Sister Linda Yankoski:  Thursday evening opening plenary featuring Sister Linda Yankoski, President/CEO of Holy Family Institute, speaking on "From Mission to Mission Effectiveness." As individuals of faith we have made many strides in developing our personal capacities as nonprofit leaders. This presentation will focus on building capacity in nonprofit organizations and why this effort is becoming increasingly important for leaders of faith-based organizations. Seven elements of organizational capacity will be addressed: aspirations, strategy, organizational skills, human resources, systems and infrastructure, and culture. Key success factors and lessons learned from a number of case studies will be discussed.

Dr. Yankoski has been with Holy Family Institute since 1975 and is currently the President/CEO. In her current position, she is responsible for the operations of Holy Family Institute including its subsidiaries, Holy Family Learning, Holy Family Social Services, Holy Family Foundation and St. Mary’s Villa for Children, and oversees the successful operation of a wide continuum of programs designed to meet the needs of children and families. Sister Linda has a BSW from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master Degree in Administration from the University of Notre Dame, and an Ed.D. from Duquesne University. She is active with many professional and community organizations and serves on a number of boards.

Harold Koenig: The Alan Keith Lucas Lecture featuring, Dr. Harold Koenig, Director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Religion at Duke University, speaking on "Religion,Spirituality, and Health Care: History, Research, and Application." Dr. Koenig will examine the historical relationship between religion and medicine, examining the origins of health care, hospitals, medicine and nursing. He will explore the research that has examined the relationship between religious involvement and mental health. He will propose a model of how religion may impact physical health through the mind-body mechanisms. He will examine the relationship between religion and physical health, immune functioning, cardiovascular functioning, and survival. He will examine what these findings mean for clinicians and how this might be applied to clinical practice in a sensitive and appropriate manner. Finally, he will discuss that the relationship between religion and medicine means for the future of health care in developed and underdeveloped countries, particularly the growing aging population and their health care needs.

Dr. Koenig completed his undergraduate education at Stanford University, his medical school training at the University of California at San Francisco, and his geriatric medicine, psychiatry, and biostatistics training at Duke University Medical Center. He is board certified in general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry and geriatric medicine, and is on the faculty at Duke as Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. Koenig is co-director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University Medical Center, and has published extensively in the fields of mental health, geriatrics, and religion, with nearly 300 scientific peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and over 30 books in print or in preparation. His research on religion, health and ethical issues in medicine has been featured on over 50 national and international TV news programs, national or international radio programs, and hundreds of newspapers and magazines. Dr. Koenig has given hundreds of seminars and workshops, and his latest books are Faith and Mental Health, In the Wake of Disaster, and Kindness and Joy.

Luis Perez: Saturday evening Awards Banquet featuring Luis Perez, Director of Field Education and Assistant Professor of Social Work at Roberts Wesleyan College, who will be speakig on: "The Power of Service: Reclaiming One of the Key Values of the Social Work Profession."