The next Soirée will be held on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 from 6pm - 9pm

7000 E Shea Blvd, #1010
Scottsdale, Arizona 85254
480.991.6887 | tel
602.926.2754 | fax


Click here for a map! (Located just west of Scottsdale Rd. on the north of Shea. In the Scottsdale Prominade center where Claim Jumpers, Eli's, Reve' Jewelers andthe Signature Hair Salons are located. Formerly Marie When In Naples)

The Soiree Special Guest this week is James Strock, Author/Speaker, James Strock & Co.

James Strock- Author/Speaker

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This week's Special Guest is Mr. James Strock, Author and Speaker on Leadership and Communication.

Mr. Strock's high level career accomplishments in law and government are extensive and impressive leaving one to wonder how one person accomplishes so much in one life time and still be so youthful?

In addition to his impressive career Mr. Strock has authored two highly acclaimed books on the topics of Leadership.

"Reagan on Leadership" and

"Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership"

and he is a contributor (Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt) to the Encyclopedia of Leadership, edited by James MacGregor Burns, Georgia Sorenson and George R. Goethals.

Mr. Strock speaks frequently to business and other audiences, and has appeared on national television networks and in newspapers, including a recent USA Today article on the leadership legacy of Pope John Paul II

Listed in Who's Who in America, Mr. Strock is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Authors Guild, the National Speakers Association, the Pacific Council on International Policy, the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Association for Conflict Resolution. He is a trustee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association. In 2003 Mr. Strock was a member of California Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's environmental transition team. In 2004 he served on the regional selection panel for the White House Fellowships. He is a member of the boards of the Global Nature Fund/Living Lakes Network, and the Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States; and a member of the newly-reconstituted Committee on the Present Danger which is working across party lines to build public support for the War on Terror.

Mr. Strock was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson to his cabinet, and confirmed by the state Senate, as California’s first Secretary for Environmental Protection, serving from 1991-97. He helped establish and then led an agency including more than 4,000 employees, with a $800 million budget. During Mr. Strock's service in the Wilson Administration significant advances were achieved in protection of California's air, land and water--while simultaneously reforming, simplifying and updating the state's historically Byzantine regulatory process. Among the Agency's numerous recognitions during his tenure was a $100,000 "Innovation" award from Harvard University and the Ford Foundation for its path-breaking environmental technology certification program.

Following U.S. Senate confirmation in 1989, Mr. Strock served in President Bush's sub-cabinet as Assistant Administrator for Enforcement (chief law enforcement officer) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency until 1991. Reporting to Administrator William K. Reilly, Mr. Strock led an expansion of all aspects of the national program, bringing civil and criminal enforcement to record levels. He also introduced innovations such as "supplemental environmental projects," (targeting violators’ penalties directly to environmental improvement rather than government treasuries) and expanded use of alternative dispute resolution. His office was instrumental in the development of the Lieberman-Wilson Pollution Prosecution Act of 1990, signed by President Bush.

His other work experiences include service as general counsel and acting director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (the federal government's human resources agency), member of the California State Personnel Board, counsel to a U.S. Senate committee, and a lawyer in private practice.

Among the recognitions he has received are the Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship, the commendation of the California District Attorneys Association for environmental law enforcement, and the Ross Essay Award of the American Bar Association ($10,000 prize for article on toxic victims compensation).

Mr. Strock was educated at public and private schools in Austin, Texas, and New Orleans, Louisiana, and at Harvard College (Phi Beta Kappa) and Harvard Law School. He studied literature at New College, Oxford, on a Rotary Scholarship. He served to captain in the USAR-JAGC. His current volunteer work includes photography, speaking and voice performance for non-profit organizations.

It is with great pleasure that James Strock & Co., will be my Special Guest this week.