2020 Idaho Student Leadership Forum

Idaho Student Leadership Forum – Agenda

March 6-7, 2020

Idaho State Capitol (700 West Jefferson) – Boise Centre (850 West Front St.)

Friday March 6, 2020 [Idaho State Capitol Garden Level Lincoln Auditorium West Wing 02]

3:30PM Registration of Student Leaders

Emcee: Victor Miller

4:00PM Brian Dickinson – Author – Motivational Speaker – Former US Navy Air Rescue Swimmer – Combat Search & Rescue – Mountain Guide Adventurer

4:30PM Dr. Karl Watts – Family Medicine at Saint Alphonsus - Founder Genesis World Mission

5:00PM Student Leader Break-Out Session

5:45PM Lois M. Tupyi - Executive Director of Love Inc. of Treasure Valley

6:15PM Reverend Bill Roscoe - President and CEO of Boise Rescue Mission Ministries

7:30PM Dinner & Break-Out Session [Capitol City Christian Church – 615 N. 9th St.]

8:15PM Adjourn

Saturday March 7, 2019

8:00AM Idaho State Prayer Breakfast [The Boise Centre]

Walk from The Boise Centre to the Idaho State Capitol Garden Lincoln Auditorium Garden Level West Wing 02]

10:30AM Governor Brad Little – Thoughts from Idaho’s Governor and Q&A

11:30AM Brian Dickinson – Final Thoughts and Q&A

12:00PM Kevin Miller – KIDO-AM/FM Radio Personality

12:30PM Student Leader Break-Out Session & Wrap-Up

1:00PM Capitol Tours with Senator Chuck Winder

Speaker Bios:

Governor Brad Little: Governor of Idaho (2019-present); Lieutenant Governor of Idaho (2009-2018); Idaho State Senator (2001-2009); CEO of Little Enterprises; Manager of Little Land and Livestock (1979-2009).

Brian Dickinson: Served for six years as a United States Navy Air Rescue Swimmer; Did two tours in the Gulf as part of “Operation Southern Watch” where duties included Combat Search & Rescue; Soloed the summit of Mount Everest; Climbed the Seven Summits (highest peaks of all seven continents); Author of “Blind Descent” (2014); Motivational Speaker; Mountain Guide; Married with two children.

Dr. Karl Watts - Family Medicine at Saint Alphonsus – Selected as 2010 Physician of the Year by the American Academy of Family Physicians – Co-founder and former President of Genesis World Mission; Graduated from Medical College of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (1988); Author of “Journey to Transformation” (2010). Married with two children.

Lois M. Tupyi: Executive Director of Love Inc. of Treasure Valley (2002-present); National trainer for Love INC. organizations (2005-present); National Love INC. Board Member (2011); Author of “Selah: Pause and Consider” (2009) and “Redemptive Compassion” (2012); Married with three children.

Reverend Bill Roscoe: President & CEO of The Boise Rescue Mission (2002-present); Idaho Stars Award, U.S. Senator Mike Crapo, 2004; CEO of Influence Award, 2016; Social Responsibility Award, Leadership Boise, 2017; “Best Non-Profit to work For” (2011); Served in U.S. Army including tours in Germany & Republic of Vietnam as Combat Engineer and Infantryman (1969-1972); Married with four children.

Kevin Miller: Host of the “Kevin Miller Show” on KIDO-AM/FM in Boise since 2009. Before coming to Boise, Miller had his own radio shows in Nashua, New Hampshire, Huntsville and Birmingham, Alabama, Raleigh, North Carolina, Nashville, Tennessee and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Has appeared on The Today Show, CNN and MSNBC. Graduated from University of Akron (1993). No one works harder to highlight what makes Boise great more than Kevin Miller!

Victor Miller: Chase Manhattan Bank Media & Telecommunications Group (1987-1996); Broadcasting Equity Analyst for Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. (1996-2008); Chief Service Officer for GodTube (2008-2011); True North Consulting (2011-Present). B.A. Finance (Georgetown University); M.B.A. (Columbia University). Married with two children.