Hutton Honors College

Making Tough Decisions:
A Fireside Chat About Public Leadership

With Gen. Peter Pace, Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 * 4-5 p.m. * HHC Building (811 E. Seventh St.) * SIGN-UP REQUIRED

Join retired four-star Gen. Peter Pace, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for an informal Q&A about public leadership in times of war, peace, and terrorism. What are the challenges and responsibilities of leading the most powerful military force in the world? - of not only achieving peace around the world but also consensus within an administration, and support from a divided nation? Of using military might when the enemy does not play by the rules of war? How do you make the tough decisions?

Gen. Pace was appointed the sixteenth chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2005 by President George W. Bush and was the first Marine to hold the United States' highest military office. When Gen. Pace left the chairmanship in 2007 and retired from the Marine Corps, he had served in the military for 40 years, including deployments in Vietnam, Somalia, Japan, and Korea and four years of service as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He will be visiting the campus through the Kelley School of Business leaders-in-residence program, in which he holds the Poling Chair of Business and Government. The Q&A is co-sponsored by the Kelley School of Business.

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