09/15/2023
Thank you to Helen Saks and her team at Striking Media for capturing the leadership development stories of our alumni this week. We are looking forward to the videos you are producing with us!
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09/13/2023
Thank you to the Arlington Chamber of Commerce - Virginia for inviting us to their Young Professionals Event yesterday. We enjoyed participating in the Professional Development Fair and talking with attendees about our programs.
09/11/2023
We will never forget
9:37 a.m. on Sep. 11, 2001 -- the moment of impact at the Pentagon, where 184 lives were lost.
09/09/2023
We are looking forward to participating in the Professional Development Fair at this Arlington Chamber of Commerce - Virginia event. Come say hi đ and learn about our programs.
Don't miss our Young Professionals Series: Professional Development event taking place on Tuesday, September 12 at 9 a.m.
Young Professionals will explore their individual leadership skills through an interactive âmini assessmentâ that will provide insight into their personal leadership style!
Register at https://web.arlingtonchamber.org/events/Arlington-Chamber-Young-Professionals-Series-Professional-Development-5097/details
08/30/2023
Thank you to the McPherson-Holland Family for all you did to support Encore Stage & Studio!
Congratulations to the McPherson-Holland Family for receiving the 2023 Group Service Award, for their work to support Encore Stage & Studio. This family made a significant difference through their volunteerism. Learn more about the 2023 volunteer awards at volunteer.leadercenter.org/arlington-cares
08/28/2023
Happy first day of school to Arlington Public Schools! We hope students, teachers, educators, coaches, and all employees are having a great first day.
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08/28/2023
Accept responsibility
08/22/2023
Registration is now open for our next two nonprofit board training events, and youâre invited. Our On Board! program is a one-day event for current and aspiring nonprofit board members and executives. Through a series of presentations, case studies, and activities, you will learn about nonprofit board models, the roles and responsibilities of board members, and more. Register to attend on October 13, 2023, or May 9, 2024: leadercenter.org/on-board
08/21/2023
Success can happen after failure
08/19/2023
Congratulations, Kristen! Thank you for all that you do for Rebuilding Together Arlington/Fairfax/Falls Church
Congratulations again to Kristen Pollard for receiving the 2023 RSVP Award, representing the efforts of the RSVP-Northern Virginia program. Learn more about the 2023 volunteer awards at volunteer.leadercenter.org/arlington-cares
08/14/2023
A good reminder about the strength of a team
08/11/2023
Congratulations Bayou Bakery and Chef David Guas!
Congratulations to Bayou Bakery for receiving the 2023 Distinguished Corporate Service Award. Thank you for your outstanding commitment and care for the citizens of Arlington. Learn more about the 2023 volunteer awards at volunteer.leadercenter.org/arlington-cares
08/07/2023
Expect great things
08/04/2023
A new season of programs and events is just around the corner. Explore our sponsorship opportunities: https://www.leadercenter.org/annual-sponsors/
08/03/2023
That joyful feeling when the storage unit is freshly clean and organized, including new tubes and parts for our step and repeat banners. Thank you to Cynthia and Larry for tackling this. đ
07/31/2023
Empower those around you
07/28/2023
Congratulations, Carol! It is clear that volunteerism and service to others is a part of the fabric of your being.
Congratulations to Carol Skelly for receiving the 2023 Lifetime of Service Award for her work with the Developmental Disabilities Committee, Arlington Community Services Board. Learn more about the 2023 volunteer awards at volunteer.leadercenter.org/arlington-cares
07/26/2023
The Washington Forrest Fund is a long-time supporter of the Leadership Center for Excellence and an advocate for lifting up leadership development opportunities for all in the Arlington community. Weâre grateful for their generous donation to our scholarship fund to provide established leaders, young professionals, and high school students access to our leadership development and civic engagement training.
