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Frank McCune
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| Board of Directors | |
Officers:
Board Chair - Michelle Hernandez
Mountain Park Health Center Foundation
Immediate Past Chair - Rob Leslie
Eide Bailly LLP
Chair Elect - Mike Crusa
City of Tempe
Secretary/Treasurer - Greg Ensell
Cox Communications
Member-At-Large - Tony Moya
SRP
Directors:
Victor Aranda
Wells Fargo
Ginny Arnett Caro
SCF Arizona
Cameron Black
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Dave Bolman
University of Advancing Technology
Harrison Brecht
ASU
Amy Buchan
Apollo Group
Julie Coleman
APS
Hon. Louis Frank Dominguez
Phoenix Municipal Court
Marci Hendrickson
Jokake Construction
Jenny Holsman Tetreault
ASU Alumni Association
Rebecca Kennell
Custom Financial Design
George Khalaf
ASU
Elizabeth Krecker
Iasis Healthcare
Anita Favela Luera
ASU Cronkite School of Journalism
Alberto Olivas
MCCCD
Benah Parker
Center for the Future
of Arizona
Tim Pickering
Interim Public Management
Eric Sloan
SLOAN LYONS Public Affairs
Brad Vynalek
Quarles & Brady, LLC
Brian Wood
Waste Management |
| Leadership Institute Financial Aid Fund | |
Pay It Forward In the midst of these tough economic times, small businesses, organizations and individuals are finding it increasingly difficult to pay tuition for their emerging and existing leaders to go through premier leadership development programs such as Leadership Institute. In order to ensure the ability of all outstanding candidates to participate in our program, we are establishing the Leadership Financial Aid Fund. If you were able to graduate from the Leadership Institute, and especially if someone else - an employer or sponsor - made this experience possible for you, please consider making a contribution and paying it forward to a future leader in need.
To make a donation to the Leadership Financial Aid Fund, or for more information, please contact Executive Director Frank McCune at 602.952.6760, ext. 1 or frank@valleyleadership.org. |
| Book of the Month | | |
Leadership & Self-Deception
Getting Out of the Box
Arbinger Institute
Product description:
Since its original publication nine years ago, Leadership and Self-Deception has become an international word-of-mouth phenomenon. Rather than tapering off, it has sold more copies each year since 2004 than it did in any of the first four years after publication. The book's central insight - that the key to leadership lays not in what we do, but in who we are -has proved to have powerful resonances not only for organizational leadership, but in readers' personal lives as well. Leadership and Self-Deception uses an entertaining story about an executive facing challenges at work and at home to expose the precise psychological processes that conceal our true motivations and intentions from us and trap us in a "box" of endless self-justification. Most importantly, the book shows us the way out.
This new edition has been revised throughout to make the story more readable and compelling. And drawing on the extensive correspondence they're received over the years, the authors have added a section that outlines the many ways that readers have been using Leadership and Self-Deception, focusing on five specific areas: hiring, teambuilding, conflict resolution, accountability, and personal growth and development.
Click here to learn more about this book. |
| Quotes of the Month | | |
"Knowing is not enough; We must apply. Willing is not enough; We must do." -- Goethe
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong." -- George Washington Carver
"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." -- John F. Kennedy
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| Leadership Resources | |
The Secret Life of Pronouns
What our Words Say About us
The smallest, most commonly used, most forgettable words serve as windows into our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. The ways people use pronouns, articles, and other everyday words are linked to their personality, honesty, social skills, and intentions.
Pronouns (such as I, you, they), articles (a, an, the), prepositions (to, of, for), auxiliary verbs (is, am, have), and a handful of other common word categories are called function words. On their own, function words have very little meaning. In English, there are fewer than 500 function words yet they account for more than half of the words we speak, hear, and read every day. By analyzing their use, we begin to learn how speakers are connecting with their audiences, their friends, their conversational topics, and themselves.
