Troy, MI - Leadership Oakland announced a list of graduates from the 2009-2010 Cornerstone Program. Thirty nine individuals representing businesses and non-profit agencies completed the requirements of the year long leadership development program and were recognized at a ceremony at the Townsend Hotel in downtown Birmingham on June 9, 2010. Over the past year, participants gained leadership insight personally, professionally and through public awareness and service. Their participation links them to one of the most powerful business networks in Michigan. For information about Leadership Oakland go to www.leadershipoakland.com.

 

Faris Alami
SmartStart!Support Leader
TechTown

Carolyn Artman
Community Relations Administrator
HealthPlus

Andrea Berry
Manager, Events
Oakland Schools

Christopher Berry
Attorney
WitzkeBerry PLLC

Lori Blaker
President
TTI

Vicki Campbell
Manager of Customer Marketing
DTE Energy

Carey Chesney
Director, P.R. & Marketing
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital

Laura Covintree
Development & Fundraising Consulting
The Newberry Group

Rita Fields
Vice President, Human Resources
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital 

Kellie Goines
Associate
Plante & Moran, PLLC

Victoria Hollingsworth Schuler
Administrative Director
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Laurie Johnson
Economic Development Coordinator
City of Auburn Hills  

Andrew Kulpa
Associate Counsel
ETC Capital

Kathleen LaRaia
Director, Physician Practice Network
St. John-Macomb-Oakland Hospital

Lisa Lewis
Performance Consultant
Daimler Financial Services

Kelly Miller
Community Relations Coordinator
Greater West Bloomfield Community Coalition

Pamela Miller
Associate Attorney
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

Todd Miller
Group Medicare Consultant Michigan
Humana

Heather Obrecht White
Business Manager
Stephen Auger + Associates Architects

Anne Osmer
Community Relations Manager
Community Housing Network

James Perlaki
VP of Program Development
Common Ground

Carla Perrotta
Attorney
Miller Canfield  

Michelle Saunders
Controller
Oakland Schools

David Slade
Director of Counseling
Baker College of Auburn Hills

Marianna Spanaki
Senior Staff Neurologist
Henry Ford Health System

Beverly Stanbrough
Dean of Academic & Student Services
Oakland Community College - Royal Oak/Southfield

Cynthia Stump
Customer Relations Representative
ITC Holdings

Julia Swanson
Administrator, Innovation & Quality
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital

Cynthia Tanner
Foundation Director
Oakland Community College

Royale Theus
Program Director
Michigan AIDS Coalition

Nicole Thomson
Loan & Finance Officer
Oakland County

Shirley Toy
Partner
Korb, Toy & Associates, C.P.A.s

Edward Ulrich
Partner
Queensland Marketing

Sachin Varma
Associate Director - Underwriting & Rating
Health Alliance Plan

Amy Walt
General Manager - Revenue Management & Protection Strategy
DTE Energy

Gordon Wilson
Executive Vice President
Anderson Eckstein & Westrick, Inc.

Shawn Wilson
Director of Finance and IT
Crossroads for Youth

Brent Wirth
Chief Operating Officer
Easter Seals - MI

Stephen Yates
Custodial Supervisor II
Oakland County

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Established in 1990, Leadership Oakland is a 501 (c)(3) organization focused on business and community leadership development. Leadership Oakland is a member of The Community Leadership Association. The organization provides a nine-month community leadership Cornerstone Program to participants from businesses, organizations and governmental agencies that are selected based on an application process. The organization continues to provide educational and networking opportunities to alumni after graduation from the Cornerstone Program. Leadership Oakland graduates are key business and community leaders serving as catalysts on boards of various organizations throughout the region.

Phil Power, founder of The Center for Michigan, an organization dedicated to the advancement of the state, will be the featured speaker during “Michigan’s Defining Moment – Making it Happen” breakfast event at 7:30-10 a.m., Thursday, May 27, at the Westin Hotel, 1500 Town Center, Southfield, MI. Free parking is available.

Power will focus on what he sees as the future of Michigan and what his organization is doing to advance the state through Michigan’s Defining Moment Public Engagement Campaign, led by The Center for Michigan. The campaign is a multi-year effort to heighten public awareness about the significant challenges and opportunities Michigan faces. Through the campaign, the center hopes to tighten the focus of statewide leaders toward a common ground agenda best suited to help the state achieve a new era of sustainable prosperity.

