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On February 29th, 2008 the United States Coast Guard Academy hosted its first annual Stratton Healy Forum for Cadets, Officer Candidates, faculty and staff.
The Stratton-Healy Forum captures the emerging leadership models that will shape the United States Coast Guard in the 21st Century. Named after CAPT Dorothy Stratton and CAPT Michael Healy, both of whom were diverse leaders and pioneers, the Forum serves as a beacon, uncovering our richly diverse heritage as we lay claim to an ever diverse national landscape. In order to attain the benefits that diversity offers, the Stratton-Healy Forum will concentrate on engaging students, faculty and staff in long-term discussions and evaluations of the different leadership obstacles and best practices women and underrepresented populations in the United States offer.
The Stratton-Healy Forum will follow in the tradition of the Corbin Leadership Summit inaugurated at West Point in 1976 to address the entrance of women into the Corps of Cadets, and ultimately military service. Like the Corbin Summit, the Stratton-Healy Forum will focus on the rich history of accomplishments military women and underrepresented military members have achieved in the Coast Guard. The Forum will engage the Academy community in dialogue that will pave the way for an even more diverse faculty, staff and Officer Corps capable of leading the Service and the Nation by improving underrepresented experiences, the effectiveness of emerging leaders, and the readiness of the Coast Guard as a whole.
In 2008, the Forum's inaugural year, the Stratton-Healy Forum was celebrated during a one-day visit by Rear Admiral Michelle Howard, USN, recognized for her military service and contributions towards the Forum's core purposes. The goal of this year's forum was to engage in focused dialogue across all facets of the Academy community and to establish a blueprint for the Forum on the Academy's calendar.
For more information, contact:
LTJG Colleen Jones
Officer Candidate School, 2004
Colleen.P.Jones@uscg.mil
860.701.6509
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