{"id":18037,"date":"2015-10-07T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T18:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/10\/new-leadership-saratoga-class-is-under-way-efforts-will-benefit-four-area-nonprofit-groups.html"},"modified":"2015-10-07T14:38:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T18:38:16","slug":"new-leadership-saratoga-class-is-under-way-efforts-will-benefit-four-area-nonprofit-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/10\/new-leadership-saratoga-class-is-under-way-efforts-will-benefit-four-area-nonprofit-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"New Leadership Saratoga Class Is Under Way; Efforts Will Benefit Four Area Nonprofit Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"img-left\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"leadership saratoga hc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2015\/10\/leadership20saratoga20hc.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" height=\"221\" width=\"300\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-caption\">These members of the 29th Leadership Saratoga Class are being taught skills for stronger leadership, group dynamics and issues facing Saratoga County and area nonprofit organizations\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leadership Saratoga, a program of the Saratoga<br \/>\nCounty Chamber of Commerce, announced its 29th<br \/>\nclass of participants.<\/p>\n<p>The group held its opening retreat on Sept. 13<br \/>\nand 14 at Minnowbrook Conference Center in Blue<br \/>\nMountain Lake.<\/p>\n<p>The Leadership Saratoga program selects up to<br \/>\n24 people each year to participate in an intensive<br \/>\nnine-month training program designed to teach<br \/>\nthem skills for stronger leadership, group dynamics<br \/>\nand issues facing Saratoga County and area nonprofit<br \/>\norganizations. After completion of the program<br \/>\nparticipants are expected to volunteer as leaders in<br \/>\ntheir communities within Saratoga County.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Class of 2016 are:<br \/>\nNashua Alexander, (Wilton Emergency Squad),<br \/>\nJennifer Allen (Saratoga Eagle Sales and Service),<br \/>\nMark Bellantoni,(Saratoga Springs Fire Department),<br \/>\nRyan Bouchey, (Bouchey Financial Group,<br \/>\nLtd.), Paul Budlong (Wellspring), Molly Bush<br \/>\n(Informz), Brian Carroll (Quad Graphics), Nick<br \/>\nDeCelle (William J. Burke and Sons\/Bussing &amp;<br \/>\nCunniff Funeral Homes), Carmine DeCrescente<br \/>\n(DeCrescente Distributing Company).<\/p>\n<p>Ann Dejnozka (Skidmore College), Jennifer<br \/>\nHoward (Stewart&#8217;s Shops Corp.), Floria Huizinga<br \/>\n(Town of Malta), Angela LaTerra (Saratoga Convention<br \/>\nand Tourism Bureau), Timothy Maguire<br \/>\n(Saratoga Hospital), Peter Martin (Saratoga County<br \/>\nBoard of Supervisors), Elissa Mazza and Christopher<br \/>\nMeyer (Whiteman Ostermand &amp; Hanna),<br \/>\nLisa Munter and Dawn Sauer (Adirondack Trust<br \/>\nInsurance) Tom Schin (Accustaff), Ian Townsend<br \/>\n(NBT Bank), Marissa Wendolovske (AIM Services)<br \/>\nand Jaime Williams (Franklin Community Center).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the various sessions they will attend,<br \/>\nparticipants will also work on group projects<br \/>\nto benefit four area nonprofit groups: Big Brothers<br \/>\nBig Sisters, Moreau Community Center, Saratoga<br \/>\nCounty EMS Association and Saratoga Foundation<br \/>\nfor Innovative Learning.<\/p>\n<p>The Leadership Saratoga program has been in<br \/>\nexistence since 1985 and has an Alumni Association<br \/>\nof more than 500 graduates. For more information,<br \/>\nvisit www.LeadershipSaratoga.org or contact<br \/>\nprogram director Kathleen Fyfe at kfyfe@saratoga.<br \/>\norg or 584-3255, ext. 201. Applications for the next<br \/>\nclass will be available in April 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Courtesy Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> These members of the 29th Leadership Saratoga Class are being taught skills for stronger leadership, group dynamics and issues facing Saratoga County and area nonprofit organizationsLeadership Saratoga, a program of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, announced its 29th&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[57,113],"class_list":["post-18037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","tag-business-news","tag-saratoga-county"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>New Leadership Saratoga Class Is Under Way; 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