View our scholarship fund supporters: https://www.leadercenter.org/scholarship-fund/
07/25/2023
What a week! Thank you to George Mason University for their support as both the Premier Sponsor and host for our Youth Leadership Program last week. We got to work with a great group of rising 11th and 12th graders and help them develop their leadership skills and style.
07/24/2023
Be authentic
07/22/2023
ICYMI. We recently announced the members of our Classes of 2024!
â¨Leadership Arlington starts in September: https://www.leadercenter.org/announcing-the-leadership-arlington-class-of-2024/
â¨Ignite Young Professionals starts in October: https://www.leadercenter.org/announcing-the-ignite-young-professionals-class-of-2024/
07/21/2023
There are many different ways that leaders can serve. Bill Fogarty (Leadership Arlington â11) has worn many leadership hats including teacher, coach, lawyer, and volunteer. Read Billâs story: https://www.leadercenter.org/a-passion-for-education-and-leadership-bill-fogarty-alumni-story/
07/20/2023
The Leadership Center for Excellence is grateful for Amazon.comâs year-round support of many of our programs and initiatives, including serving as a Lead Sponsor for our scholarship fund. Amazon continuously supports us in advancing our strategic priorities around racial equity and accessibility to leadership development. Thank you, Amazon!
View our scholarship fund supporters: https://www.leadercenter.org/scholarship-fund/
07/18/2023
So many possibilities
07/14/2023
Congratulations to the 2023 volunteer award winners recognized last night at Arlington Cares!
07/13/2023
Tonight's the night! Come celebrate volunteerism with us.
Itâs time to celebrate volunteerism! Arlington Cares is tonight (July 13). Join us from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the NRECA in Ballston to recognize amazing volunteers. Register for free: https://volunteer.leadercenter.org/arlington-cares
07/12/2023
đŁ We are pleased to announce the members of our Classes of 2024!
â¨Leadership Arlington: https://www.leadercenter.org/announcing-the-leadership-arlington-class-of-2024/
â¨Ignite Young Professionals: https://www.leadercenter.org/announcing-the-ignite-young-professionals-class-of-2024/
Class begins in September for Leadership Arlington and in October for Ignite Young Professionals.
07/12/2023
Thank you to General Dynamics Information Technology for their significant contribution to our scholarship fund. GDITâs commitment to lifting up leaders helps the Leadership Center for Excellence have strong and equitable classes of leaders. Stay tuned for our Class of 2024 announcement! View our scholarship fund supporters: https://www.leadercenter.org/scholarship-fund/
07/10/2023
Come celebrate the Volunteer Arlington annual award winners with us!
You can still register to join us for Arlington Cares on Thursday, July 13, 2023, at the NRECA. Our annual celebration of volunteerism is less than a week away.
Help us celebrate this year's volunteer award winners.
Register for free: https://volunteer.leadercenter.org/arlington-cares
07/04/2023
Happy Independence Day!
07/03/2023
Stay hungry
06/30/2023
âIn the land of transformation we have to let go of something familiar to make space for something new.â - Kate Ebner of The Nebo Company challenged the attendees of our 2023 Leadership Summit with this last month.
06/27/2023
Congratulations again to the recipients of Volunteer Arlingtonâs 2023 Awards. Come celebrate amazing volunteers with us at Arlington Cares on July 13.
Register for free: https://volunteer.leadercenter.org/arlington-cares
06/26/2023
Change matters
06/25/2023
If you talk to Mary Ellen Payne (LA â11) about her leadership roles and mentorship, sheâll joke that she does it to keep herself out of trouble. Read about her leadership journey: https://www.leadercenter.org/creating-a-legacy-through-mentorship-mary-ellen-payne-alumni-story/
06/19/2023
Today we commemorate the work of abolitionists and the freedom of the last enslaved people in America. Read the proclamation from the White House about Juneteenth:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/06/16/a-proclamation-on-juneteenth-day-of-observance-2023/ #:~:text=NOW%2C%20THEREFORE%2C%20I%2C%20JOSEPH,as%20Juneteenth%20Day%20of%20Observance
06/18/2023
Counting the days! We are excited to kick off our 2023 Youth Leadership Program in 1 month.
YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM PROGRAM PURPOSE The Leadership Center for Excellence (LCE) Youth Leadership Program draws on the Centerâs deep knowledge and expertise in leadership development, civic engagement, and community building to connect a cohort of young citizens and empower them with the inspir...
06/08/2023
Civic engagement is an important part of leadership. To learn about local volunteer opportunities, follow Volunteer Arlington (a program of the Leadership Center for Excellence). Also check out our Volunteer Matching Tool: https://volunteer.leadercenter.org/civicrm/vol/ #/volunteer/appeals
06/06/2023
Come celebrate volunteers with us!
Weâre back! In person that is. Join us for Arlington Cares, our annual celebration of volunteerism, on Thursday, July 13, 2023, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at NRECA in Ballston. Register: https://volunteer.leadercenter.org/arlington-cares
Jummy Olbanji of NBC Washington will emcee this free event to celebrate our annual volunteer award winners and recognize people who have volunteered 100+ hours with an individual organization in the past year. While free, registration is required. Light fare will be served.
06/02/2023
Join a virtual conversation about the future of work hosted by Leadership Greater Washington on June 15 at 1 p.m. Our President & CEO, Lisa Fikes is one of the panelists.
Register at https://lgwdc.org/the-future-of-work
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The countdown is on. The Ignite Young Professionals Class of 2023 has its first program day in 1 week! Learn more: https://www.leadercenter.org/young-professionals-program/
We are so excited for the Leadership Arlington Class of 2023 to kick off with their first program day in 1 month! Learn more: https://www.leadercenter.org/leadership-arlington/
Join us on Tuesday, December 7 for a unique opportunity to learn from leaders who are creatively inspiring their communities to strive for racial equity. Register for the Virginia Statewide Summit on Racial Equity: leadercenter.org/racial-equity.
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Check out this training opportunity for nonprofit board members from Leadership Center for Excellence.
As Leadership Center for Excellence Class of 2022 Co-Class Ambassador, it was a pleasure to join fellow LCE Alumni and welcome the Class of 2023.
Great to have coffee with Dulce Carrillo, a dynamic leader in Arlington Public Schools and a fellow alumnus of the Leadership Center for Excellence, Leadership Arlington.
Thank you Leadership Center for Excellence
Friends,
Tonight, I had the great honor of receiving the very first Racial Equity Civic Engagement award. This award was presented by Volunteer Arlington and the Leadership Center for Excellence.
View Recorded Presentation here: https://youtu.be/BbAg-JAthew?t=876
This is truly an honor, and I am so grateful to be recognized by my peers, colleagues, and the entire Arlington community.
We are not done though.
We have much to keep working for.
We are still working to become one nation.
We are still working for liberty.
We are still working for justice for all.
So, I ask you to join me. Do not surrender.
It is time to take action.
Humbly yours,
JD
Tonight, I had the great honor of receiving the very first Racial Equity Civic Engagement award. This award was presented by Volunteer Arlington and the Leadership Center for Excellence.
View Recorded Presentation here: https://youtu.be/BbAg-JAthew?t=876
This is truly an honor, and I am so grateful to be recognized by my peers, colleagues, and the entire Arlington community.
We are not done though.
We have much to keep working for.
We are still working to become one nation.
We are still working for liberty.
We are still working for justice for all.
So, I ask you to join me. Do not surrender.
It is time to take action.
Humbly yours,
JD
The next ON BOARD! training program for existing and aspiring nonprofit board members hosted by the Leadership Center for Excellence is this Thursday, May 12. Register today at leadercenter.org/on-board-2022/
It is a great opportunity to learn how to be a productive and effective board member. The training is $100 per person. Limited, need-based scholarships are available.
It is a great opportunity to learn how to be a productive and effective board member. The training is $100 per person. Limited, need-based scholarships are available.
