The Leadership Essentials (LE) class of 2018 includes 26 young professionals from a wide variety of organizations. This six-month leadership development program, instituted by Leadership Howard County in 2007, is now managed by Loyola University Maryland as part of the Sellinger School of Business. Similar to Loyola’s graduate business programs, Leadership Essentials develops skills that allow participants to stretch their leadership potential and contribute significantly to their organizations, their families and their community.
The program has three core components: Skill Building Workshops, a Coach Relationship and a Community Impact Project Team experience. The skill-building workshops, focused on specific leadership characteristics such as teambuilding, project management, the leader as a coach, presentation skills, collaboration and negotiation, include exercises and reflection to facilitate the participants’ ability to sharpen critical skills necessary for effective leadership.
Throughout the six months of the Leadership Essentials program, participants work with their coach to help them unlock the answers within, enabling them to better make decisions and strengthen their relationships and leadership skills. Participants also contribute to a small team on a short-term Community Impact Project (CIP) that challenges them to put their lessons learned and leadership skills in action. This year’s Community Impact Project hosts are: Camp Opportunity, Candlelight Concert Series, HC Food Bank/Community Action Council, People Power/Arc of Howard County and Tools4Success.
LE values its strong community alliances, especially its collaboration with Leadership Howard County, and with the Leadership Essentials community of alumni, coaches, community leaders and facilitators.
We look forward to recruiting another fantastic class for Leadership Essentials 2019. Applications will be available in July, with a due deadline in early October. Information sessions will be held in August and September; visit www.loyola.edu/sellinger-business/academics/executive-education/leadership-essentials for more information.
Lori Fuchs is the Leadership Essentials program manager. She can be reached at [email protected]. Contact her for more information about the LE program, to send a participant or to volunteer.
Leadership Essentials Class of 2018
Travis Aion
Associate Professional Staff
JHU Applied Physics Lab
Jacob Alldredge
Senior Staff
JHU Applied Physics Lab
David Arnett
Associate Director Servers & Storage
Loyola University MD
Elisabeth Berman
Realtor
Long and Foster
Emily Branchaw
Program Coordinator
UMBC Training Center
Adam Brinkman
Relationship Manager
M&T Bank
Kyle Casterline
Assistant Section Supervisor
JHU Applied Physics Lab
Donald Corbin, Jr.
Head Start Education Coordinator
Community Action Council
Kristofor Gibson
Senior Staff
JHU Applied Physics Lab
Andrew Hall
Internal Operations Supervisor, Security
Howard County General Hospital
Michael Long
Associate Professor and Co-Chair, Math
Howard Community College
Josh Manley
Program Associate
International Republican Institute
Joseph McQuillan
Detective Seargent
Howard County Police Department
Jason Parfitt
Accounting Director
ABM
Alyson Phillips
Project Manager
JHU Applied Physics Lab
Christopher Pitts
Impact Investment Associate
Enterprise Community Partners
Kelianne Ramos
Customer Success Manager
Enterprise Community Partners
Timothy Repko
Aerospace Engineer
JHU Applied Physics Lab
Brian Sheavly
Marketing Director
HC Economic Development Authority
Brian Smoot
Investment Adviser
Lee Financial
Michael Tait
Office Leasing Representative
Howard Hughes Corporation
Lauren Taylor
Director of Communications
Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce
William Varoli
Director, Development Risk
Enterprise Community Partners
Kristen Walsh
Senior Business Project Manager
BGE
Kevin Wiechelt
Construction Project Manager
Columbia Association
Joshua Williford
Portfolio Manager
StratWealth