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Executive Leadership program

Participants in this week’s Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) met in an initiative funded by the Interior Department’s Office of Insular Affairs to build and strengthen leadership potential of mid-level career officials in the territories and freely associated states.

 

Three ASG employees— Magdalene Petaia-Suisala, Leifiloa Tanoi and Salamasina Satele — are taking part in the weeklong ELDP session and Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas, Esther Kia’aina, who arrived Monday, spoke to the group.

 

ELDP is designed to, among other things, help insular governments develop and retain highly qualified staff; identify a cadre of professional staff that can be promoted into leadership positions; and help ensure continuity in areas such as accounting, budget, finance, procurement, and audit, Commerce Department director Keniseli Lafaele said recently.

 

Participants from all Pacific Insular jurisdictions attend four separate classroom sessions over the course of one year. The one-week classroom sessions are held in Guam, American Samoa, Palau and Hawai’i.

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