Dear Alumni & Fellows,
The summer was relaxing (relatively speaking), but the fall has been so busy. Many things to update you on, so read on! Hope you can join us at some events.
Special note about the 2010 cohort: they will be presenting their team project presentations on October 19. Many interesting stakeholders will be attending, including Judith Kurland, Chief of Partnerships and Programs for the City of Boston, who will provide comments after the presentation. See ELP Events below for more information about "Reshaping Poverty Policy."
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Sherry Penney Interviewed on WUMB
Sherry Penney was interviewed by Janice Pryor, WUMB, about her book, "Next Generation Leadership: Insights from Emerging." The program, Commonweath Journal, will be aired on Sunday, October 10 at 7PM on 91.9 WUMB. Tune in!
ELP Session with Paul Connolly On September 23, 2010 the Emerging Leaders Program Fellows and Alumni, along with UMass Boston MBA students had the good fortune to hear from the second in command at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Mr. Paul Connolly. Connolly is the First Vice President and COO of the bank. During the session, Connolly presented an entertaining historical overview about what the Fed does, and about what the Federal Reserve has done and learned during the crises of the past couple of years.
Connolly demonstrated that there has been negative employment growth in just about every industry since December 2007 following the "financial shock". He described the economy as growing slowly and noted the apparent need for additional actions to enable our economy to grow more strongly and reduce unemployment more quickly.
Another aspect of the presentation was about the leadership role that the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston took on in the midst of the financial crisis in September, 2008. Pawan Roy (ELP 2010) of Raytheon Corporation attended the presentation, and he reports Connolly gave "outstanding examples of why/when/how great leaders take great risks and provided a sobering reality of current economic conditions."
Susan Soergel (ELP 2007) of NSTAR agrees: "showing the data from this recent recession versus the past three, and seeing how many sectors of the economy got hit was very informative; fantastic presentation."
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| ELP Upcoming Events | | ELP Annual Luncheon
October 12, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Fairmont Copley Hotel
Dr. Randal Pinkett | Please join many of the area's most distinguished business and civic leaders, the event's sponsors Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, State Street Corporation, Partners Community HealthCare, Raytheon Corporation, NSTAR Electric & Gas, Savings Bank Life Insurance, The Boston Foundation, The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Eastern Bank, The Trefler Foundation, and many of our past, current and future Fellows, as we celebrate Greater Boston's future leaders at the annual Emerging Leaders lunch featuring keynote speaker Dr. Randal Pinkett.
RSVP's by Friday, October 8, noon please. Individual tickets are $100.00. To register for the lunch using your Visa or Mastercard, please visit https://www.acteva.com/go/ELP. Or, email leaders@umb.edu and send a check to the Center for Collaborative Leadership, UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125.
Reshaping Poverty Policy: Fresh Views from Emerging Leaders
Tuesday, October 19, 9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Followed by a World Café lunch, 12:00 noon - 1:30 PM
Boston Public Library, Copley Square
Please RSVP by October 15 to leaders@umb.edu for both presentation event and world café luncheon.
Emerging Leaders Fellows will present on five projects, carried out in partnership with Homes for Families, Boston Tenant Coalition and Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston. Their presentations will be followed by remarks from Judith Kurland, Chief of Partnerships and Programs for the City of Boston and audience discussion.
Topics include:
Understanding the Unintended Consequences of Work Support Policies for Working Families: Looking at a Fresh Alternative;
Keeping Tenants in Homes: Effects of Foreclosures on Neighborhoods;
Generating Support for Affordable Housing: Creating a Marketing and Multi- Media Messaging Campaign; Making All Communities Welcoming: Race and Place Dialogues in Greater Boston Today; Supporting Families with Good Working Conditions. The Rights of the Child: Kaya Children International
November 2, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
UMass Boston, Campus Center Ballroom  The Center for Collaborative Leadership and the Office of International and Transnational Affairs are pleased to present a talk by Dr. Chi-Cheng Huang (ELP '05), Chairman of the Department of Hospital Medicine at Lahey Clinic, and Founder of Kaya Children International. There are currently 100 million street children worldwide along with millions of other children living in abject poverty. The talk will focus on the various child human rights challenges in Boston and worldwide with a particular focus on the street children tragedy in La Paz, Bolivia. Dr. Huang will highlight the lives of several children and their amazing resiliency over the last ten year as part of the Kaya Children International. Lastly, it will conclude with practical ways in which the audience can engage with Kaya Children International or other organizations to address the child human rights issue. |
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Other Upcoming Events |
ILA Conference: Leadership 2.0: Time for Action
October 27, 9:00 am » October 30, 4:30 pm | Boston Marriott Copley
Recognized by the Washington Post as one of seven premier leadership events in 2010, the 12th Annual ILA Global Conference will forge new connections between leadership theory and practice and provide unparalleled learning and networking opportunities through 200+ state-of-the-art presentations, panel discussions, workshops, case studies, and roundtable discussions. Join us October 27-30 in Boston, MA, as over 1,000 leadership scholars and educators, business and community leaders, consultants and coaches from around the world exchange the latest scholarship, best practices, and compelling ideas which are redefining leadership. Sherry Penney is the conference chair for this event.
