Leadership at the Crossroads Speaker Series: Patrick Fitzgerald
April 23, 2009
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Kane Hall, Room 220
Leadership at the Crossroads Speaker Series features internationally-recognized, dynamic leaders whose work spans public, nonprofit, and private sectors.
As the lines between sectors become increasingly blurred, understanding how to maneuver through them is vital to many career paths. We invite you to learn about the challenges and decisions that shaped their legacies.
Patrick Fitzgerald: Serving the Public: Ethics and Public Office
United States Attorney for the Northern
District of Illinois
Cost: Free
Seating is limited; please register online
Patrick J. Fitzgerald, a federal prosecutor for 20 years, began serving as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois on September 1, 2001. Mr. Fitzgerald has played a personal role in many significant investigations involving terrorism financing, public corruption, corporate fraud, and violent crimes including narcotics and gang prosecutions. His office recently brought now-pending fraud and bribery charges against former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and he served as special prosecutor in the trial and conviction of Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.
A follow-up panel discussion on “Corruption in Business and Government” will include:
- Lynn Brewer, CEO and founder of the Integrity Institute
- Bud Krogh, former Nixon White House Aide and author
- Jeffrey Sullivan, United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington
Evans School Dean Sandra O. Archibald will moderate the panel.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Sarah Weber via email or by phone at 206-543-0190.
Additional information may be available online.
This event is open to: students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, general public.