The event is sponsored by Leaders Without Borders, a group of area leadership organizations and programs from southeast Michigan and southwest Ontario who joined forces in the spirit of regional cooperation. The partners include Leadership Detroit, Detroit Orientation Institute, Leadership Macomb, Leadership Oakland and Leadership Windsor/Essex. Since its inception in 2002, more than 3,000 leaders have united to provide opportunities for networking and education on regional issues and challenges.

Desiree Cooper, senior analyst, New Media, City Connect Detroit, will moderate and Kurt Metzger, Data Driven Detroit (D3) director, will offer an opening presentation.

For more information and to register, click here for the Leaders Without Borders invitation. Admission is $30 for graduates of the programs and current class members; $40 for guests.

Established in 1990, Leadership Oakland is a 501 (c)(3) organization focused on business and community leadership development. Leadership Oakland is a member of The Community Leadership Association. The organization provides a nine-month community leadership Cornerstone Program to participants from businesses, organizations and governmental agencies that are selected based on an application process. The organization continues to provide educational and networking opportunities to alumni after graduation from the Cornerstone Program. Leadership Oakland graduates are key business and community leaders serving as catalysts on boards of various organizations throughout the region.

Author and Executive Coach, Jacquline Binkert, Ph.D conducts and presents her research all over the world. She is coach to a wide range of successful executives including Leadership Oakland graduate and CEO of NextEnergy, Keith Cooley.  According to Binkert, “What we pay attention to grows and if we spend much of our time focused on the perceived negative in our lives, our level of energy, hope and belief in the future languishes.”  On April 21, she will present her work and share tips for success at the Leadership Oakland Breakfast of Champions event.

Built into the Appreciative Coaching perspective are five key principles that Jackie will share: we are mysteries to be appreciated (Constructionist Principle), we need to grow the positive for inner balance (Positive Principle), all change happens in the present (Simultaneity Principle), we are not resistant to change but to being changed (Poetic Principle), and the future begins where we are (Anticipatory Principle).  

You will understand the importance of these principals and learn techniques Jackie uses with her leadership clients to help them embrace their own capacity to flourish and create the future they most desire. Client stories and examples will clarify how the appreciative approach helps leaders shift their attention to be at their best and to inspire peak performance not only in themselves but in those they lead.
 
Throughout the year, Leadership Oakland holds breakfast meetings featuring experts on a variety of topics.  These breakfast seminars are open to the public and offer the opportunity to hear the latest updates on issues and topics impacting our region.

The Breakfast of Champions event will be held Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., at the Management Education Center, 811 W Square Lake Rd., Troy, MI. The cost is $32 for LO alumni members and $36 for non-members and guests and includes a complete plated breakfast. The public is welcome. Pre-registration required. To register, contact 248.952.6880 ext. 1. More information can be found at www.leadershipoakland.com.  

The Leadership Oakland Breakfast of Champions Series is Sponsored by: HAP, BizNet, Corp!, Daimler Financial Services, DTE, Henry Ford Health System, Warner Norcross & Judd, and HealthPlus of Michigan.

The sun was shining in many ways on Saturday, March 27, 2010.   We got some exercise, raised funds, and had great company all for a good cause.  LO Board member Paul Landry’s daughter has two extremely rare diseases.  She is one of only a handful of people in the world that have either one of these conditions.  Because of this, Passion for Life chose the Landry’s as their “Inspirational Family of the Year.”  Passion for Life hosts a fundraiser 5K walk/run each year and this year LO had a team.  Walking or running for “Team LO” were: Jennifer Korman, LOXIX,  Dawn Pischel, LOXIII, Scott Hiipakka, LOXVIII, Kristie Veenstra, LOXIII, Paul Landry, LOVIII, Tom Landry, LOI, Jim Giszczak, LO XI and his family and Chris Scharrer, LOIX and her husband and two year old grandson.  Over 900 participants took part, raising over $11,000 for the Mott Children’s Hospital.  To read an Oakland Press article on the Landry family click here.

 
Paul Landry (number 1), and Scott Hiipakka (with US flag)
made good time on the 5k route.

Board Vice President Jim Giszczak and his family.