Leadership Monroe County Announces Class XXV

Leadership Monroe County Announces Class XXV

Leadership Monroe County, the educational non-profit community leadership organization, announces its twenty-fifth year of programs with the selection of Class XXV.

The program is aimed at residents who are active in leadership roles within the private sector, government, or community organizations. Through a series of one, two, or three-day sessions over seven months, participants examine fundamental public and private segments throughout the county to inform and help them make quality leadership decisions which they can incorporate into their respective companies and organizations. The program also provides an environment for mutual awareness on community issues, which class members confront. Sessions begin September 30 in Key West, with subsequent monthly classes, throughout the Keys, culminating with graduation in April, 2017.

Led by experts and the heads of the respective fields surveyed, sessions this year include focusing on the challenges and opportunities that confront the dynamic tourism industry and the Keys economy, vital environmental issues from the Everglades to Florida Bay and the coral reefs, the Monroe County education system, the multi-levels of government, the judiciary and law system, the historical and present military significance in the Keys, emergency management and emerging best practices, an expanded examination on the Keys health care and human services, the increasing impact of the arts and creative industries, the non-profit sectors, and the rapidly changing media platforms that inform the citizenry and affect and influence public policy, along with ongoing, intensive leadership development.

Established in 1992 to address the rapidly changing needs and concerns of the county, develop a group of well-educated leaders, help guide the community in a positive direction, and foster county-wide effective and non-partisan alliances, Leadership Monroe County is an independent non-profit, governed by a county-wide 18 member Board of Directors. Present Officers are elected LMC alumni President Henry Rosenthal, Vice-President Jody Gross, Secretary Jodi Weinhofer, and Treasurer Lisa Knowles, with Program Coordinator Michael Shields.

Class XXV members are:

Lindsey Ballard, Executive Administrator, to County Administrator/BOCC;

Kate Bauer-Jones, CEO/President, United Way of the Florida Keys;

Darrell Birkhimer, Director of Distribution Operations, FKEC;

Mike Card, Firefighter/Paramedic, Marathon Fire Rescue;

Wendy Coffman, Asst Branch Manager, Center State Bank;

Steven Cook, Owner, The Art Studio;

Theresa Faber, Commercial Loan Officer, Centennial Bank;

John Gallant, Owner, Blue 9 Realty;

J.C. Holmes, Director of Imaging Services, Mariners Hospital;

Donatella Kelly, Sheriff’s Executive Aide, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office;

Chuck Licis, Program Coordinator, Take Stock In Children;

Chuck Lindsey, City Manager, City of Marathon;

Kristen Livengood, Writer/Photographer, The Weekly Newspaper;

Barbara Neal, Member, Monroe County Land Authority Advisory Committee;

Derek Paul, Lt., Monroe County Sheriff’s Office;

Jennifer Powell, Road Scholar/Group Leader;

Jolynn Renolds, Compliance and Planning Manager, FKAA

Stuart Strickland, Owner, Property Maintenance Company;

Lisa Thornhill, Guest Experience Manager, Cheeca Lodge & Spa;

Angie Walterson, Asst VP, Communications/PR Manager, First State Bank of the Florida Keys;

Maryann Warren, Broker/Associate, Coldwell Banker Schmitt Realty;

Chris Todd Young, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity.

Program Coordinator Michael Shields says “in addition to the ongoing monthly sessions during the year LMC will continue to sponsor Florida Keys Day, in Tallahassee, during the next legislative session, on April 18, 2017. Begun as a Class XVII project it is now an annual summit to advocate and lobby on behalf of Keys residents and their concerns. President Henry Rosenthal says “Leadership Monroe is an unparalleled opportunity to gain insights into the workings of our county and make meaningful connections with other leaders, to make a difference in our community, to help create the future.”

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