Are you either an established or up-and-coming leader who is interested in personal growth, civic engagement, and growing your community impact? Or do you know someone who is? The Leadership Center for Excellence is currently accepting applications and nominations for the Leadership Arlington and Ignite Young Professionals Classes of 2023. Applications are due by Friday, May 27, 2022.
Register for the Leadership Center for Excellence's 2022 Leadership Summit: leadercenter.org/summit
There are in-person and virtual options available.
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It will be an exciting and powerful afternoon of âReimagined Leadership.â Participants will have an opportunity to hear from national leaders who specialize in diversity, equity, & inclusion, the latest human resource trends, and breaking the spell of high conflict.
There are in-person and virtual options available.
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It will be an exciting and powerful afternoon of âReimagined Leadership.â Participants will have an opportunity to hear from national leaders who specialize in diversity, equity, & inclusion, the latest human resource trends, and breaking the spell of high conflict.
The Leadership Center for Excellence is hosting its next ON BOARD! training program on Thursday, May 12: leadercenter.org/on-board-2022/
It is a great opportunity for existing and aspiring nonprofit board members to learn how to be a productive and effective board member. The training is $100 per person. Limited, need-based scholarships are available.
It is a great opportunity for existing and aspiring nonprofit board members to learn how to be a productive and effective board member. The training is $100 per person. Limited, need-based scholarships are available.
Jeanine Finch, Chair of our Ambassador Council, was honored last week with Leadership Center for Excellence and Leadership Fairfaxâs 40 under 40. The Ambassador Council goal is to attract and increase engagement of young professionals'
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Congratulations to our Executive Director Kelly Garrity for being recognized as one of the Leadership Center for Excellence and Leadership Fairfax, Inc. 2022 Northern Virginia 40 Under 40 honorees!
We are incredibly proud of Kellyâs leadership and unwavering commitment to advocate for low-income mothers and their children to receive increased access to much-needed health care support. We look forward to celebrating Kelly and the rest of the 2022 honorees!
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We are incredibly proud of Kellyâs leadership and unwavering commitment to advocate for low-income mothers and their children to receive increased access to much-needed health care support. We look forward to celebrating Kelly and the rest of the 2022 honorees!
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I had the unique opportunity to represent LMI today, speaking with young professionals about the benefits of Personal Branding and establishing communication about their ideas, values, beliefs, goals, and purpose. Mary Ellen Payne, a Leadership Center for Excellence CY2011 graduate, and Distinguished Marketing and Sales Executive, moderated the panel discussion.
Additional panelists were Heather Garlich, currently the Senior Vice-President, Communications, Marketing & Consumer/Community Affairs, Food Industry Association, and Greg Hamilton, who is presently the President Publisher of Arlington Magazine.
Thank you Lisa Navarra Fikes and Hannah Dannenfelser for the kind invitation.
Learn more here:
Ignite Young Professional Program: https://www.leadercenter.org/young-professionals-program/
Moderator: (https://www.leadercenter.org/creating-a-legacy-through.../)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-ellen-payne/
Panelists:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-garlich/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-hamilton-b0a710/
Additional panelists were Heather Garlich, currently the Senior Vice-President, Communications, Marketing & Consumer/Community Affairs, Food Industry Association, and Greg Hamilton, who is presently the President Publisher of Arlington Magazine.
Thank you Lisa Navarra Fikes and Hannah Dannenfelser for the kind invitation.
Learn more here:
Ignite Young Professional Program: https://www.leadercenter.org/young-professionals-program/
Moderator: (https://www.leadercenter.org/creating-a-legacy-through.../)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-ellen-payne/
Panelists:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-garlich/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-hamilton-b0a710/
The first 30 people to register and attend will each receive a special door prize.
REGISTER NOW!
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT. The Leadership Center for Excellence kicked off the 2022 MLK Day of Service. Watch the kick-off event
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