October 2012 - LEADERship MC Alumni, Inc.

LEADERlines
October 2012
Orientation for Students and Parents
The Alumni Planning Committee welcomed Class 16 students, their parents and the
sponsors of the Martin Youth LEADERship Program at orientation. Spencer Spraker is
introducing his mom, Lynne (class 4) along with his twin sister Stephanie. The class has
thirty-one sophomore and junior students from four area high schools.
From the Board --
Jeffrey Clee, Director
My experience has been very informative. Your Alumni
supports benefits for it's members. There are many,
however, I wish to write about one. "Access to a unique
and talented group of Alumni Professionals"
Remember your experience? I went from the Red room
to the Board room, literally! My enthusiasm survives
today. Sworn to secrecy, getting the "inside scoop" from
various government officials, business leaders, nonprofits and charities and getting historical background
on our areas development, challenges and opportunities
was a fantastic experience. Learning more about
ourselves and fellow classmates and helping others by
understanding their point of view, was also worthwhile.
I invite you to look back and recall "why" you took the class. One of our projects is
member retention. I propose that we continue to seek the things we looked for when
we took the class. Every class received information "of the time". I graduated last
year, Class 22, and there are enormous changes in the short time since. We have a
new Sheriff, Head of the School Board, County Commissioners, etc. We have many
races ahead that can and will cause changes.
At the end of the day, I would like to hear from these new leaders, their goals,
challenges and their situation assessment. Hopefully this is of interest to you as
well. We need your current information. Speaking of changes, was there "email" in
Class #1 or Class #7? Your Alumni will be calling to talk about this and other things
important to you. Take the call, share your views, provide updated information.
Please get involved!
IN THIS ISSUE
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YOUTH
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FROM THE BOARD
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YOUTH CLASS 16
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BUSINESS PERSON
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EDUCATION CELEBRATE
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SIMSOC & SOCIAL
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BREAKFAST INVITE
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ALUMNI BOARD
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BULLETIN BOARD
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MISSION STATEMENT
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ADDRESS & WEB
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UPCOMING
FREE
Social after
History/Culture Day
At Barn Theatre
Oct 4 at 5 pm
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Alumni
Breakfast
At Sailfish Splash
Waterpark
Oct 24
7:45 - 9 am
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Introducing the Sponsors & Youth Class 16
Sponsors are:
Ampersand Shirt Shack
♦ Clark Advanced Learning Center
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Florida Power & Light
Hobe Sound Women’s Club
LEADERship Alumni
Martin County School District
Sailfish Striders
Seacoast National Bank
♦ Soroptimists of Stuart
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Stuart/Martin Co Chamber of Commerce
♦ Stuart Police Department
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Martin County Sheriff’s Office
♦ Tykes & Teens
♦ Women Supporting Arts/Arts Council.
Council
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Sponsors Laurie Peterson of Sailfish Striders, Brad Love of Ampersand Shirt Shack
and Nick Blount from Florida Power & Light
Martin County Youth LEADERship Class 16
Members of the class were introduced along with
their parents at the recent orientation. The students are: Clark Advanced Learning Center:
Center
Ronald Alfaro, Dorian Hogsten, Angela Infusao,
Casey Moore, Naomi Negron. Jensen Beach
High School:
School Alli Bettencourt, Hope Cotton,
Natalie Holland, Beau Ladwig, PJ Pierre-Jerome,
Spencer Spraker, Stephanite Spraker, Falin
Williams-Heidarian. Martin County High
School:
School Tyler Begeman, Melean Davies,
Annie Golko, Luke Hyland, Emily Jones,
Katie Marcell, Shania Minnis, Gillie Muller,
Carmen Valdez. Pine School:
School Annemiek
Doedens, AJ Lettengarver, Reid Mortell,
Haley Walker. South Fork High School:
School
Pusho Nicolas, Guillermo Perez, Christina
Reagan.
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Business Person of the Month -Travis Waddell
(class 20) Freedom Waste Services is one of the few remaining
locally owned and operated debris removal companies based in Martin County. Our
company has been doing business for over eighteen years on the Treasure Coast and
offer an assortment of services including, construction dumpsters, portable toilets,
bobcat service, demolition and land clearing. We pride ourselves on the fact that we
are a small business that can have a personal relationship with our customers and at
the same time provide them with a service that exceeds the industry standard.
During these trying economic times we have done our best to try and support our
community not only financially but also by providing our services to help non-profit
organizations. As a board member of Keep Martin Beautiful we furnish dumpsters in
many cleanup projects, help Martin Memorial Hospital by supporting and donating
dumpsters to the Goombay Bash, donate service to organizations such as Big Brothers
Big Sisters, The Maritime Boat Museum, Habitat for Humanity, Arc of Martin County, Military Vets of
Martin County and many more.
Education Foundation Celebrates
Twenty years ago, a group of community leaders founded the Education Foundation of
Martin County. Many communities were forming these foundations and Dr. Bill Wilcox
(class 1) and Betty Robinson of the chamber’s education committee suggested it to
LEADERship class 2 as a task force assignment. Dr. Sara Wilcox, who was in class 2,
remembers many kitchen table discussions in forming a group of leaders to make this
happen. Bill was the mover and shaker and asked School Superintendent Frank Brogan
for his support by establishing a Superintendent’s Roundtable made up of concerned
businesses and individuals who were committed to providing the highest level of quality
education for the children of Martin County. Various levels of annual gifts gave them a
seat at the roundtable. Some of the alumni who served on the Education Foundation
Board in the early years of the organization were Kathy deWindt, Debra Duvall, Jeff
Weber and Debbie Banta, who continues to serve on the board. Alumni who are board
officers this year are President Elliot Paul, Vice President Ryan Strom and Secretary
Debbie Banta. Board members are Bill Dwyer, Gayle Harrell and Raul Ocampo, Jr. The
Education Foundation looks forward to the next decade in continuing their partnership
with LEADERship.
