Master Class with Barbara Pope
How does a leader respond to dramatic developments across the world and challenges crises on the domestic front, when the public is growing impatient, time is growing short – and the news cycle even shorter?
Twenty-five students – along with a group of special guests from the American Community School in Athens – joined us for an amazing Master Class on leadership with Barbara Spyridon Pope, as she shared her unique perspective as a former Assistant Secretary of the Navy and a former Assistant Secretary of State.
How does a leader build a team, respond effectively to crises, manage the onslaught of the news media, work with friends and foes alike to further American goals, stand up and speak out when it’s the right thing to do and your conscience tells you to do so – and still have time for a life with your family?
Barbara Pope
This inspiring look at leadership from frequent Master Class leader Barbara Pope covered all this and more, as this engaging veteran of two changes of administration shared her own experiences about the unique opportunities, challenges and pressures that face leaders in the public arena.
A Master Class with
Barbara Spyridon Pope
K&L Gates
Washington, DC
Barbara Spyridon Pope
Barbara Pope
Barbara Spyridon Pope served as the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of State under Secretary of State Colin Powell during the Bush administration. Barbara joined the State Department after years as President of the Pope Group, a management consulting company. Barbara has also served as an expert consultant to the Department of Justice for Title VII and Title IX issues.
Barbara Pope served as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs under President George H.W. Bush and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Reagan. Also a former Chief of Staff at the Small Business Administration, Barbara Pope began her career on Capitol Hill with the late Senator Barry Goldwater.
Barbara Spyridon Pope is the recipient of the National Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award. Barbara Pope received her B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1972.
Barbara Spyridon Pope is a founding board member of the Next Generation Initiative.
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