Wed, 01/27/2021
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Public Management Center has announced the fall 2020 Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) graduates. The graduation ceremony was held virtually Dec. 11 due to safety concerns around COVID-19.
The 36 graduates come from various public sector organizations across Kansas and the Kansas City metropolitan area, including government agencies at the local, state and federal levels, as well as nonprofit organizations. The fall session began in late August and met weekly online in Wednesday or Friday cohorts.
ELA is a program targeted to promising, nonmanagerial staff to help them prepare for leadership roles in their departments and agencies. Participants meet together 10 times over four months, with classes designed to help them hone their skills for positions of increasing responsibility while also growing their effectiveness in their current roles.
Nov 10, 1950
Dec 09, 2020
Grover W “Chip” Lightfoot III passed away on December 9. 2020. He was born on November 10, 1950, to Grover Jr. and Mabel (Brown) Lightfoot. He grew up in San Angelo, graduating from Central High School in 1968. He attended University of North Texas and later graduated from Angelo State University in 1979 with a degree in Computer Science. He met Carol Gully at ASU in the punch card room, and they married on August 1, 1980. He worked for GTE and then Verizon until his retirement.
He is survived by his wife, his son Will Lightfoot and wife Amy, and his daughter Erin Reisner and husband Damian as well as three grandchildren, Liam and Amelia Lightfoot and Aidan Reisner. He is survived by his closest cousin Sally Roach. He is survived by brothers-in-law Allen, Kenny, and Gene Gully and sister-in-law Elaine Beach and their families. He is preceded in death by his parents.