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Summer 10 Issue

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LC Recruitment

Recruiting highly qualified applicants for the Leadership Charlottesville program is one of the ways LCAA supports the Leadership Charlottesville program. LCAA needs YOUR help in identifying and recruiting qualified candidates for the upcoming program. LC alumni are the best ambassadors to the area’s business and non-profit community.

You can support the LC Program simply by sharing your Leadership Charlottesville experience with friends and colleagues. Invite candidates to attend one of the recruiting events: after work from 5-7 p.m on May 11 at Siips on the downtown mall, or 7:30-9:30 a.m. for breakfast on June 11 at CitySpace on the downtown mall under the Market Street garage. A brochure on the LC program and application materials are available on the Chamber web site here.

Past News

LCAA Supports Leadership Charlottesville

Recruitment: LCAA held recruitment events in May and June and LCAA Board members made personal contact with potential LC candidates. These efforts contributed to a large applicant pool: 58 applications for the 2010 class received by the June 30 deadline.

Scholarships: LCAA provided five scholarships to members of the 2010 class, who might otherwise have been unable to participate.

Class Sessions: LC alumni participated in planning teams for the weekly sessions for the LC class. Every team included at least one LC grad and some teams consisted entirely of alumni. Class Reception: The newest class of Leadership Charlottesville was introduced at an evening reception hosted by the Leadership Charlottesville Alumni Association on Thursday, September 10, at Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge. The class was welcomed by graduates and sponsors of the program.

2009 Class Recognized at Chamber Spring Luncheon

The Leadership Charlottesville 2009 class completed their program on May 27, 2009. Their final day of LC included a presentation of class projects, a graduation ceremony, and recognition at the Chamber of Commerce's Spring Luncheon.

The day's events were held at the DoubleTree Hotel. The Honorable Timothy M. Kaine, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, was the keynote speaker for the Chamber's Spring Luncheon. In his remarks he recognized the importance of the Chamber of Commerce as a voice for business, especially small business, and for bringing a regional perspective. The governor noted that he had benefited from the Richmond Chamber's Leadership Program in 1991 and commended the graduating LC class.

After the keynote address and lunch, the LC Class was formally recognized and introduced by Chamber Board Chairman Bryan Thomas, with additional remarks from Cathy Train of the United Way as the Leadership Charlottesville Partner and Jann Ross, the Director of Leadership Charlottesville for the Chamber.

Signature Community Partner for 2009

The LCAA Community Involvement Committee asked members of LCAA to identify local nonprofits who were doing good work and who could benefit from a partnership with LCAA to support their efforts to improve our community. The LCAA Board selected Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle (LVCA) as our signature partner for 2008-2009. LVCA is an independent, non-profit organization that offers free, confidential, individualized basic literacy and ESL instruction to adults. For more information on LVCA's mission and activities, visit their website at http://literacyforall.org/

LCAA will be working with them to promote their premier fundraising event in the spring of 2009, Wordplay. Wordplay is a challenging live game show that includes vocabulary, literature and trivia played in teams of three. Wordplay 2009 will take place on April 23 at the Omni Hotel. Learn more about Wordplay at http://cvillewordplay.org/ LCAA is forming a team to lead the effort in our partnership with LVCA. If you would like to join that team, please contact Marc Johnson at rmjohnson@virginia.edu to get connected!

Other Community Partners

LCAA has also selected several other organizations as partners for this year. LCAA will lend support to these groups in various ways as volunteers and by highlighting their work and activities throughout the year. The other partner organizations for this year are:

The Charlottesville Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Jabberwock Program is an event that focuses on young ladies age 11-14 to help them develop positive self-image, leadership and academic excellence.

The Virginia Discovery Museum provides a wide variety of programming for children in our area to promote hands-on learning. The Museum's Discovery Dash is intended to promote healthy living among children and is the only community-wide children's race in central Virginia. The event consists of races for children from 5-14 and takes place in May.

WorkSource Enterprises provides job training and employment opportunities to individuals with disabilities. Through a variety of programs, WorkSource provides job training and placement services for the individuals enrolled in their programs.

The Charlottesville Community Scholarship Program is a public-private partnership that provides financial assistance to low- and middle-income city residents and employees who wish to continue their education after high school Their annual Food for Thought fundraising event will take place in February 2008.

Charlottesville Youth and Family Services is moving into a new building this fall. They need help in installing a playground, fencing and some landscaping in their new space. LCAA will be organizing a day of volunteerism at CYFS.

Clark Elementary School's Book Buddies program needs volunteers, book buddies, mentors, and others to help promote their after-school reading programs for at-risk students.

The Public Housing Association of Residents is one of the most successful city-wide public housing and Section 8 resident associations in Virginia, working to empower low-income residents to protect and improve our community. PHAR will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in late 2008.