Girl Scouts Leading Women Award Breakfast
November 9, 7:30 am - 9:30 am | Seaport Hotel
Please join the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts to celebrate women in leadership at the 19th Annual Leading Women Award Breakfast. Two Emerging Leaders Program Speakers will be honored at this event: Gloria Cordes Larson, Esq., President of Bentley University and Ellen Zane, CEO of Tufts Medical Center. For more information, please see the Girl Scouts website.
Massachusetts Conference for Women 2010
December 9, 7:30 am - 5:00 pm | BCECThe Massachusetts Conference for Women provides connection, motivation, networking, inspiration and skill building for thousands of women each year. The 2010 Conference will be held December 9, 2010 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The Center for Collaborative Leadership is a supporting organization. We purchased a table of 10 for the lunch and are currently accepting names to the waiting list. To sign up, please email elpevents@umb.edu. If positions open up, you will be asked to pay $30 to attend. |
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ELP on the Move |
Keep us posted... send information about career moves, advancements, board memberships, birth announcements, etc. to either your class representative (listed below) or to leaders@umb.edu. We look forward to hearing from you.
2003
Matt Hall will present A behavioral approach to help each patient develop the habits to manage serious and complex diseases at the Patient Adherence & Engagement Summit. Matt will speak about applications of HCS adherence solutions, including case studies and clinical trial data. Summit will be held October 19 & 20 in Philidelphia.
2004
James Jones is pleased to announce he has accepted a position in Washington, DC as Senior Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer for The Corps Network, a national nonprofit representing over 140 Service and Conservation Corps in 45 states and the District of Columbia. James will be responsible for external affairs, program innovation, corporate partnerships and development and organizational capacity building. He will also serve as the primary liaison with the Corporation for National & Community Service and the White House Office of Social Innovation and its Social Innovation Fund. James writes, "Needless to say, I will be drawing on my ELP experience quite a bit. I know it will prove to be invaluable."
2006
Tomeeka Farrington was featured in a live interview on blogtalkradio, called " Focus on Empowerment" with Carole Copeland Thomas. The interview focused on social media and the founding Social Media U.
Stephen Finocchio recently transferred groups within State Street after 15 years in the same 'seat'. He is now working in Global Corporate Strategy. Stephen was also proud to receive the Beacon of Hope Award from Brook Farm Academy (Boston Public High School), where he serves as Board Chair. Stephen gave the commencement address at the high school this past June.
Michael James will be on Urban Update on October 17th and honored at the Boston Business Journal's Leaders in Diversity Event on October 21st at the Westin in BostonWaterfront from 7:00 - 10:30 a.m. Paul Francisco ('05) will be a panelist at that event.
Michael James would also like to announce an event: Celebration of Life, featuring Bishop T.D. Jakes on October 25 and 26. Please see the website for details.
2009
R. Kelly Cameron is now the Assistant Director, Cooperative Education at
Northeastern University.
2010
Duke Guthrie has recently moved to a new position at City Year Boston as Foundations Relations Manager where he will be responsible for foundation-focused fundraising efforts. Duke is very excited about City Year Boston's focus on helping students in Boston's schools stay on track - or get back on track - to graduate high school. If you're in the neighborhood (Back Bay T stop), Duke encourages you to stop by to say hello and learn more about City Year's great work. In addition to the new job, Duke has added a new family member: his second son, Oskar August Guthrie, was born on September 17th.
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Dr. Chi Cheng-Huang ('05) is taking part in the Kaya Challenge to raise money for Kaya Children International, Inc.
During the month of October, we have the 31 days - 31 faces campaign where we highlight the lives of one of our children each day. Your support helps us with the important work that is being done in Bolivia. You can donate online with a credit card. All donations are secure and sent directly to Kaya Children International Inc. by FirstGiving, who will email you a printable record of your donation.
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Stephen Finocchio: Past Chair
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The Emerging Leaders Program is an executive training program for professionals in the Greater Boston area. In the program fellows 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 communication, conflict resolution, the political process, entrepreneurship, media relations, networking, and teamwork. Click here to learn more |
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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. | |
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