The Secret Life of Pronouns is based on a large-scale research project that links natural language use to real world social and psychological processes. Using computerized text analyses on hundreds of thousands of letters, poems, books, blogs, Tweets, conversations, and other texts, it is possible to begin to read people's hearts and minds in ways they can't do themselves.
Click here to find out more, or try these exercises and see what they reveal about you. |
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Chair's Corner with Michelle Hernandez,
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 This month, congratulations go to Valley Teen Leadership Class 16, who completed their leadership journey with last week's Graduation ceremony. We enjoyed remarks from class members Marco Burgarello, Karson Cook, Louay Kalamchi, Ruchi Kirtikar, Korri Lewis, Marli Mayon, Saidy Perez, and Esteban Verdugo, who reminded us of the significance of our teen program. As the start of a new VTL tradition, Charles Christian IV, Karson Cook, Cheyenne Macias, Sung Ho Park, Esteban Verdugo, Maggie Walsh, and Bryantee Williams-Bailey, were named the group project winners for their outstanding presentation on their chapter, "No Such Thing as Failure," from the program text, Success For Teens. We look forward to hearing about the many accomplishments this whole group of VTL students is sure to achieve in their future endeavors. It was a pleasure to get to know this class a little bit more each time we met. We also look forward to the presentation of group projects by Leadership Institute Class 33 at their next, and final, program day in June. These projects are sure to impress with their diverse subject matter and ability to achieve real and sustainable impact in the community. It is hard to believe that another program year is already coming to a close!
Thank you to the many volunteers whose time and expertise contributed to all the successful and insightful program days we have hosted for our 2011-12 classes. If you would like to be involved with Valley Leadership programming in the future, please be sure to contact the office at (602) 952-6760 or vl@valleyleadership.com. |
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Valley Leadership welcomed several new board members for the 2011-12 program year. Get to know your new board members each month:
Rebecca Kennell
Custom Financial Design LLC
Background:
I was in VL Class 29 and am an independent Certified Financial Planner professional and managing partner at Custom Financial Design LLC along with Gail Andrews (Class 32). I am also a musician and trumpet player in the Valley playing Afro-Cuban music, jazz and R&B.
Why you initially joined your Valley Leadership class:
To expand my knowledge of the community and leadership ideas and concepts.
Why you joined the Board:
I am passionate about alumni involvement and activity and wanted to join the Board to give more voice to that.
One big goal for the year as a Board member:
Increase alumni involvement and introduce the community to VL through our Leadership Skills Series (November 1, in partnership with Grand Canyon University and the Blanchard Companies).
How can VL alumni help you achieve that goal?
Join us at our event entitled "4 Generations at Work" (Veterans, Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y), November 1, 2012, at Grand Canyon University. Today's workforce is the most historically diverse we have ever seen. Never before have we had such a mix of race, ethnicity and generations working together. This program will speak to organizations and individuals who recognize the effects of generational diversity, tensions, challenges, and remarkable opportunities. |
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Leadership Institute Program Day 7 Re-Cap: Community Engagement | |
Class 33 visited St. Luke's Medical Center in Phoenix for Community Engagement day, in combination with Hispanic Leadership Institute. The introduction of the HLI class was a welcome addition, as it provided a whole new group of people to discuss engagement and community awareness.
The program included a presentation by city managers from Tempe and Glendale, as well as the Phoenix Police department, on the numerous opportunities to be involved in setting policy in your community. The class was also treated to a panel on how to become involved in the "buy-locally" movement.
The program day concluded with a keynote speech by Dr. Lattie Coor, Chairman and CEO, Center for the Future of Arizona, providing examples of creative ways in which people are engaging with and contributing to their communities around the state.
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Valley Teen Leadership Program Day 5 Re-Cap: Diversity & Equity | |
Program Day 5 for the teen program met at the Universal Technical Institute in Avondale. The day's focus was "Leaders Taking Action," which included activites designed to help the students identify the different levels of leadership and learn to approach leadership opportunities with courage, confidence, and the ability to deal with failure. The teens began the day by creating their own personal mission statement putting it on paper. This activity provided the students with a clearer sense of how each wanted to be known throughout their individual routes to becoming recognized and established young leaders. One of the highlights of the day came during a discussion on the opportunities that arise from failure: Olympic gold medalist Misty Hyman spoke with the class about the ups and downs of her journey, which brought her where she is today. Her insight and ability to speak to the teens made a lasting impression and left the teens knowing that great success can arise through failure, if viewed the right way.
