North Daviess hosts leadership class

School in Jameson.

The Leadership Northwest Missouri Class of 2004 held their May meeting at North Daviess HighSchool in Jameson. Presenters for the day included Shelly Robertson and Judy Sabbert-Muck from the Heartland Foundation, a public achievement youth group, and Patt Lilly with the St.

Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce. The focus of the May meeting was education. The five sessions that were presented during the day were: Issues in Education; Skill; Modeling the Way; emPowerPlant; Public Achievement; and Life Science Institute.

The 2004 class includes 22 outstanding, emerging and established leaders from the northwest region: Jamie Baker, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Savannah; Mark Cadle, USDA Farm Service Agency, Grant City; Paula Czirr, NCMC-Trenton; Jason Douglas,

Midland Empire Resources; Christy Isaac, Carrollton Area Chamber of Commerce (COC); Lisa Luke, Maryville COC; Mike O’Neal, Harrison County Health Department; Terry Robertson, NWMSU for Independent Living (MERIL); Dan Earley, Earley Tractor, Inc., Cameron; Rebekah

Eilers, City of Albany; Kim Evans, Tarkio School District; Mary Diane Forsythe, Caldwell County Historical Society, Inc., Kingston; Tom Fowler, University Outreach and Extension, St. Joseph; Cindy Gayer, MERIL, St. Joseph; Teri Harr and Christina Sharr, St. Francis Hospital and Health Services, Maryville; Jackie Soptic, Green Hills Regional Planning Commission, Trenton; Michael Souther, City of Maysville; Tom Sullivan, Show Me Leadership Training, LLC, Albany;

Stephanie Taylor, Heartland Health, St. Joseph; Lurinda Turner, Small Business Development Center, Chillicothe; David Whitacre, O’Malley Beverage, St. Joseph.

Leadership Northwest Missouri brings together participants from throughout the region to hone their leadership skills, explore regional issues and gain a network of contacts throughout the

region.

The class, which first met in January, will continue through June with sessions held in various communities throughout the region. Each session includes instruction on various leadership skills, in depth examinations of various issues facing the region and hands-on experiential exercises.

Skills covered include communication, media relations, collaboration, coalition building, negotiation, and strategic planning. Some of the regional issues to be addressed are workforce development, education, economic development, infrastructure, health and the political process.

Leadership Northwest Missouri is a program of “Healthy Communities for the Midwestern Four Corners.” From more information, please contact the Heartland Foundation at 816-271-7200.