18th Carroll County Leadership Institute Graduation

Carroll County Leadership Institute 2018 graduation was held Wednesday, April 18, at Santa Maria Vineyard & Winery.
 
Shannon Landauer, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director shared her thoughts on leadership with the class.  Landauer creatively utilized well-known song lyrics to convey the importance of leadership and how leadership qualities can be carried into everyday interactions. As one example, she referred to Micheal Jackson’s Man In the Mirror lyrics, “If You Want Make The World A Better Place, Take A Look At Yourself, And Then Make A Change” and referenced Jackson’s nod to a leaders ability to evaluate their own effectiveness, make necessary changes and then march forward to lead others. Other musicians referenced included John Lennon, Rodriguez and even Eminem.
 
Carroll County Leadership Institute consists of eight sessions held from September through April.    Participants are introduced to issues through panels, lectures, on-site visits and group discussion.   Leadership Skills were presented at each class by past Leadership graduate Megan Boyd. Many different businesses and organizations have benefited from the involvement of Leadership graduates.  This is the 19th class to graduate; bringing the total number of graduates to 387. 
 
Leader Sponsors for the program include: American Home Shield, DMACC, and Landus Cooperative.  Partner Sponsors include:  Availa Bank, Badding Construction, Carroll Broadcasting, Farner-Bocken Company a division of Core-Mark, Greteman & Associates, Mid-Iowa Insurance & Real Estate, Pella Corporation-Carroll Operations, Performance Tire & Service, The Graphic Edge, UTC Aerospace-Carroll and Western Iowa Networks.
 
Sponsors, employers and Chamber of Commerce Board Members attended the graduation along with the class members.
  
Anyone interested in the 2018-2019 Carroll County Leadership Institute can contact Rosanne Nees at the Carroll Chamber of Commerce at 712-792-4383.


























Graduates of the 2017-2018 Leadership are:
Front L-R: Holly Betten, Landus Cooperative; Jenny Peters, Availa Bank; Corie Walsh, Pella Corp-Carroll; Julie Lueth, DMACC; Lisa Blunk, Dupaco Community Credit Union. Middle L-R: Dustin Conger, The Graphic Edge; Steph Bauer, Commercial Savings Bank; Mandy Pitstick, New Hope; Amanda Riesberg, Iowa Savings Bank; Mike Pogge-Weaver, City of Carroll; Justin Yetmar, American Home Shield; Brandon Emerson, Carroll Broadcasting;. Back L-R:  Chad Lawson, St. Anthony Regional Hospital; Ronna Ehlert, American Home Shield; Rachel Nepper, First American Home Warranty; Dr Peter Juergens, Juergens Chiropractic & Acupuncture; Sharday Eischeid, Availa Bank; Morgan O’Brien, Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative; Kyle Fesenmeyer, Van Meter Industrial, Inc; and Aaron Buck, St Anthony Regional Hospital.  Not pictured: Michelle Baumeister, AFLAC-Amy Renze; Courtney Feilmeier, American Home Shield; Jay Pottebaum, AFLAC –Jay Pottebaum and Sarah Haberl.