Recruitment is in Full Swing for 2008-2009 LP and LDI Programs!

It is recruitment time!  We hope that you have already received both a mailed and emailed copy of our 2008-2009 recruitment packet.  If you would like another copy of the electronic recruitment packet, please email info@lpinc.org.  Otherwise, please visit our website to access applications for both LP XXV and LDI XVI. 

As always, we ask our graduates to be living proof of the benefits of the LPInc. experience.  You can assist recruitment by taking the time to encourage your friends and colleagues to join our upcoming LP and LDI classes!  And, remember, LDI graduates can apply for LP XXV!

LPInc. 25th Anniversary Celebration Updates!

We’re counting down to the 25th Anniversary Celebration!

3 months and counting!

Have you marked your calendar for May 24th?

In May 2008, Leadership Pittsburgh Inc. will be celebrating its 25th anniversary!  Individual class reunions will precede the big celebration where the entire LPInc. family and friends will come together.  Please save the date now so that you can join in the festivities with us, including the release of the 2008 Silver Anniversary Profiles Directory.  You won’t want to miss the fun!

What: LPInc. 25th Anniversary Celebration

When: Saturday, May 24th, 2008 at 8pm

Where: Westin Convention Center Hotel downtown

RSVP: Cost will be $50.00 per ticket. 

Please use this opportunity to connect with the wider network and introduce your friends and colleagues to LPInc.!  Invitations will be mailed in April and tickets will also be available on our website!

Please click here to view our Save-the-Date online and feel free to circulate it to friends, family, and colleagues as the celebration at the Westin is open to the entire community!

Please stay tuned to email and lpinc.org for more info!

New LPI Connective Members!

A big thank you to our graduates who joined the LPI Connective or renewed their membership from January 26th—February 25th!  Learn more about how YOU can join and see your name on this list by clicking here.

Upcoming LPInc. Events!

Join us for the FIRST Champions Connections event of 2008!

Come celebrate Pittsburgh’s 250th and Leadership Pittsburgh Inc.’s 25th and get “Wired to Win” on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 from 5:30 - 8:30 PM at the Carnegie Science Center (Northside).  Champions Connections will feature a private screening of an extraordinary new IMAX® film—WIRED TO WIN - SURVIVING THE TOUR DE FRANCE with  a special appearance by Dave Chauner, Former Member of the USA Olympic Cycling Team and Executive Director of the American Eagle Outfitters Tour of Pennsylvania, presented by Highmark Healthy High 5, a first-of-its-kind international event in SWPA. 

RSVP: Please click here to RSVP online  or call 412.392.4505 by March 11, 2008.  Space is limited.

Cost: $18.00|includes the movie, hors d’oeuvres, and networking.  Please feel free to forward this information to your colleagues.

Don’t miss the FIRST of four speakers in the exciting Opportunity Connections Leadership Dialogue Series!

Celebrate Pittsburgh’s 250th by attending each of the four events in this Leadership Dialogue Series, which will feature prominent business leaders who are making a difference in the future of Pittsburgh. 

Offered in partnership with the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and Pittsburgh Business Times.

Who: Jim Rohr, Chairman and CEO of PNC Bank and Chairman of the Board for Allegheny Conference on Community Development

When: April 29th, 2008 from 11:30am—1:30pm

Where:  Omni William Penn Hotel, Urban Room, 17th Floor

Cost: $55 per person

RSVP: Click here to register online.

LPInc. Past Event Highlights

The LP XXIV class participates in a discussion facilitated by Scott Izzo, Director of the RK Mellon Foundation and session chair, during the Health and Human Services session.  Robert Stumpp, Senior Policy Manager, Allegheny County Department of Human Services, also co-chaired the session. 

On January 24th, 2008, LP XXIV explored the challenges facing human services stakeholders in our community during their Human Services Day at the Jewish Association on Aging.  Meeting with consumers, nonprofit executive directors and other key community leaders, the class broadened its understanding of how we can create solutions to human needs in our community/region rather than just delivering services that address symptoms of larger issues.

LP XXIV class members participate in a brainstorming exercise at the Leadership and Inclusion Mid-Year Retreat.

For their Mid-Year Retreat on February 20th and 21st, 2008, LP XXIV explored issues of leadership, inclusion and diversity.  Participating in an innovative and cutting-edge Open Space Technology experience, class members self-convened 21 topical discussions focused on what they as leaders needed to talk about regarding inclusion and diversity in order to continue to build a healthier and stronger community in Greater Pittsburgh. 

The LDI XV Session on Economic  and Sustainable Development benefited from the knowledge of Dewitt Peart, Executive Vice President, Allegheny Conference on Community Development; Laura Wilson, Partnership of Southeast Texas; and Court Gould, Executive Director, Sustainable Pittsburgh. 

On February 7th, 2008, the LDI XV class met for their “Economic Development for Sustainability” session at Alcoa on the North Shore.  The class was joined by Pat Getty, LP III, President of Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation; Dewitt Peart, LP XXIV, Executive Vice President of Allegheny Conference on Community Development; and Court Gould, Executive Director of Sustainable Pittsburgh.  The class played “The Economic Development Game”, which was co-developed by Laura Wilson from the Partnership of Southeast Texas.  Laura braved a cold February day in Pittsburgh to facilitate the game!

On February 19th, 2008, LPInc. and the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh hosted a discussion of global issues and policy implications for Pittsburgh with U.S. Senator Arlen Specter at the Rivers Club. 

For more events and news related to Pittsburgh’s emergence as a major international center, check out GlobalPittsburghNEWS, a monthly newsletter sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance. 

Board Openings and Leadership Workshops/Conferences

Continue your Leadership Development at a FREE BoardSource Symposium!

