Clarity…Insight…Wisdom…Inspiration…Determination

Keynote Speaker: Kay Coles James

President, The Gloucester Institute

Kay is the founder and President of the Gloucester Institute, a non profit organization dedicated to preserving our history while leaving a legacy of faith and ideas.

Prior to that she was Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).  Director James was an advocate for Federal employees and leader of a dynamic agency with over 3,600 employees around the world with an annual budget in excess of 261 million dollars and trust funds that annually exceeded 29 billion dollars.  In fact, if OPM were in the private-sector, it would rank as the largest Fortune 500 company in terms of assets.

Prior to that, she served as a leader and manager in Government on the Federal, state, and local levels and in private, non-profit, and academic settings.  She served as a Senior Fellow and Director of The Citizenship Project at the Heritage Foundation, Dean of the School of Government, Regent University, Chair of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, Secretary of Health and Human Resources.  While Secretary she designed and implemented Virginia’s landmark welfare reform initiative. As Secretary, James was responsible for fourteen state agencies and over 19,000 employees.

Before serving as Secretary, James was Senior Vice President of the Family Research Council.  She has also served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer for One to One Partnership, a national umbrella organization for mentoring programs. She also served as Associate Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and as Assistant Secretary for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She was also appointed as member of the National Commission on Children. James previously served on both the Fairfax County School Board and the Virginia State Board of Education. She continued her public service by serving on the National Medicaid Commission, as an advisor to the Director of NASA, and on the Carter Baker Election reform commission.  She has served on the boards of Focus on the Family, and Young Life International. She now serves on the National Advisory Board of the Salvation Army, The Heritage Foundation Board and two for profit corporate boards: PNC Financial Services and AMERIGROUP, Inc., a health care provider exclusively for low-income families.

A graduate of Hampton University, James is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, most recently the Doctor of Laws Degree from Pepperdine University.  She is also the recipient of several awards and special recognitions too numerous to mention.

As a commentator and lecturer, Mrs. James has appeared on every network morning show, several national news and talk programs.  Her editorials have been featured in newspapers across the country.  She was one of the founders of the Richmond Crisis Pregnancy Center.  In addition, James is the author of three books; her award winning 1993 autobiography Never Forget; Transforming America: From the Inside Out (1995); and a third book on the subject of marriage What I Wish I Had Known Before I Got Married (2001).  Most importantly, Kay Coles James is the wife of Charles E. James, Sr. and the proud mother of three children and grandmother to five grandchildren.

Date: October 21, 2010

Time: Seating at 7:00 a.m., Welcome at 7:15 a.m.

Place: Charleston Area Convention Center

Cost: $300 per table; $35 per individual seat; $30 for each student you would like to sponsor. We will invite them from local colleges.

Registration: Make checks payable to Charleston Leadership Foundation. Send checks to:

Charleston Leadership Foundation
PO Box 1062
Charleston, SC 29402

Breakfast Volunteer Committee

Fred Whittle – Chairman
John Duncan
Christie Whitener
Lissa Long

Maj. Gen. John S. Grinalds
2008

Joe Gibbs
2009

J. C. Watts, Jr.
2007

Anne Graham Lotz
2006

Amb. Andrew Young
2005

Col. Oliver North
2004

Foster Friess
2003

Dr. Tony Campolo
2002