Commission on Opportunity in Athletics announces agenda for meetings in Chicago, Sept. 17-18

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09/14/2002


Agenda-Chicago Town Hall Meeting  The Secretary of Education's Commission on Opportunity in Athletics    The Drake Hotel  140 East Walton Place  Chicago Illinois 60611  Phone: (312) 7872200    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH    8:00 - Registration tables open, in front of Grand Ballroom, lobby level    8:30 - Doors open, Grand Ballroom, lobby level    9:00 - Town Hall meeting begins,  Room: Grand Ballroom, lobby level  Opening Remarks by Co-Chairs Ted Leland and Cynthia Cooper,  including self introductions by each commissioner (15 minutes)    9:15 - Panel One: (one hour; 5-10 minutes per person followed by Q & A)   Sue Hinrichsen: Assistant Executive Director, Illinois High School Association,   Dr. Griff Powell: Retired Superintendent of high schools in five school districts, including four in Illinois  Washington Bush: Director of Athletics at Conant High School, Hoffman Estates, Illinois,   Kathleen M. McGee: Director of Athletics and head girl's basketball coach at Powers Catholic High School, Flint, Michigan.     Break (15 minutes)    Panel Two: (one hour; 5-10 minutes per person followed by Q & A)   Robert Gardner: Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Association,   Athena Yiamouyiannis: Executive Director of the National Association for Girls and Women in Sports,   Katherine Kersten: Senior Fellow for Cultural Studies at Center of the American Experiment, Minneapolis,  Dr. Karen L. Sykes: President of the National Junior College Athletic Association.     Panel Three: (one hour; 5-10 minutes per person followed by Q & A)   Dr. Wayne Watson: Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago,   Dr. Deborah Dahlen Zelechowski: Senior Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Robert Morris College, Chicago,   Kevin F. McCarthy: Director of Athletics and chairman of the Department of Physical Education at SUNY at Cobleskill, New York,   Ron Case: Director of Athletics and Dean of Health at Gloucester County College, Sewell, New Jersey.     12:30 p.m. - Break for lunch    2:00  Resume meeting with period for public comments (three hours)  Room: Grand Ballroom, lobby level  3-5 minutes per person.    5:00 - Meeting concludes for the day    Wednesday, September 18th  8:00 - Registration tables open, in front of Grand Ballroom, lobby level    8:30 - Doors open, Grand Ballroom, lobby level    9:00 - Full Commission business meeting. General public is invited to observe, no period for public comment.  Room: Grand Ballroom, lobby level  Remarks by Co-chairs, Cynthia Cooper and Ted Leland    10:00 - Commission meets in Subcommittees    Subcommittee 1:  Tom Griffith-Subcommittee Chairman  Bob Bowlsby  Deborah Yow   Cary Groth  Muffet McGraw  Jerry Reynolds, Ex officio    Subcommittee 2:  Lisa Graham Keegan-Subcommittee Chairman  Percy Bates  Donna de Varona  Mike Slive  Ted Leland  Sally Stroup, Ex officio    Subcommittee 3:  Gene DeFilippo-Subcommittee Chairman  Julie Foudy  Graham Spanier  Rita Simon  Cynthia Cooper  Brian Jones, Ex officio    12:00 - Commission meets as a whole.    1:00 - Meeting concludes.    1:00 - Media availability following