Teens were divided into groups to run for Student Body President of VTL High. They were tasked with assigning each group member specific campaign roles.
Continue reading below to see more photos from Program Day 5. |
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Valley Teen Leadership Program Day 6 Re-Cap: Community Awareness | |
To wrap up the VTL program for Class 16, the final day was held at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications, and what a jam-packed day it was! The morning session started off with representatives from 10 different organizations, ranging from Project C.U.R.E to St. Mary's Food Bank, speaking to the teens about opportunities to become involved with their community through these organizations. Each teen was able to pick two of the 10 organizations present and sit down with the representative to get a better feel of the organization and the opportunities they offer for teen involvment. The second half of the day the teens traveled to Cronkite's News Watch studio, where they worked on their editorials that profiled one of the two organizations with which they spoke in-depth. The teens then reported out, on camera, on their editorial. This program day allowed the teens to leave the program with a greater sense of the missions and opportunities offered by local non-profit organizations, as well as what it takes to be a journalist and how the media can impact non-profit work and community engagement.
The "No Such Thing As Failure" group engages the rest of their class with an interactive presentation on their chapter from Success For Teens.
With 10 different nonprofit organizations present to discuss teen involvement, this VTL group chose to learn more about the volunteer services and mission of Phoenix Children's Hospital.
Continue reading below to see more photos from Program Day 6 and from Valley Teen Leadership Graduation. |
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Meet Class 33 | | |
MARY COLLUM 
Mary is Senior Vice President, Manager of The Private Bank at National Bank of Arizona. A graduate of ASU, she earned her MBA at the University of Phoenix and also attended Pacific Coast Banking School. Her department manages the largest personal banking relationships for the NBAZ, which includes investment management and trust services.
Community Activities/Affiliations: Partner, Social Venture Partners; Board member, Arizona Foundation for Women; Past president and event chair, Hon Kachina Council; Member and sponsorship committee chair, Arizona Business Leadership; Founding board member, Women's Financial Group at NBAZ.
My Mentor: Deborah Bateman - she is fun, positive, energetic, experienced, and desires to help me grow and succeed.
My Guiding Principle: Enjoy life, be true to yourself and the people around you, help others, and have fun while you still can!
ANGELA HUGHEY
A graduate of Phoenix College, Angela is President of ONE Community Media, where she works with approximately 300 gay, lesbian, and allied business members in creating custom ized promotional, advertising, and sponsorship opportunities to heighten brand awareness and connectivity to the local LGBT community.
Community Activities/Affiliations: Board of Directors, Arts & Business Council; Arts & Business Council Business On Board Leadership Training (2011); ASU NP Healthcare, Have a HeART Benefit Committee (2011); SAVORlife Co-Chair, Aunt Rita's Foundation (2010-11); LGBT Workgroup Chair, Census Minority Outreach Subcommittee (2009-10); Vice Chair, Greater Phoenix Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (2008-10); Sponsorship Chair, Hispanic 50-50 (2007-09); Equality Arizona Tournament Committee (2008); Ballet Arizona Advisory Committee (2007-09).
My Mentor: Felecia Rotellini, Tammy Perkins, Linda Elliot.
My Guiding Principle: Be the leader you want to see.
CHRIS KOTTERMAN 
Chris attended Arizona State University and then the University of Maryland. He currently works as the Deputy Associate Superintendant, Policy Development and Government Relations, Arizona Department of Education. In this role, he is involved in the implementation of policies set by the Legislature, State Board of Education, and the federal government, and communicates with the same entities on behalf of the Department of Education.
