Luncheon Series on Public Policy, Governance, and Administration

The Center cosponsors the "Luncheon Series on Public Policy, Governance, and Administration" with the Institute of Government and Public Affairs of the University of Illinois. This annual series of luncheons are held in downtown Springfield at the Sangamo Club and features major state officials and panels of experts addressing critical issues facing the state of Illinois. The programs are taped by the Illinois Channel and shown statewide on local cable television. The luncheons are open to the public and require advance registration.

This years luncheons include:

March 22, 2007

"Representation and Access in Illinois State Government"
Moderator: Jorge Chapa, Director, Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, UIUC.
Panelists: State Representative Linda Chapa LaVia, Robin Kelly, Chief of Staff, Illinois Treasurer, and Howard Peters, Senior Vice President, Illinois Hospital Association.

April 26, 2007

"Patronage in Illinois 2007"
Moderator: Jim Nowlan, Senior Fellow, Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA).
Panelists: Paul Craig, Director, Office of Public Management, IGPA, Jay Stewart, Executive Director, Better Government Association.

September 19, 2006

“Rutan: Then, Now and the Future”
Mary Lee Leahy, Attorney at Law
Ms.Leahy argued Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois before the U.S. Supreme Court, decided in 1990.

October 12, 2006

“The Illinois Healthcare System: In Crisis?”
Location: Maldaner's, 222 S. 6th Street, Springfield, IL.
Moderator: Dr. Robert Rich, Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA)
Panelists:
Dale Righter, Illinois State Senator (R-Mattoon)
Barry Maram, Director, Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services
Kenneth Robbins, President, Illinois Hospital Association
Dr. Quenton Young, consumer advocate (invited)

November 10, 2006

“Illinois General Election 2006 – Post Mortem”
Moderator: Dr. Sam Gove, Institute of Government and Public Affairs
Panelists:
Bethany Carson, Statehouse Bureau Chief for Illinois Issues
Former Gov. Jim Edgar, Institute of Government and Public Affairs
Brian Gaines, Institute of Government and Public Affairs and Political Science
Dr. Kent Redfield, Institute for Legislative Studies, UIS

Our Monday-morning quarterbacks are back to examine the results of the election. Big winners, big losers, big spenders, our panel will look at all of them and prognosticate on the election.

February 6, 2007

“Structural Deficit? The Problem with the Illinois State Budget”
Moderator: Dr. Fred Giertz, Institute of Government and Public Affairs