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Richard S. Webster Ph.D.

First Name
Richard
Middle Initial
S.
Last Name
Webster
Suffix
Ph.D.
Current Questions about Leadership & Leadership Development
1. How to make above working definition of excellence a central value and activity for all learning and other leaders?
2. How to find "best" source of support for comprehensive assessment process to add "formative assessment" to current leadership and other pursuit of excellence (POE) activities.
Background in leadership development (Education and/or Experience):
Learning from "Current leadership development work" plus teaching and administrative positions in higher education, 1960, ff.
Current leadership development work (Roles and/or Positions):
"Hitt Models and Assessments Project (Hitt MAP, HMA Project): Co-project Director (2008)
Principal and Co-founder, PRM Institute (1978)
What do you hope to gain from and contribute to the learning community:
Propose "excellence" as overarching goal, making this working actionable, and putting it to work:
"Excellence = Learning leadership + constructive change + making improvements + getting better + measuring progress + repeating cycle."
Phone
614-433-7144
Role in Organization
See "Current leadership development work :"
Favorite Quotes
"What gets measured gets done" (Mason Haire, Professor Emeritus, Organizational Psychology, MIT).
"In God we trust, all others bring data" (W. Edwards Deming, 1900-1993, quality improvement thought leader).
"Higher batting averages are better than lower ones" (attributed to Yogi Berra, "sage of the basepaths").
[MANY useful quotes about "excellence:" Pleased to add if anyone is interested.

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Lawrence J Van De Valk PhD

First Name
Lawrence
Middle Initial
J
Last Name
Van De Valk
Suffix
PhD
Background in leadership development (Education and/or Experience):
Agway Management Development Program (1987)
LEAD New York Class 6 (1995 - 1997)
PhD in Adult and Extension Education, Cornell University (2010)
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service (2005)
Outstanding Leadership Program Director Award, International Association of Programs for Agricultural Leaders (IAPAL) (2009)
Executive Director, Empire State Food and Agricultural Leadership Institute (LEAD New York) (2001 - present)
Facilitator, LEAD21 Program (2011-2012)
Current leadership development work (Roles and/or Positions):
Executive Director of the Empire State Food and Agricultural Leadership Institute (or LEAD New York)
Phone
607-255-7907
Role in Organization
Senior Extension Associate, Cornell University
Website
http://www.leadny.org

Mr. Grant R Rosen

Prefix
Mr.
First Name
Grant
Middle Initial
R
Last Name
Rosen
Background in leadership development (Education and/or Experience):
MBA, Kennesaw State University; 22 years of service in the United States Army
Current leadership development work (Roles and/or Positions):
Ph.D student in Strategic Leadership program at James Madison University; currently working as Graduate Assistant for Dr. Susan Murphy, Director, School of Leadership Studies
What do you hope to gain from and contribute to the learning community:
Looking to learn and contribute to best practices in rlation to leadership development programs
Phone
706.264.1878
Role in Organization
Graduate Assistant
Favorite Quotes
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
- Sir Edmund Burke

Marita Jones MPH

First Name
Marita
Last Name
Jones
Suffix
MPH
Current Questions about Leadership & Leadership Development
How are leadership programs maintaining connection with alumni? What evaluation strategies are you using to assess long term outcomes?
Current leadership development work (Roles and/or Positions):
Healthy Native Communities Fellowship
Healthy Native Communities Partnership, Inc.
Indian Health Service, Navajo Area, Shiprock, New Mexico
Phone
(505) 368-6567
Role in Organization
Director, Healthy Native Communities Fellowship
Website
http://www.hncpartners.org
Favorite Quotes
May you walk in beauty. Navajo prayer.
Be the change you want to see in the world. Ghandi.

Danielle Trimiew

First Name
Danielle
Last Name
Trimiew
Background in leadership development (Education and/or Experience):
I have a masters in international and public Affairs from Columibia University.
Current leadership development work (Roles and/or Positions):
I currently manage the Greenlining Institute's multi-ethnic public policy and leadership training program, which entails developing and implementing programs/curricula to train multi-ethnic leaders in low-income and minority advocacy, public policy research and analysis, coalition building and community economic development.
What do you hope to gain from and contribute to the learning community:
I hope to expand my network of professionals working in the field of leadership development and share and learn best practices.
Phone
510-926-4007
Role in Organization
Academy Director
Website
http://www.greenlining.org

Joan Maltese

First Name
Joan
Last Name
Maltese
Background in leadership development (Education and/or Experience):
PhD in Psychology
10 years (post doc) of individual training courses in leadership development from various institutions.
Current leadership development work (Roles and/or Positions):
Founder and executive director of non profit governed by diffuse leadership model/
What do you hope to gain from and contribute to the learning community:
We are expanding our family services to a promotion/prevention model to empower and strengthen families in order to strengthen communities and develop community resources to support families with young children.
Phone
818 888-4559
Website
http://www.childdevelopmentinstitute.org
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