BUSINESS PERSONNEL: TO LEADERSHIP CLASS

Paul Keys, dean and associate provost at Southeast Missouri State University, and Jeanine Larson Dobbins, coordinator, Missouri Statewide Early Literacy Intervention Program at the university, were two of 49 Missouri business leaders recently selected for Leadership Missouri, a seven-month leadership enhancement program sponsored by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce.

Leadership Missouri is designed to help business, government, and civic leaders better understand the operation s of Missouri business and governments, as well as the goals of the state's elected and appointed officials.

Program sessions are for seven consecutive months through October. Each is conducted in a different Missouri city and focuses on a specific topic.