Presenting LC 2008-2009

The 2008-2009 Leadership Charlottesville class kicked off their LC experience at the opening session on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge, with a reception hosted by LCAA capping off the day's event. The next day, the class participated in hands-on learning on leadership and teamwork through the ropes course at Falls River. Weekly sessions continued into November, with the closing session and selection of projects on Friday, November 21 at the Omni Hotel. Assisted by LCAA President Billie Campbell, the class selected 5 projects and divided into teams. The projects will be further developed and implemented over the next several months and presented by the teams in May. The class also selected Sasha Farmer and Fred Greer as class representatives to serve as appointed directors to the 2009 LCAA Board.

Members of the 2008-2009 class are:
Elizabeth Barber: Senior Center, Inc.
Lance Blakey: City of Charlottesville Fire Department
Luvelle Brown: Albemarle County Public Schools
Carol Coffey: Charlottesville City Schools
Kim Connolly: United Way-Thomas Jefferson Area
Thomas Cox: Draper Aden Associates
Betsy Dance: One Clean World-Martin Horn Subsidiary
Marguerite David: Jefferson Area Board for Aging
Alexandra Edeleanu: Boar's Head Sports Club/Boar's Head Inn
Sasha Farmer: Montague, Miller & Co. Realtors
Jay Fritz: SunTrust
Henry Graff: WVIR-TV NBC 29
Frederick Greer: The Daily Progress (Media General)
Daniel Hennicke: Gray Television (CBS 19/ABC 16/Fox 27)
Lauren Hildebrand: City of Charlottesville-Utilities Division
Annette Jackson: State Farm Insurance Co.
Paul Knodel: LexisNexis
Laura Knox: Albert State Farm Insurance Agency
Linda Kolker: Kolker Associates
Hollie Lee: City of Charlottesville-Economic Development
Susan Liberman: Branchlands Properties
Joel Litchfield: BB&T
Eric Lund: Target Media, Inc.
Jesse Lynn: SMG/John Paul Jones Arena
Patricia May: Nielsen Builders, Inc.
Dennis Mockler: Monticello Media LLC
John Neal: Neighborhood Properties, Inc.
Michael O'Donnell: R.E. Lee Construction Management
Leontyne Peck: Girl Scouts of the Virginia Skyline
Samuel Saunders: Timmons Group
Anita Showers: Piedmont Virginia Community College
Melissa Soutter: Omni Charlottesville Hotel
Joan Tepper: University of Virginia Health System
Jeffrey Ulmer: Hantzmon Wiebel LLP
Careen Waterman: University of Virginia Community Relations
Jamie Yowell: Alltel Wireless

2007-2008 Class Graduates!

The Leadership Charlottesville 2007/2008 class completed their program on May 29, 2008. Their final day of LC included a presentation of class projects, a graduation ceremony, and recognition at the Chamber of Commerce's Spring Luncheon.

The Graduation Ceremony was held at Farmington County Club, where Tim Hulbert, President of the Chamber, Christopher Lee, Board Chairman, Cathy Train, President of United Way-TJA, and Jann Ross, LC Director, commended the class as leaders in the community.

2007/2008 Graduates are:
Gary Albert: Albert State Farm Insurance
Crystal Cameron: WVIR-TV NBC 29
Todd Cosgrove: Piedmont Facilities Management
Glenn Crossman: Glenmore Country Club
Nikki Daugherty: LexisNexis
Katie Flippen: Williams Mullen
Liz Flynn: SMG-John Paul Jones Arena
John Gobble: SunTrust Bank
Kerry Goode: City of Charlottesville
Sheila Grissom: City of Charlottesville
Carol Hunt: At Your Service Accounting, Inc.
June Jenkins: Albemarle County Schools
Bryan Jones: Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Authority
William Landreth: BB&T
Wesley Martin: Scott Kroner, P.L.C.
Jennifer McKeever: Hilton/McKeever PLC Attorneys & Counselors at Law
Marilyn Moedinger: Artisan Construction, Inc.
Christina Morell: University of Virginia
Mohan Nadkarni: University of Virginia Health System
Deana Nowell: Omni Charlottesville Hotel
Maggie Pearson: Charlottesville-Albemarle Convention & Visitor's Bureau
David Plunkett: Jefferson Madison Regional Library
Brian Roy: Management Services Corp.
John Santoski: WorkSource Enterprises
Edward Schmitz: Hantzmon Wiebel LLP
Daniel Sheppard: State Farm Insurance
Jeannie Siler: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Brett Spitale: The Arc of the Piedmont
Edwina St. Rose: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Patricia Sury: Montague Miller & Co. Realtors
Elizabeth Swider: Care Is There
Sara Warden: Our Lady of Peace
Mark Watson: Piedmont Housing Alliance
Maureen Witmer: WCAV-WVAW-WAHU TV
Shaele Wood: United Way - Thomas Jefferson Area

Click here for summaries and photos of class projects

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