Leadership winner.SPEAKER JOE HACKNEY Joe Hackney (born September 23, 1945 in Chatham County, NC) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifty-fourth House district, including constituents in Chatham, Orange, and Moore counties. NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. He was elected to step in as speaker and reclaimed integrity for a House embarrassed by scandal. And now North Carolina's Joe Hackney has been chosen to receive the nation's top state legislative honor: the 2007 Excellence in State Legislative Leadership Award. Each year, NCSL NCSL National Conference of State Legislatures NCSL National College for School Leadership NCSL National Conference of Standards Laboratories NCSL National Council of State Legislators NCSL National Computer Systems Laboratory (NIST) and the State Legislative Leadership Foundation honor a leader who has shown commitment to protecting and strengthening the institution of the state legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: Speaker Hackney, who happens to be vice president of NCSL, will receive the award at the 2007 Legislative Summit in Boston. "It's humbling to be recognized as a leader from among all the dedicated lawmakers serving our states," said Speaker Hackney, who sponsored and negotiated for the passage of new ethics legislation during the 2006 session and became speaker in 2007. "I took over as speaker during a time when the people of this state demanded more accountability from their lawmakers and I, along with other leaders in my chamber, have done what we could to bring that to them. Hackney, who also works as a lawyer and a farmer, has been in public service for 27 years. He is serving his 14th 2-year term in the North Carolina Legislature. Letters nominating him for this award call him a "Renaissance man Renaissance man n. A man who has broad intellectual interests and is accomplished in areas of both the arts and the sciences. Noun 1. ," a "sincere servant," and "the quintessential citizen legislator and leader." Hackney is credited with fostering a greater openness in the legislative process, for both citizens and legislators through changes in the committee system. And he helped bring wireless laptops to the chamber. "Legislative leaders make an enormous difference to the effectiveness of a legislative body," said Alan Rosenthal, a professor at the Eagleton Institute of Politics The Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University was established in 1956 with an endowment from Florence Peshine Eagleton (1870-1953), and it focuses on state and national politics through education, and public service. at Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. and a member of the selection committee. Leaders get little appreciation from anyone. Good leaders deserve acknowledgment and that's what this award is about." |
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