REAP is excited to announce

Brigadier General (Retired) Duke DeLuca

 as the 2015 conference keynote speaker! 

Brigadier General (Retired) Duke DeLuca was commissioned from the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 after earning Bachelor of Science degrees in Economics from the Wharton School of Business and in Mechanical Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.  He also earned a Master of Arts in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Harriman Institute in 1993.

His final assignment in the Army was as Commanding General of the Mississippi Valley Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leading a multi-billion annual water resource program from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and serving as the President of the Mississippi River Commission.

BG (Ret) DeLuca is an Engineer and Eurasian Foreign Area Officer, a graduate of the Defense Language Institute, and has served in fellowships at Columbia University, the George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies and Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

BG (Ret) DeLuca's full bio is avilalbe on the REAP website by clicking here. 

The full, preliminary conference agenda is available ont he REAP website by clicking here.

 The 2015 Regional Water Conference is open to anyone who wishes to register and includes breakfast and lunch. 

REAP Members and Legislators are invited to attend at no cost. 

Non-members may register for $75. 

  Strengthening the Economy of South Central Kansas

Questions about REAP or the Water Conference?

Contact Kelly Bergeron at kbergeron@workforce-ks.com or 316-771-6613