Each year twenty to twenty-five outstanding women are selected to be part of the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service program. The Lugar Series is a political leadership development program designed for fast tracking and mainstreaming outstanding Hoosier women into positions of influence in the public arena. The success of the Lugar Series led to the implementation of 19 similar programs across the country.
To date, there are 421 alumni of the Lugar Series and more than 2000 graduates of the Series nationwide. Founded in 1990, the organization will be celebrating 25 years of service in the coming year and will commemorate the anniversary with supporters at a luncheon in early March of 2015.
With sponsorship from the School of Public Health-Bloomington the event will feature keynote speaker Barbara Pierce Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush and co-founder and CEO of Global Health Corps. “A milestone such as this calls for a keynote speaker of unparalleled success who has earned the respect of women and men around the world,” said Gretchen Gutman, Lugar Series Board Member.
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