VALS 2006

Supporting Tomorrow's Leaders Today

Thank you to all who participated in VALS 2006. We were pleased to have over 300 students and executives at this year’s event. You helped make this Values-Aligned Leadership Summit the most successful to date! Read about highlights from VALS 2006.

Congratulations to our winners:

  • Randy Repola, Town Administrator for the City of Estes Park: Belmar Gift Basket
  • Lisa LaMunyon, Treasury Analyst for Catholic Health Initiatives: Table sponsorship at VALS 2007

We look forward to seeing you on April 19, 2007 for our next VALS!

VALS 2006 Schedule and Speakers

Thursday, April 20, 2006

8:00 a.m. Check-In and Registration Opens (breakfast available)
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Mike Moroney, Assistant Vice President for Development, CCU
Dr. Don Sweeting, CCU Trustee and Senior Pastor, Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church
9:15 a.m. VALS Award Presentation
9:30 a.m.

Purpose and Model of the Values-Aligned Leadership Summit

Ron Rex, Vice President for Advancement-CCU

Dr. Chuck King, Dean of the School of Business-CCU

10:00 a.m.

“Keys to Personal Freedom”
Dudley “Bo” Mitchell, President and Co-Founder, Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation

11:00 a.m.

Morning Break

11:15 a.m. "Standing Up for Something Without Getting Knocked Down"
President of Colorado Christian University; Founder of The Heart of Leadership
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m.

Panel Discussion:
Moderator:
Scott Bemis, Publisher, Denver Business Journal

Panelists:
Jay Barrington, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Humes & Barrington LLP
John Horan-Kates, Founder, Vail Leadership Institute
Jake Jabs, CEO and President, American Furniture Warehouse
Terry Leprino, CCU Trustee and Alum; Area Director, North Jeffco Young Life
Ryan Moroney, CCU Senior, Business Administration-Management

2:00 p.m. "Nothing Matters Anymore: Living Our Leadership"
Dr. Sid Buzzell, Professor at Colorado Christian University; Teacher of leadership in third world developing nations
3:00 p.m.

Appointment Scheduling and Afternoon Break

3:15 p.m.

VALS Vision Award Presentations

3:30 p.m. Keynote speaker: "What I Wish I Had Said"
Dan Issel, Former Head Coach and General Manager of the Denver Nuggets; Member of Basketball Hall of Fame
4:30 p.m.

Closing Comments and Prayer

Ron Rex, Vice President for Advancement-CCU

Dr. Don Sweeting, CCU Trustee and Senior Pastor-Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church

4:45 p.m. Networking Session and Hors D’oeuvres
   
 

VALS

2006 Sponsors:

GOLD SPONSORS:
-Anonymous Donor
-General Air Service and Supply
-Guaranty Bank & Trust Company
-Lee Architects/Interior Design
-Millennium Bank
-R&R Millwork
-Young Life

BLUE SPONSORS:
-Amber Homes, Inc.
-American Furniture Warehouse
-AXA Financial
-Bolts of Lightning
-CCU-College of Adult and Graduate Studies
-Centennial Benefits Group
-Center for Entrepreneurial
Innovation
-eCollege
-Ellen Armstrong, CCU Trustee
-Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation
-Hewlett Packard
-Institute for Independent Business
-Mack Sands, Inc.
-Primerica
-Service to Service
-Thomas N. Scheffel & Associates

WHITE SPONSORS:
-AECOM
-Bluestem Capital Co.
-Exempla St. Joseph's Hospital
-Humes & Barrington, LLP
-Intracorp
-JR Engineering
-Karon Ann Young
-Martin & Martin
-The RMH Group, Inc.
-Tetra Tech
-Vantage Alliance