Description

Located within IPRA's Administration & Finance (A&F) Section, the Department Head Special Interest Group (SIG) consists of a group of department head level professionals who meet to discuss and pursue opportunities for networking, professional development, and leadership training.  Department head professionals are defined as those that report to the Executive Director or Village Administrator.  If you are interested in joining the committee or simply wish to attend for educational and networking purposes, you are encouraged to register.

Event Timeline:
1:00pm:  Welcome and Large Group Panel
1:15pm:  Small Group Speed Sessions
2:45pm:  Large Group Panel and Closing

Executive Director Panel: Are you a Department Head that would like to be an Executive Director some day?  The next step in your career is a big one!  What does it look like and what questions do you have?  This NEW style of panel will start as a large group Executive Director Panel, and then move into "speed Q& A sessions" where each table of attendees gets small group time with each Executive Director for a more personalized question and answer experience.  

Panelists:  Lisa Drzewiecki from South Suburban Special Recreation Association, Jackie Iovinelli from Park District of Forest Park, Laure Kosey from Oak Brook Park District, Joe McCann from Lombard Park District, and Kevin Romejko from Bartlett Park District.

Learning Objectives: 

1.  Learn about the different paths taken to becoming an Executive Director
2.  Learn about what challenges Executive Directors face
3.  Learn about what leadership is like at the "top"

Not an IPRA member? Click here and join today! 

CEUs:  Event is approved for 0.2 CEUs and will only be awarded to members in live attendance for a minimum of 45 minutes (Continuing Education Units are for certifications such as CPRE, CPRP, CTRS).