Forecaster
12. Terry Simmons, WFO DVN DAPM
13. Tom Hulquist, WFO MPX SOO
14. Vanessa Pearce, WFO ICT Meteorologist Intern

The following people attended from WFO La Crosse, WI...

1. Andrew Just, Lead Forecaster
2. Dan Baumgardt, SOO
3. Dan Jones, Meteorologist Intern
4. David Schwemlein, ET
5. Glenn Lussky, MIC
6. Jamie Gibbons, ASA
7. Jeff Boyne, Forecaster
8. Jeff Raberding, Lead Forecaster
9. John Wetenkamp, Forecaster
10. Randy Breeser, DAPM
11. Rod Swerman, Forecaster
12. Stu Ireland, Lead Forecaster
13. Tim Halbach, Lead Forecaster
14. Todd Rieck, Lead Forecaster
15. Todd Shea, WCM

The following were invited speakers for this conference:

1. Linda Matti, Mayo Medical School's Administrator for Multicultural Education and Leadership Development, Rochester, MN
2. Stacy Shapiro, President of Shapiro Strategies, La Crosse, WI
3. Tom Thibodeau, Program Director, Master of Arts in Servant Leadership at Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI

The following people were a great help at this conference:

1. Larry Frohmader, Retired
2. Verna Frohmader (Retired WFO ARX ASA)

Conference Location

This conference was held in the La Crosse County Administrative Center's basement auditorium. This center was located at 400 4th Street North in downtown La Crosse, WI.	La Crosse County Administrative Center
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Hotel Info & Area Map

Downtown La Crosse Map

Registration

We ask those offices planning on sending participants to RSVP to us (via e-mail to Jeff.Boyne@noaa.gov) with a number of expected attendees by Tuesday March 31st.  

All travel expenses ($77 hotel and $46 M&IE) will be the responsibility of the local office.  For those wanting a box lunch on Wednesday (May 4th), we will collect money for that on the first morning of the conference.  The estimated cost is $6 to $8.

History

Photos

Front Row:  Dan Baumgardt (ARX SOO) and Charly Wells (NWS HQ, Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity Management (OEODM) Director, Washington D.C)

Second Row:  Christine Wielgos (PAH Forecaster), Terry Simmons (DVN DAPM), Vanessa Pearce (ICT Meteorologist Intern), Linda Engebretson (DVN Lead Forecaster), Jamie Gibbons (ARX ASA), Amanda Granning (DLH Forecaster), and Jeff Raberding (ARX Lead Forecaster)

Third Row:  Jeff Boyne (ARX Forecaster), Dan Jones (ARX Meteorologist Intern), Jen Hacker (FSD Lead Forecaster), and Tom Hulquist (MPX SOO)

Fourth Row:  Glenn Lussky (ARX MIC), Marie Hoffpauer (CR Workforce Program Coordinator), Matt Friedlein (MPX Forecaster), John Wettenkamp (ARX Forecaster), Rod Swerman (ARX Forecaster), Kevin Kraujalis (DLH Meteorologist Intern), Ben Deubelbeiss (LOT Forecaster), Dan Luna (MPX MIC), and Jim Lee (DMX Forecaster)

Not Pictured:  Andrew Just (ARX Lead Forecaster), Larry Frohmader, Linda Matti (Invited Speaker - Mayo Medical School's Administrator for Multicultural Education and Leadership Development, Rochester, MN), Randy Breeser (ARX DAPM), Todd Shea (ARX WCM), Tim Halbach (ARX Lead Forecaster), Stacy Shapiro (Invited Speaker - President of Shapiro Strategies, La Crosse, WI), Stu Ireland (ARX Lead Forecaster), Todd Rieck (ARX Lead Forecaster), Tom Thibodeau (Invited Speaker - Program Director, Master of Arts in Servant Leadership at Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI), and Verna Frohmader (Retired ARX ASA).

