Celebrating Emerging Leaders First Anniversary

By Sherry Penney and
Melissa Fassel

Over 200 business and community leaders, 32 fellows, and 40 nominees attended the October 9 luncheon in celebration of the first anniversary of the Emerging Leaders Program in the Center for Collaborative Leadership.

Members of the advising board were present to congratulate the fellows who completed the program, including Marshall N. Carter, former CEO of State Street Corporation and a lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government, and keynote speaker Rosabeth Moss Kanter of the Harvard Business School.

The Emerging Leaders Program began in 2000 with two major goals: to recruit a diverse group of emerging leaders from the Greater Boston area and to provide them with skills in collaborative leadership.

They began a nine-month program in January 2001 that focused on team building and collaborative leadership. Throughout their term, the fellows attended sessions focusing on leadership skills. They also worked in teams on issues facing the Greater Boston area. In September, teams presented results for their projects on corporate citizenship, financial literacy, affordable housing, access to health care, access to economic opportunity, and life after the Central Artery to Mayor Thomas M. Menino.

The program invited a wealth of speakers throughout the year, which included Carter, Robert Mudge of Verizon, Ralph Martin of Bingham, Dana, & Gould LLP, Greg Moore of the Boston Globe, Paul Le Camera of WCVB-TV 5, Marian Heard of the United Way, and Speaker of the House Thomas Finneran.

The next class of fellows will be selected in November and begin their program in January 2003. The program has received support from The Boston Foundation, The Boston Globe Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Mellon New England, in addition to the founding gift from the State St. Corporation.

The Center is directed by Sherry H. Penney, the first holder of the Sherry H. Penney Endowed Professorship in Leadership. The Emerging Leaders Program is managed by Vicki Milledge, and several other faculty and staff have assisted the program or serve on the internal advisory committee.

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