UMass Boston Emerging Leaders Program Welcomes 2012 Cohort

The selection committee of the Emerging Leaders Program of the College of Management at UMass Boston has accepted 31 Fellows to participate in the 2012 cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program. For the past ten years, UMass Boston’s Emerging Leaders Program has established an executive leadership development offering that engages individuals across sector, gender, race and ethnicity in an experiential collaborative, skill-building program. The program focuses on several critical skills, including communication and negotiation strategies, risk taking and entrepreneurship, the impact of new media/social media on your brand and your company, ethical practices, change management, team building, and networking.

The program kicks off on January 23 at the UMass Boston campus with a week-long series of forums. Fellows will hear from Boston’s top leaders including: J. Keith Motley, Chancellor of UMass Boston; Joan Wallace-Benjamin, President of the Home for Little Wanderers; Gloria Larson, President of Bentley University; John Connors, Founder and President of the Boathouse Group, and Small Can Be Big; Travis McCready, Executive Director of the Kendall Square Association; José Massó, Host/Producer of ¡Con Salsa!, WBUR; and Robert Matthews, Vice Chairman, Commercial Banking, Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

“The 2012 cohort will join the 426 emerging leader alums -- a group of emerging leaders that enhances the available talent pool and answers the concern that we need more skilled leaders” said Sherry Penney, Found Director of the Emerging Leadership Program. “As they network with each other and with current leaders and hone skills in teamwork, they will start to assume leadership roles of increasing responsibility in this community.”

Members of the 2012 cohort are:
• Mark Auriemma, State Street Corporation
• Denise Baron-Herrara, Burton's Grill
• Amy Bellville, The Boston Globe
• Kara Boniface, MassBio
• Sheila Burch, Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center, Inc.
• Angela Cassidy, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Peter Clemons, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Lynette Correa, Career Coaching 4 Kidz
• Jenna Dodd, The Boston Globe
• Kelly Dougherty, Tufts Medical Center
• Joe Duffy, The Boston Company Asset Management
• Ryan Dunlevy, EMC Corporation
• Maura Feldman, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Karl Francois, Citizens Bank
• Deb Garalis, Partners Community Healthcare, Inc.
• Andrea Goggin, UMass Boston, College of Management
• Carey Haglund, Wells Fargo
• Stuart Hollis, NSTAR Electric & Gas
• Patrick Hughes, Bank of New York Mellon
• Andrew Leeson, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Alicia Lenahan, Children's Trust Fund
• Ana Patricia Munoz, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• Robert Noonan, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
• Alexandra Nova, State Street Corporation
• Judy Pelletier, Tufts Health Plan
• Meredith Price, Shire
• Michelle Ridgley, Medtronic
• Victoria Sheehan, MassDOT
• Charles Smith, Eastern Bank
• Jennifer Springer, AFSCME Council 93/Mass AFL-CIO
• Mila Thigpen, Celebrity Series

For more information, contact Christina Kelley, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Collaborative Leadership at leaders@umb.edu or visit www.leaders.umb.edu.