Ice Breaker:  The Bodega Brew Pub - Tuesday, May 3rd

Conference - Wednesday Morning - May 4th

Matt Friedlein MPX Forecaster	Matt Friedlein MPX Forecaster	Stacy Shapiro Invited Speaker
Stacy Shapiro Invited Speaker	Dan Baumgardt ARX SOO	Dan Baumgardt ARX SOO
Dan Baumgardt ARX SOO	Christine Wielgos PAH Forecaster

Conference - Wednesday Afternoon - May 4th

Linda Matti Invited Speaker	Linda Matti Invited Speaker	Linda Matti receiving a token of our appreciation from John Wettenkamp
Charly Wells NWS HQ, Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity Management (OEODM) Director, Washington D.C.	Charly Wells NWS HQ, Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity Management (OEODM) Director, Washington D.C.	Afternoon Moderator John Wetenkamp introducing Linda Engebretson  (DVN Forecaster)
Linda Engebretson  DVN Forecaster	Terry Simmons DVN DAPM	Terry Simmons DVN DAPM

Contact

For more information on this conference, contact a member of the NWS La Crosse (ARX) Leadership team.

• Jeff Boyne (Team Leader)
• Andrew Just
• Dan Jones
• Dan Baumgardt
• David Schwemlein
• Jamie Gibbons
• John Wetenkamp
• Todd Rieck

Comments

• Thanks to you and the ARX Leadership Team for hosting this workshop. Both Amanda and Kevin had great things to say about it and as I looked over their handouts, I was chagrined that I missed it. (Carol Christenson - DLH WCM)
• Thank you Jeff - it was an awesome conference! You all did an excellent job facilitating and organizing the event. (Dan Luna MPX MIC)
• I was very impressed with the conference and the level of professionalism by all who organized it. Thank you so much for the hospitality your office showed to me and all who participated. I look forward to working with everyone on Diversity and making our program stronger! (Marie Hoffpauer, Workforce Program Coordinator NWS Central Region Headquarters)
• It was a very well organized conference that I got a LOT out of. Wish everyone could attend such gatherings. Thanks for all the work you and the others from your office put in to make it happen! (Amanda Graning, WFO DLH Forecaster)
• It was certainly our pleasure on attending this very well-facilitated and well-rounded conference. The talks and interactions fostered were both refreshing and rejuvenating. I further learned about myself and the people world around me. You should be quite proud of the job you and your group did on this workshop, and you are serving as a role model to many of us with how you have embraced and encouraged leadership within your office. (Matt Friedlein MPX Forecaster)
• I really enjoyed giving the presentation and meeting such wonderful people over those two days. I learned so much from the talks given and I am looking forward to sharing as much of it as I can to the staff here. Your work on this seminar had to be substantial and I applaud you for all of the hard work you have done. Also, your talk at the end was a perfect way to sum up the seminar. Great job! (Christine Wielgos PAH Forecaster)
• My congratulations on a great conference! Caught up with Ben yesterday to hear about it - sounds like it was a fantastic couple of days. Ben is going to present material he picked up to everyone here at a staff meeting next month - looking forward to that. So the legacy of the conference carries forward! Again congrats on a great event. Wish we'd have been able to send more people. (Ed Fenelon LOT MIC)
• I so enjoyed myself...and your colleagues. (Stacy Shapiro) Thank you for organizing the Leadership Diversity conference. This was my first opportunity to visit La Crosse and I was delighted with the beauty of your CWA. I am sorry the visit was so short and that Linda and I had to return to work on Thursday. While we really would have enjoyed attending the conference both days, Linda and I agreed that the May 4th presentations will provide lots of food for thought. Thank you again for allowing us to be a part of this conference. Best regards. (Terry Simmons DVN DAPM)
• I enjoyed the visit very much. The group was very receptive and eager to learn. That's all I need to validate my presence. Thank you for the opportunity to share the NWS diversity management process. It's always a pleasure to meet the manager NWS field managers and employees. I cherish each opportunity to do so. Mahalo nui loa! (Charly Wells, NWS HQ, Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity Management OEODM Director, Washington D.C)
• I know topics during your conference look down on a mass email like this (he he) and lack of "human moment", but I wanted to express my thanks and a job WELL DONE for your work with the conference this week. I know how hard of work it is planning something like this and I appreciate all the time, meetings, and effort you put into it. I thought the conference went very well and I learned a lot. KUDOS to all of you! (Todd Shea, ARX WCM)
• Thank you for the opportunity to share Mayo's diversity message. Please thank your wife for the coasters, I am putting them to good use! (Linda Matti, Mayo Medical School's Administrator for Multicultural Education and Leadership Development, Rochester, MN)