How does faith inform the work of our civic, academic, and marketplace leaders? What faith-inspired lessons have our key leaders learned throughout their lives and how do they play out in the everyday demands of public engagement? Join us for our continuing Upper House series entitled, Faith in the Heart of the City.

The conversation will be moderated by Phil Haslanger, a United Church of Christ minister and long-time Madison-area journalist.

Light lunch snacks and beverages will be provided.

John Smalley has been the editor of the Wisconsin State Journal since December 2008. He is also the current chair of the Elder Board at Blackhawk Church. He grew up in Evansville and is a 1981 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He worked for newspapers in several cities in Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois, including stints as editor in Mason City, Iowa, and La Crosse before coming to the State Journal. He and Barb, his wife of 33 years, live in Verona and have four adult children.