Dear ELP Alumni:
It has been a wonderful year for me with Emerging Leaders Program, from my whirlwind beginning of preparing for the week-long January kick-off, to the annual luncheon, and culminating in the 2007 team presentation on "Why Young Professionals Stay in Boston." It has been my pleasure to correspond with you, and meet you at our various functions.
Below you will find information about ELP events, including the Holiday Party on December 10th. I hope to see you there.
Best,
Andrea Wight
Assistant Director, Center for Collaborative Leadership |
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Congratulations 2007 Cohort! |
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The Center for Collaborative Leadership would like to congratulate the 2007 cohort for an excellent job on their presentation at the Federal Reserve on November 8th. The findings and the great ideas they came up with to retain young professionals in Boston is creating a buzz, and there is ground work being laid to implement some of their ideas. If you would like a copy of the report "Why Young Professionals Stay in Boston", please email Andrea at leaders@umb.edu.
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ELP Alumni Board Upcoming Events |
 Join us on Monday, December 10th from 6:00PM to 9:00PM for the annual ELP Holiday Party. The festivities will be at the Jurys Hotel Boston in the Livingroom (pictured right). You are welcome to bring a friend or significant other. Please RSVP to elpevents@umb.edu by December 3rd.
Alumni Social: Break out the ice skates on Februray 25th at the Boston Common Frog Pond from 5:30PM-7:00PM. For those who haven't put on skates in 20 years - crashing into people: a new way to network. |
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Other Upcoming Events |
Massachusetts Conference for Women will be on December 11th from 7:30AM to 5:00PM at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center at 415 Summer Street. If you plan on attending, please stop by the ELP booth #610 to say hello, and possibly recruit more ELP members. More information about the Conference can be found at http://www.maconferenceforwomen.org/index.htm.
Govenment Affairs Forum: Thomas Menino will be held on Tuesday, December 11th at 7:45AM at the Westin Boston Waterfront. We do have one seat left for ELP alum. If you are interested, please email Andrea at elpevents@umb.edu. There is a $15.00 fee for this event.
Save the Date:
Meet & Greet the 2008 cohort at UMass Boston, Healey Library on February 1st at 4:00PM.
Boston Municipal Research Bureau Annual Luncheon will be held on March 7th at noon. We will plan on getting 2 tables of 10. There will be a fee TBD. Save the date, and look for the email from elpevent@umb.edu around late January.
Alumni Panel: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor at Harvard Business School will be speaking to ELP Alum on April 23rd from noon to 2:00PM, location TBD. Professor Kanter specializes in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights have guided leaders of large and small organizations worldwide for over 25 years, through teaching, writing, and direct consultation to major corporations and governments. |
| ELP on the Move |
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2002
It is with great pleasure that United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley announce that Tulaine Shabazz Marshall ('02) will be joining our staff as our new Vice President, Community Impact. Tulaine will oversee the team responsible for building family assets, primarily in the areas of affordable housing and sustainable employment, and will start on December 10, 2007. Tulaine comes to United Way from YouthBuild, USA where she has served as the National Director of Graduate and Youth Opportunities since 2003. While there, she oversaw a portfolio of national initiatives designed to help low-income youth succeed in college and the 21st century workforce. Christie Getto Young, Senior Director of Public Policy ('04), has been serving as Interim Vice President and is thrilled at the prospect of working side by side with a fellow ELP fellow!
2003
Lisa DeAngelis was promoted to Managing Director and Lead PST Business Partner at Shawmut.
Kristine Robak has been traveling more with her job within the US and also going to Europe. She had her second child, Brooke Kathleen Robak on February 14, 2007. Her son Derek Robak is now 3 1/2.
Lafayette Jefferson has accepted a position at Verizon as a member of the Verizon FIOS management team in Providence.
Meghan Murphy is in the MPA program at Suffolk and she is getting married in February.
2006
Stephen Finocchio has graciously accepted the role of Co-Chair on the Brook Farm Academy/Academy of Finance Advisory Board, taking the gavel from fellow ELP alum Liem Tran ('06), last year's Board Chair. Brook Farm Academy is a Boston Public High School that provides its students a college preparatory curriculum with a business and finance theme. Fellow Alum Kathleen A. Dawson ('06) is Assistant Headmaster at Brook Farm Academy. Congratulations to Stephen!
Liem Tran has been hired as the Director of Development for Asian American Civic Association www.aaca-boston.org. ELP colleagues can contact him at liemt@aaca-boston.org.
2007
Andrea Hurwitz is now the Assistant Director for Communications at Facing History and Ourselves, an international non-profit that works with teachers to educate students about the Holocaust, Armenian Genocide, Civil Rights Movement and other moments in history, in an effort to demonstrate the power of one's choices. You can still contact her at andreahurwitz@hotmail.com.
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| ELP Speaking Opportunity |
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Future U is looking for eight speakers and one keynote speaker.
Future U is a free, one-day retreat to which high school girls in the metro Boston area are invited to take part in interactive seminars exploring various careers. The mission of our Future U program is to encourage teen girls to reach their full potential by inspiring them to pursue an education beyond high school and empowering them with the knowledge necessary to pursue various career paths.
The speaker committee would like to make the following fields available for the girls to explore: Education, Law, Finance/Banking, Forensic, Science, Marketing, Medical/Nursing, Social Worker, Arts, Entrepreneur, and Government.
The retreat will be held on Saturday, February 2, 2008 from 11:00AM to 3:30PM at the UMass Boston Campus Center.
For more information, please contact Erin LaSpina, erin_laspina@yahoo.com, 484-678-9368.
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| Reminder: Your 2007-2008 ELP Alumni Board |
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Brief History of ELP |
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The Emerging Leaders Program is an executive training program for professionals in the Greater Boston area. In the program they will enhance their leadership skills and learn how to work effectively with other leaders toward specific goals. Each fall, a group of "fellows" is chosen for a 10-month program involving a weeklong seminar, followed by monthly meetings and team projects. At its conclusion, fellows have honed their individual leadership skills in several areas, including networking, communication, conflict resolution, the political process, entrepreneurship, media relations, and teamwork. Click here to learn more |
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| Don't forget to mention ELP |
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Looking for a new job? Joining a new Board of Directors? Speaking at an event? Whenever you update your resume or provide an organization with your current bio, don't forget to mention the UMass Emerging Leaders Program and the year in which you participated.
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| Community Counts |
Little changes make a big difference. That is one of the underlying premises driving the service-oriented ELP fellows taking big strides toward making the Greater Boston community better. Are you doing great things in the community? Send an email to your class representative listed below:
RJ Donofrio: 2002 Class Representative rjdonofrio@statestreet.com
Deanna Yameen: 2003 Class Representative dyameen@massasoit.mass.edu
Anne Marie Bourisquot King: 2004 Class Representative
AnneMarie_Boursiquot@tufts-health.com
Wendy Plotkin: 2005 Class Representative
WPlotkin@choate.com
Miriam Katz: 2006 Class Representative mkatz@adelsonfoundation.org |
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