The NOAA Leadership Seminar
(NLS)

August 28-31, 2006
Airlie Center, Warrenton, VA
540-347-1300

About the NLS:

The NLS is designed for NOAA employees with an interest in:

• Gaining knowledge and insight of current One NOAA initiatives and drivers.
• Networking with NOAA senior leaders and other participants.
• Learning and enhancing effective leadership skills.

Who Should Attend the NLS:

The target audience for the NLS is GS 13-14s (or equivalents), nominated by their Line/Corporate Offices (LOs/COs). Individual LOs/COs may determine that GS-12 and GS-15 candidates would also benefit from attending the NLS.

Attendance at the NLS is limited to once every three years per participant. Therefore, if an employee attended the August 24-26, 2004 NLS, the March 21-24, 2005 NLS, and/or the August 22-25, 2005 Mid-Level Retreat (MLR), that employee will not be eligible to attend another NLS until at least 2007. If an employee attended the first MLR held October 21-23, 2003 and has not attended another NLS or MLR event since, he/she would now be eligible to attend the upcoming August 28-31, 2006 NLS. Attendee nominations lists are compared to previous NLS and MLR rosters and ‘repeaters’ are identified.

NLS Registration:

The online reservation system was open from Monday, July 24, 2006 – Friday, August 4, 2006. Attendees received instructions on how to register via email from Tracy Scott, the NLS Program Manager, on or before July 24, 2006. Any attendee changes from Friday, August 25, 2006 - Thursday, August 31, 2006 must be arranged through the appropriate NLS Line/Corporate Office Coordinator and the NLS Program Manager.

NLS attendees were responsible for registering for a standard conference package via the Airlie Center’s online reservations system using their government travel cards. The standard conference package includes meals and lodging for the three days/nights of the NLS at a cost of $203.81 + 5% VA tax ($10.19) = $214 per day x 3 days = $642.00 total.

There were also options in the online reservation system to add early arrival (Sunday, August 27th) and/or late departure (Thursday, August 31st) if needed.

NLS Prerequisites:

Participants who plan to attend the NLS must complete the following prerequisites prior to arriving at the Airlie Center:

Written Assignment:

• One page written leadership example to share at the NLS “Leadership in Action: Working Together Across NOAA” break out group exercise.

E-Learning Assignment:

• NOAA Business Model
        NOAA Business Model Tutorial
  
  
• Team NOAA – Putting the Pieces Together
        Team NOAA Tutorial
  

Review Assignment:

• FY06-11 NOAA Strategic Plan
  
  
• NOAA Business Operations Manuel (BOM) - use your e-mail password when prompted.
  
  
• NOAA 20-Year Research Vision
  
  
• NOAA 5-Year Research Plan

General NLS Information:

• NLS Agenda
  
  
• NLS FAQs
  
  
• NOAA Line and Corporate Office Coordinators
  
  
• Airlie Center Web Site
  
  
• Warrenton, VA Area Hotels
  
  
• Participant List
  
  
• Break Out Group Lists

NLS Presentations:

1. NOAA's Heritage: What Does it Mean to You? - Jack Dunnigan, Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service
   
   
2. Celebrating NOAA's Heritage - Cheryl Oliver, Senior Program Advisor, NOAA's Preserve America Initiative
   
   
3. NOAA Celebrates 200 Years of Science, Service, and Stewardship - CAPT David MacFarland, Operations Manager, NOAA’s Center for Operational and Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) and Lead, NOAA’s 200th Celebration
   
   
4. Leadership: Creating One NOAA - BGEN Jack Kelly, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
   
   
5. PPBES: Meeting Requirements, Maximizing Value - Mary Glackin, Assistant Administrator, NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration; Bonnie Morehouse, Director, NOAA Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation; Maureen Wylie, NOAA Chief Financial Officer
   
   
6. PPBES Case Study: NOAA's Environmental Modeling Program - Frederick Toepfer, Deputy Director, Environmental Modeling Center, National Centers for Environmental Prediction and Program Manager, NOAA Environmental Modeling
   
   
7. Right Person, Right Place, Right Time: Meeting NOAA's Workforce Needs - Eddie Ribas, Director, NOAA's Workforce Management
   
   
8. NOAA's Mission Support Goal Team, Panel Discussion - Bill Broglie, NOAA Chief Administrative Officer and Program Support Sub-Goal Lead; Elizabeth White, Chief of Program Services and Outsourcing Division, NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations and Fleet Services Sub-Goal Lead; Mitchell Luxenberg, Deputy CFO/CAO, NOAA’s Ocean Service; Mary Ellen Kicza, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Satellite and Information Service
   
   
9. NOAA's Ecosystem Goal Team - Emily Menashes, Deputy Ecosystem Goal Lead
   
   
10. NOAA's Climate Goal Team - Chet Koblinksy, Director, Climate Program Office, NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
    
    
11. NOAA's Weather and Water Goal Team - Dr. George Smith, Weather and Water Goal Lead
    
    
12. NOAA's Commerce and Transporation Goal Team - CAPT Steven Barnum, Commerce and Transportation Goal Lead
    
    
13. The Path to 2020 - VADM Conrad Lautenbacher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
    
    
14. Realizing NOAA's Potential: Promoting a Seciety Fully Invested in the Environment - Dr. Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator, NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
    
    
15. NOAA's Program Coordination Office: A Window Into Leadership - Tim McClung, Executive Director to the NOAA Chief of Staff
    
    
16. NOAA Public Affairs: The Inconvenient Truth - Scott Smullen, Deputy Director, NOAA Office of Public, Constituent, and Intergovernmental Affairs