2007 Awards Dinner
Bill Leighty
Former Chief of Staff, Virginia
Bill Leighty was a highly unusual choice to become former Gov. Mark Warner's chief of staff in 2002. Neither a political operative nor a confidante of the new governor, Leighty was a career civil servant. But with his detailed knowledge of the bureaucracy, he implemented a series of comprehensive management reforms that paved the way for one of the most successful state administrations in recent years....Read More