Lisa Rhodes
Lisa Rhodes (class 19) Executive Director of the foundation said “Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Education
Foundation, we honor the visionaries who founded this nonprofit organization and the thousands of donors who
have supported its programs over two decades”.
Alumni Moving ON
Patty Winterburn Alan - (7) Retired as Provost of Indian River State College
Tom Sawyer - (3) Established The Law Office of Thomas A. Sawyer
Patricia Taylor - (10) Retired Partner of McCarthy, Summers, Bobko, Wood, Norman, Bass & Taylor, P.A.
Michelle Tierney - (12) New employer is Gulfstream Business Bank
Lisa Teetor - (7) New employer is Group One Safety & Security
Contact information is available on www.LeadershipmcAlumni.com
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SIMSOC , Social & Class 23
Thanks to the alumni who volunteered as angels for the SIMSOC Exercise; Francine Beckstead, LC Campbell, Will
Carson, Mike Dadko, Susan Gaieski, Gina Golino, Lisa and
Steve Graff, Tom Harmer, Chad Hastings, Sharon Kinane,
Taryn Kryzda, Pete Lashanka, Sheryl and Elliot Paul, Jeff
Ralicki, David Sarno, Dalynn Sotomayor, Nicki van Vonno
and the Coordinator Tim Kinane.
Alumni Mike Dadko, Kevin and Taryn Kryzda, Nicki van Vonno and Tom Harmer
attending the social at Pirates Cove Resort Bar
to welcome class 23 members after the SIMSOC
Retreat.
LEADERship Class 23 met at Indian River State College for their opening SIMSOC Retreat. Afterward
they were joined for a social with alumni at Pirates Cove Resort Bar. Members are Jennifer Ahern, Roger
Baltz, Lisa Compagno, Lee England, Gretchen Frazier, Genevieve George, Jeff Goldwasser, Kelly Hilton-Green,
Scott Hudson, Ced Humphrey, Carmela Kirk, Steve Magallanes, Debbie McCaughey, Bill McConaghy, Matt
Pilot, Jeremy Savard, Thomas Schinske, Owen Schultz, Diane Seeland, Maureen Vaillancourt, Kim Waser,
Cherie White, Jolynn Whitten and Christine Woods.
Sharing their experiences from SIMSOC are class
23 members Scott Hudson, Gretchen Frazier,
Genevieve George, Diane Seeland with alumni David Sarno.
October 2012
Cherie White of class 23 enjoying the social with
alumni Sharon Kinane, Francine Beckstead
& Sue Hedgepeth. Guest Vicki Carson, the wife
of alumni Bill and mom of alumni Gina Golino.
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Bulletin Board
POST YOUR NOTES
LEADERship Alumni Board
2012– 2013
Gina Golino (22) thanks the
many alumni who donated to the
“Peanut Butter & Jelly Drive”
that Anthony & Alyssa Golino did
to collect food for the House of
Hope Food Pantry. They exceeded their goal of 600 lbs by
collecting 1,000 lbs. Congratulations to our
future leaders.
President
Lisa Teetor
Group One Safety & Security
ViceVice-President
Carl Newton
Seacoast Wealth Management
Treasurer
Greg Nuttall
Hill, Barth & King, LLC
Recording Secretary
Jon Milton
Milton Engineering Consultants
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Corresponding Secretary
Jayme Uteshill
Pop Culture
Past President
Janice Norman
Lifestyle Realty Group
Directors
Jason Berger
Law Office Jason berger
Tara Biek
Tara Biek Creative
L.C. Campbell
Nettles Island Church
Taryn Kryzda (13) County
Administator received the
Charlene Hoag Award, at
the BDB Annual Awards
Luncheon for her devotion
to family, vocation and
commitment to community
service and leadership.
Jeffrey Clee
RE/MAX of Stuart
Mike Ewing
Martin County Sheriff’s Office
Susan Gaieski
M.C. Social Media Group
Scott Herring, Nassau
Co.
Public Works Director
of
Fl., is a graduate of
our
class 1. He was Presid
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of our 1993 Alumni Bo
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and ran central office
of
SIMSOC for many yea
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Scott moved in 2006 bu
t continues to be
an active alumni. He
is working on establishing an alumni ass
ociation as they
start their class 13 progra
m. We wish you
all the best.
Maria Wells (14) gains
leadership role in Florida’s
largest professional association. She was elected
2013 Secretary of Florida
Realtors by their 115,000
members. Maria is the
owner/broker of Lifestyle Group Realty
in Stuart. One of many honors she has
received.
Ryan Grimsdale
Martin County Sheriff’s Office
Sue Hedgepeth
Stuart/Martin County Chamber
Peter Kemp
Huston’s Office-Comm. Interiors
ExEx-Officio
Adult Planning Chair
Debbie Banta
Martin County School District
Youth Planning Chair
Diana Bruton
Treasure Coast Realty
LEADERship “Mom”
Nancy Sailer
Stuart/Martin County Chamber
Alumni Purpose
The purpose of LEADERship Martin County Alumni
is to support the LEADERship Martin County Program;
to provide education and networking opportunities for
our members; and to enhance community awareness of
our members by providing opportunities to evaluate
and act on issues affecting the community.
Note: Our monthly newsletter can
now be viewed on our website
www.LeadershipMCalumni.com
October 2012
LEADERship Alumni
P.O. Box 794
Stuart, FL 34995-794
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