2026: Rooted in Purpose, Driven to Lead
2026 Conference: Rooted in Purpose, Driven to Lead
Date: Saturday, March 28
Where: Hemmingson Ballroom, Gonzaga University
Gonzaga University and the PCLD are excited to offer the inaugural Student Leadership Conference from the Payne Center for Leadership Development featuring presentations from undergraduate and graduate students in the Spokane area.
At the heart of meaningful and effective leadership, there is a clear sense of purpose. The Payne Center for Leadership Development (PCLD) at Gonzaga University is excited to offer their second annual Student Leadership Conference for undergraduate and graduate students in the Spokane area. This year’s theme, Rooted in Purpose, Driven to Lead, invites students to explore and discover how deepening a sense of purpose can shape not only how we lead, but “why” we lead.
Schedule of speakers and presenters to be announced soon.
For more information, contact Maddie Simmons or the PCLD office directly.
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| Saturday, March 28th | ||
| 9:30 AM |
Payne Center for Leadership Development Pamplona Ballroom 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
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| 10:10 AM |
Finding Purpose in Learned Intelligence Cara-Lyn Giovanniello, Gonzaga University Hemmingson 314 A 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM |
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| 10:10 AM |
Growing Where You're Planted: Lessons in Leadershp and Self Discovery from Community Involvement Mairead Evans, Gonzaga University Hemmingson 220 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM |
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| 10:10 AM |
Messy, Beautiful, Unresolved: Servant Leadership Through the Lives of Unadoptable Dogs Adela Schoolderman, Gonzaga University Hemmingson 306 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM |
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| 10:10 AM |
Will Kane, Gonzaga University Hemmingson 308 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM |
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| 10:10 AM |
Ryan Finner, Eastern Washington University Hemmingson 310 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM |
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| 11:10 AM |
Disability: Creating Accessibility as a Leader Sienna Flores, Gonzaga University Hemmingson 306 11:10 AM - 12:00 AM |
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| 11:10 AM |
Giving a Voice to Our Stolen Sisters Stacie Ayon, Gonzaga University Hemmingson 310 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 11:10 AM |
Oppression Olympics: An Exploration of Interminiority Discrimination Alondra Nieves-Alves, Gonzaga University Hemmingson 308 11:10 AM - 12:00 AM |
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| 11:10 AM |
Purpose Under Pressure: Leadership Lessons from Survival & Real-World Challenges Mike Rutland, Gonzaga University Hemmingson 201 11:10 AM - 12:00 AM |
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| 11:10 AM |
Florence Osei, Eastern Washington University Hemmingson 220 11:10 AM - 12:00 AM |
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| 12:40 PM |
Keynote: Morgan Marie, The Storytelling Coach Morgan Marie, The Cove Pamplona Ballroom 12:40 PM - 2:15 PM |
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| 2:15 PM |
Payne Center for Leadership Development Cardoner Ballroom 2:15 PM - 2:50 PM |
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| 2:50 PM |
Payne Center for Leadership Development Pamplona Ballroom 2:50 PM - 3:00 PM |
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