MPLP 15th Annual Dinner
Thursday, Feb. 25
Attend the Michigan Political Leadership Program's 15th Annual Dinner with guest speakers Gov. Jim Blanchard & Gov. John Engler. WWJ-TV's own Carol Cain will emcee this event on Thursday, Feb. 25 at Laurel Manor in Livonia.
Former Michigan governors Jim Blanchard and John Engler will headline the Michigan Political Leadership Program's 2010 dinner.
MPLP, one of the nation's premiere political leadership training grounds, annually hosts the dinner, celebrated as one of the state's largest nonpartisan gatherings.
This year, the dinner will be held on Thursday, Feb. 25 at Livonia's Laurel Manor from 5 - 8:30 p.m. This Dinner is open to the public. Tickets are $150 each. Tables are valued at $1,500, and sponsorships at all levels are available.
MPLP is considered unique in the nation for its scholarship, multi-partisan approach and curriculum balanced between hands-on experience and exposure to the state and nation's leading authorities on public policy and political leadership.
Since 1992, MPLP has trained 24 competitively selected Fellows per year.
The program provides instruction for one weekend per month for 10 months. It intentionally selects an equal number of Fellows from each of the two major political parties.
To date, nearly 500 people, from all professions and parts of the state, are MPLP graduates. A quarter of them are serving or have served in public office.
Among their ranks are Detroit City Council member and former Detroit Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr., former House Speaker Craig DeRoche, Sen. Wayne Kuipers, Rep. Ed Clemente, Rep. Robert Dean and Rep. Kenneth Horn.
About the Speakers:
Blanchard, a former U.S. Congressman, served eight years as Michigan's governor. He was named U.S. Ambassador to Canada in 1993 and is currently Co-chair, Government Affairs Practice Group for the global law firm DLA Piper. He is also chairman of the Washington-based Meridian International Center and serves on the Board of Directors of Chrysler Group LLC. He is an MSU graduate.
Engler served three terms as Michigan governor and 20 years in the Michigan
Legislature. He was elected first to the Michigan House of Representatives and then to the Michigan Senate, rising to Senate Majority Leader. He is currently President of the National Association of Manufacturers and is a member of the Board of Directors of Delta Airlines. He is an MSU graduate.
For more information and to purchase tickets online, go to http://www.ippsr.msu.edu/MPLP/fundraisers.htm
IPPSR is a part of MSU's College of Social Science and specializes in public policy, leadership training and rigorous survey research.
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MPLP also hosts a site on Twitter. It is http://twitter.com/mplpmsu
The IPPSR website has information about MPLP: http://www.ippsr.msu.edu/
For more information about the events: http://www.ippsr.msu.edu/MPLP/fundraisers.htm
To buy tickets online: http://www.ippsr.msu.edu/MPLP/fundraisers.htm#buynow
