TIME COMMITMENT AND CLASS MEETING DATES

Classes will meet monthly beginning with a two-day retreat in St. Joseph on January 17th and 18th. They will continue at locations throughout the region on February 15th, March 15th, April 12th, May 10th, and June 7th. Graduation will be the evening of June 28th, to be followed by an optional project retreat on July 12th. Classes begin at 9 a.m. and will adjourn by 4 p.m. Also, there will be required evening activities on January 17th.

• January 17-18 – St. Joseph – Retreat at Stoney Creek Inn
  Team Building/Personality Styles
  Introduction to Leadership and the Leadership Practices Inventory
• February 15 – Carrollton 
  Issue – Healthcare
• March 15 - Bethany
  Issue – Youth Empowerment/Entrepreneurial Support Systems
• April 12 – Cameron
  Issue – Infrastructure/Education of the Workforce/Economic Development
• May 10 – Maryville – MOERA (Mozingo Outdoor Education Recreation Area)
  Issue – Recreation/Quality of Life
• June 7 – Albany
  Issue – Legislative Process
  Year-end Wrap-up
• June 28 – St. Joseph
  Graduation – 6:00 p.m. at the St. Joseph Country Club
• July 12 – Rosecrans Airport in St. Joseph
  Optional Class Project Retreat
  Here we are... standing next to the C-130 we flew in!

You may click on this photo to see a closer view!

Attendance at all sessions is required!* You are expected to attend every session. However, you will be allowed to be absent from one session with prior approval and permission of the Executive Director. An absence is missing a whole session or any part thereof. If you miss more than the one approved absence; you will need to make up the applicable session(s) the following year in order to graduate.

*New attendance policy effective with Class of 2005.

Contact Information: Deb Powers
Phone: 816.271.7185
Email

Leadership Northwest Missouri Class of 2007 Graduates

Leadership Northwest Missouri Class of 2007 held their graduation ceremony Thursday evening, June 28th at the St. Joseph Country Club.

The celebration began at 6:00 p.m. and included a reception, dinner and program. Mr. Mark Garges of Cameron, and 2005 graduate of Leadership Northwest Missouri, served as Emcee. Mrs. Brenda Parman, Board Chair and 2001 graduate from Grant City, extended a welcome to all in attendance. State Representative Mike Thomson, Maryville, gave the invocation. Ms. Jaymi Cotter (St. Joseph), Mrs. Melissa Koch (Savannah), Mrs. Amy Ryan (St. Joseph), Mr. Kevin Austin (Grant City), Mr. Rodney Hummer (Savannah) and Mr. Tim Howard (Maryville) represented their class, sharing experiences of the last six months and presenting unique certificates to each class member. Mr. Steve Schieber of Savannah, and 2001 graduate of Leadership Northwest Missouri, presented the Leadership Northwest Missouri Citizenship Award for 2007 to Mr. Shellby Hendee, Development Director, City of Cameron. Mrs. Brenda Parman, LNWMO Board Chair from Grant City, presented each of the twenty-six graduating class members a plaque for completing the program.

Leadership Northwest Missouri is a leadership development program designed to bring together participants from throughout a 16-county region to sharpen their leadership skills, explore regional issues and gain a network of contacts throughout the region. The class began in January and continued through June with monthly sessions in various northwest Missouri communities. Classes were held in Albany, Bethany, Cameron, Carrollton, Maryville and St. Joseph. Each session contained instruction on various leadership skills, in-depth examinations of various issues facing the region and hands-on exercises. In addition to economic development, other regional issues that were addressed included healthcare, education, infrastructure, youth empowerment, entrepreneurship and the legislative process.

Leadership Northwest Missouri is a program of Healthy Communities. For more information, please contact Deb Powers, Heartland Foundation, (816) 271-7200.

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