BoardSource is pleased to offer a one-day symposium for nonprofit board members, staff, and leaders sponsored by the Alcoa Foundation entitled Reaching New Heights in Nonprofit Governance.

Come listen, learn, and participate in discussions that will provide national and local perspectives on innovative and challenging issues facing the nonprofit sector, as well as leading trends and effective board practices.

Date: April 24th, 2008 from 9am– 3:30pm

Location: Regional Enterprise Tower, 425 6th Avenue, downtown

RSVP: The symposium is free but space is limited.  Please reserve your spot by contacting Katie Holman at pagovernancesummit@boardsource.org.

Nominate an outstanding volunteer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Community Champions Award!
 
Do you know a selfless individual that gives their time and energy to help others? Nominate them for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Community Champions award.

 Click here for details and a nomination form.  The deadline for entries is Wednesday, March 19th, 2008.

Focus Group Participants Needed!

The Southwestern Pennsylvania Partnership for Aging (SWPPA) is looking for 12 people ages 50-64 to participate in a one hour focus group about what kinds of support they might need and want as they grow older to remain living independently at home.

This information will be used to inform leaders across southwestern PA about what future consumers of services will expect from an aging service system.  Participants will remain anonymous in all reports from the focus group discussions.  Interested persons please contact Heather Sedlacko at swppahm@zoominternet.net or 724-779-3200 by Wednesday, March 26.

For more information about SWPPA, visit www.swppa.org.

Board Opening:  Three Rivers Community Foundation (www.trcf.net) is beginning a search for new board members.  Interested candidates should submit resume and letter of interest to Marcie Eberhart, LDI VIII, at eberhartm@ae.com.  Deadline is March 15th, 2008.

Looking for Practical, Common Sense Leadership Strategies?  Learn from Lee Cockerell, Retired EVP of Operations for Walt Disney World Resort!

Lee Cockerell will be back in Pittsburgh to present a full-day workshop—Leadership and Excellence, Lessons and Strategies—focusing on how to attain world-class results in leadership, employee engagement, customer satisfaction, organization effectiveness and business results. 

Date: April 10th, 2008, 8am—5pm

Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center

RSVP: For more information and to register, click here. 

Members in the Leadership Pittsburgh Network receive a special discount!

Educating Teens about HIV/AIDS, Inc. will hold a conference entitled Putting our Future First: Reclaiming our Youth through Community Connections.

The conference is designed to highlight the need for the entire community to assume a greater role in prevention education for HIV/AIDS. 

Date: March 24-26th, 2008

Location: Westin Convention Center Hotel

RSVP: To register and for more information, please click here.

From: Albertha Graham, Ph.D., LP V, Project Director, Educating Teens about HIV/AIDS, Inc.

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The Leadership Log

March 2008

Inside this issue

· Recruitment is in Full Swing

· LPInc. 25th Anniversary Celebration Updates

· New LPI Connective Members

· Upcoming LPInc. Events

· LPInc. Past Events

· Board Openings and Leadership Workshops/Conferences

· Grads In The News

· Leadership Log Info

· Leadership Log Archives

· Thank You to our 2007-2008 Program Year Sponsors!

Grads in the News

Titina Ott, LP XXI, Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness at Oracle Corporation, is an inductee for Invent Your Future’s 2008 Diamond Leadership Awards.  Congratulations, Titina!

Ruthann Omer, LP VIII,  President of The Gateway Engineers Inc., welcomes new engineering firm Fluor Corp. to Pittsburgh in a recent Pittsburgh Business Times article.

Carrie Holstead received the Award of Excellence for her international work with the International Tenant Representative Alliance. 

Carrie Holstead, LP XIX, Founder and President of Carrie S. Holstead Real Estate Consultants, recently unveiled her firm’s new website.

Kathleen Majewski, LDI XII,  VP of National City Bank’s Private Client Group, expresses her desire for more Pittsburgh flights to the West Coast in a recent Pittsburgh Business Times article.

John Gisleson, LP XIX,  Partner at Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, discusses the effect of the subprime lending crisis in a recent Pittsburgh Business Times article.

Mary Del Brady’s biotech company, RedPath Integrated Pathology, continues to see remarkable growth.

Mary Del Brady, LP I,  President and CEO of RedPath Integrated Pathology, is highlighted for her innovative company’s growth and relocation to larger, greener office space in a recent issue of Pop City. 

Bob Buzzelli, LP XXIII,  Managing Director of Fifth Third Bank, says that now is not the time to exit the bond market in a recent Pittsburgh Business Times article. 

Christie and Ian Knott (LP XIX)

Loren and Ellen Roth (LP XIII)

Whirl Magazine recently announced its ‘12 Couples Who Make a Difference’ for 2008 and two LP grads made the list!  Congratulations to Ian Knott, LP XIX , and his wife Christie.  Congratulations as well to Ellen Roth, LP XIII, and her husband Loren.  These couples are a great example of the many contributions our LPInc. grads make to our community!

Jason Altmire, LDI VII, Congressman representing Pennsylvania’s Fourth Congressional District, expresses concern over the potentially negative economic effects of a new competitive bidding program on home health equipment in Pittsburgh in a recent Pittsburgh Business Times article.

Peter Kalis, LP III, K&L Gates Chairman and Global Managing Partner, outlines the process his firm took to open its new office in Shanghai, China in a recent Pittsburgh Business Times article.

Connie Cibrone, LP VII

Connie Cibrone, LP VII, President and CEO of Allegheny General Hospital, says that fiscal challenges remain for AGH in a recent Western Pennsylvania Hospital News article.

Leadership Log Info

Thank you for reading this Leadership Log!

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Leadership Log Archives

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February 2008

December 2007

October 2007

August 2007

April 2007

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February 2007

A big thank you to our 2007-2008 sponsors!