Community Activities/Affiliations: Volunteer (Crisis Response Team), Phoenix Fire Department Community Assistance Program; Board Secretary, The Branden Lombardi Foundation; Sports Car Club of America - Arizona Region; and ASU Alumni Association.
My Mentor: Mark Bogart, from the House of Representatives. He showed me the ropes of Legislative work as an intern and sort of set me on my way.
My Guiding Principle: Be a decent human being to everyone you meet, and don't forget to have fun.
CHUCK RIBBE 
A graduate of Illinois State University (Normal, IL), Chuck also earned his CPA license and is Chief Financial Officer for Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Western Regional Medical in Goodyear, AZ. He is responsible for all financial operations at the hospital and specifically oversees Finance/Accounting, Health Information Management, Materials Management, Business Office/Patient Accounts, Compliance and Lean Six Sigma departments.
Community Activities/Affiliations: Board member, Metro Valley of the Sun YMCA; Member, Healthcare Financial Management Association; Member, Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Member, American College of Healthcare Executives; Member, Health Care Exchange Task Force; Member, Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Health Care Committee; previously served on various non-profit boards of directors in leadership positions.
My Mentor: Anne Meisner, CEO at our sister facility in the Chicago area. Additionally, Jim Bands, CFO at Phoenix Children's Hospital and personally, my parents have assisted me along my life journey.
My Guiding Prinicple: Live the Golden Rule (treat others with courtesy and respect). Pursue excellence and have fun; life is too short.
JODY SARCHETT 
Jody attended Tarleton State, a branch of Texas A&M University, and works as an Insurance Broker for mid-to-larger companies, specifically handling property liability, workers' comp, and employee benefits.
Community Activities/Affiliations: Board member, Parenting AZ; Board member, Homeward Bound (also sponsors a family); Event committee member, AWEE and Valley Life.
My Mentor: My boss of nine years, Dave Wilder.
My Guiding Principle: Always do what's right in your heart.
JOHN STANDRING
John attended Exeter University in the UK and is Senior
Vice President, Global Financial Operations, American Express. He is responsible for the financial back office operations for American Express.
Community Activities / Affiliations: Junior Achievement.
My Mentor: Many people, and not formal.
My Guiding Principle: You need balance in life - work, play and health.
My Yardstick of Success: Health family, challenging job, opportunity to travel. |
| Leaders Making Waves | | |
Recognizing the Accomplishments of Valley Leadership Alumni
Have you taken on an exciting new job or been promoted? Have you recently been married or had a child? We want to hear about all your professional and personal milestones, so please keep us informed. We would like to share honors and accomplishments with your fellow alumni.
Mesa Convention and Visitors Bureau named Marc Garcia (Class 23) as president and CEO.
Under the leadership of Eileen Rogers (Class 20), Allegra Marketing and Print Scottsdale debuted its inaugural, free-of-charge conference, "Allegra FootSTEPS: Ideas for Impact," on April 3, 2012, at the Rio Salado Conference Center in Tempe, AZ. The day featured presentations from leading nonprofit development specialists and was attended by more than 50 Arizona nonprofit organizations.
Joe Smyth (Class 2), is the author of a new book. Fixing America's Broken Politics: Common sense solutions to the issues that divide us is available at amazon.com. He is critical of both political parties and urges citizens to push for a number of specific reforms. An executive summary of Joe's proposals is available free at joesmyth.org.
Congratulations to the following Valley Leadership alumni who have been named to the Phoenix Business Journal's 40 Under 40 for 2012: Maribel Barrios (Class 32), Jason Coochwytewa (Class 26), Milton Dellossier (Class 29), Sarah Finecey (Class 23), Stefanie Francis (Class 30), and Laura Franco French (Class 29).
