http://www.governing.com/authors/rss/rss/?a=199037161 William H. "Bill" Leighty is a Governing Institute senior fellow. A Governing Public Official of the Year in 2007, he served as chief of staff to Virginia Govs. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and for seven years was director of the Virginia Retirement System. He now teaches public administration at the Virginia Tech Center for Public Administration and Policy. http://www.governing.com/blogs/view/col-national-public-policy-challenge-fels-institute-governing.html When teams of talented university students take on difficult contemporary issues, impressive things happen.