2008 Leadership Fairfield County
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Developing Community Leaders Exploring Regional Challenges |
 We would like to acknowledge The Business Council's 2008 Leadership Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, for its generous support for the 2008 Leadership Fairfield County Program |
Leadership Fairfield County is designed to cultivate and develop potential leaders from all sectors, with emphasis on business executives. Its goal is to deepen business commitment to the region and to strengthen community agencies by expanding and upgrading southwestern Connecticut's volunteer leadership pool.
2008 Program Schedule
The program begins with an orientation session, followed
by eight monthly day-long sessions held in subject-appropriate locations. The sessions focus on
the following topic areas:
| Orientation |
Thursday, March 27 |
| State & Local Government | Friday, March 28 |
| Economic Development | Friday, April 25 |
| Transportation | Friday, May 16 |
| Health & Human Services | Friday, June 6 |
| The Environment | Friday, June 20 |
| Education | Friday, September 19 |
| Crime & Criminal Justice | Friday, October 17 |
| The Media | Friday, November 14 |
| Recap | Thursday, December 5 |
Application
and Tuition
To maximize individual participation, enrollment in the
Leadership Fairfield County will be limited to 28 people. Candidates should be selected according to their
leadership potential, their desire to learn more
about the region, and their interest in community service
roles.
Tuition for LFC is $2,950 per person for corporate participants, and $1,500 for participants from the non-profit and government sectors. Download application (pdf)
For further information about Leadership Fairfield County, please contact The Business Council at (203) 359-3220 or by email.
2007 Curriculum
Advisors
Tom Appleby, News Director, News 12 Connecticut, Cablevision
of Connecticut
Jeanette Brown, P.E., DEE, Executive Director, Water Pollution Control
Authority, City of Stamford
Joseph Carbone, President & CEO, The WorkPlace, Inc.
Ed Davies,
Executive Director, Isaiah 61:1 (community justice agency)
Richard Hanley,
Assistant Professor and Graduate School Director, School of Communications,
Quinnipiac University
Darrell Harvey, Co-CEO, The Ashforth
Company
Moira K. Lyons, Former Speaker, House of Representatives,
State of Connecticut and Director of Community Outreach and Community
Affairs, Norwalk Community College
E. Phillip McKain, President & CEO, CTE, Inc.
Senator William H. Nickerson, Chief Deputy Minority Leader,
State of Connecticut
Mark Tedesco,
Director, USEPA, Long Island Sound Office
Dudley Williams, College Bound District Program, GE Equipment Services
Elaine Zimmerman, Executive Director, Connecticut Commission on Children
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