The 100th Arizona Town Hall was held April 22-25, 2012, in Tucson, AZ, and was attended by the following Valley Leadership alumni: Rhonda Bannard (Class 20), Greg Brownell (Class 32), Kendra Cea (Class 22), Mike Crusa (Class 1), Carlos Galindo-Elvira (Class 24), Susan Goldsmith (Class 7), Eric Gudino (Class 26), Melinda Gulick (Class 33), Todd Hornback (Class 23), Bryan Howard (Class 20), Dave Howell (Class 18), Anne Lynch (Class 5), Cassandra Mason-Motz (Class 6), Frank McCune (Executive Director), Vicki McDonald (Class 27), Patrick McWhorter (Class 26), Alberto Olivas (Class 22), Carol Poore (Class 21), Alison Rapping (Class 20), Marie Sullivan (Class 20), Penny Allee Taylor (Class 16), Brenda Thomson (Class 25), Cynthia Zwick (Class 25). |
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Leadership Institute
Program Day 7: Community Engagement; April 6, 2012  
Left: Kevin Robinson (Class 21, speaking), Asst. Chief of Police, Phoenix Police Department, Ed Beasley, Glendale City Manager, and Charlie Meyer, Tempe City Manager, discuss opportunities to become involved with city governance and how citizens can shap public safety policies. Right: Laura Etter (Class 32) facilitates a high-level discussion with Martha Rozelle, President of the Rozelle Group, and David Schwartz, of Goodman Schwartz Public Affairs, on community involvement, facilitating tips, and advocacy organization.
Left: Class 33 broke into groups to create and present proposals for a hypothetical Community Development Block Grant. Right: Deborah Bateman of National Bank (Class 16, speaking), Renee Levin (Class 31) with Intel, and Craig Hughes, of Total Transit, discuss corporate responsibility and engagement.  
Left: Members of Class 33 mingled with members of the Hispanic Leadership Institute at happy hour after the joint program day. Right: Class 33 members Janey Pearl, Maureen O'Brien, and Meghan Cox enjoyed the opportunity to continue the program day discussions at the post-event gathering.
Valley Teen Leadership
Program Days 5 & 6; April 14 and 28, 2012; Graduation; May 2, 2012
Left: Working together but without words, teens try to determine where to place an assigned photo in the correct order. Right: Each of the Student Body President candidates line up with their campaign's poster before voting. Marco Burgarello (center) was elected new Student Body President of VTL High.
Left: After the guest panel discussion on how to embrace failure, the teens lined up to talk one-on-one with AZ Democratic candidate for District 11 Rita Dickinson (Class 11) and Olympic Gold medalist Misty Hyman (Class 32). Right: A group presents on their Success for Teens chapter "Little Things Matter." VTL 16 member Greg Goulder explains that simple actions, repeated over time, will determine the life you lead.   Left: VTL 16 member Rebecca Dendy reports out in the News Watch room at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Right: Alberto Olivas (Class 22), representing Voter Outreach, explains the importance of registering to vote at an early age and how teens can relay the message to others. Left: At the UMOM round table, VTL 16 member Genesis Miranda pays keen attention to the services UMOM offers and the role she could play as a teen volunteer. Right: (Left to right) Winning group presentation members Bryantee Williams-Bailey, Maggie Walsh, Esteban Verdugo, Karson Cook, Charles Christian IV, Cheyenne Macias and Sung Ho Park were acknowledged for their dynamic Success for Teens presentation on their chapter, "No Such Thing as Failure." Left: Marli Mayon, one of eight teens chosen to speak on her experience through VTL at the Graduation ceremony. Right: VTL 16 congratulate each other at the conclusion of their graduation ceremony (standing in front: left to right, Marco Burgarello and Halen Hulsebus). Board Chair and VTL Chair Michelle Hernandez (Class 23) and Executive Director Frank McCune congratulate graduates Amr Nasef (left) and Shelby Barrett (right). |
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Valley Leadership's monthly newsletter is designed to link a dynamic and diverse group of leaders together. Read our Leadership Connection news each month to learn about alumni opportunities, special announcements, personal and professional updates on your colleagues, and much more. Be sure to keep in touch and let us know how you are leaving a "legacy of leadership" in the Valley of the Sun. Comments and member news are welcome and encouraged. They can be sent to the Valley Leadership Office at vl@valleyleadership.org or phone at 602.952.6760 ext. 3.
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