Leadership San Juan Islands – time to sign up!

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Leadership San Juan Islands
360-376-2786 or http://www.leadershipsanjuanislands.org

Leadership San Juan Islands announces that preparation for Class VII is underway as the application period has officially opened.  Applications and information can be found on the web at the website and the deadline to submit applications is November 12.

Leadership San Juan Islands is a county-wide program which fosters leadership skills such as facilitation, collaborative problem solving, and public speaking as well as the analysis of local systems related to governance, economics, social services, history and culture, education and the environment. Participants are selected in the fall and spend five months together, January through May, with LSJI staff, alumni, and many regional leaders.  Last year’s class boasted 18 individuals from various fields of work, including law, human & social services, education and the performing arts.
Program Coordinator for Cohort VII is Marta Nielson, of Orcas Island.  LSJI Coordinating Council Chair Kyle Loring says, “We are very fortunate to have someone of Marta’s caliber taking the reins for the program, and I look forward to the fresh perspective she will bring to a program that has grown a stable foundation with the graduation of six classes.” Nielson will work closely with the Curriculum Development Committee led by former Program Coordinator, Cynthia Stark-Wickman.

Businesses and agencies across the County have played a part in the success of Leadership San Juan Islands. Last year’s program appreciated significant donations by Smuggler’s Villa and Heartwood House on Orcas, Lopez Islander Bay Resort on Lopez, and Harrison Suites/Tucker House on San Juan Island. Many Class VI participants were sponsored in part or wholly by their employer or by a local nonprofit.

The 2010 program was generously supported by the following sponsors: Law Offices of Skinner and Saar, Lopez Island Family Resource Center, Lopez Island Prevention Coalition, Roche Harbor Resort, San Juan Community Theatre, San Juan Historical Museum, San Juan Island Community Foundation, San Juan Island Prevention Coalition, San Juan Islands National Historical Parks, Lopez Island Family Resource Center, San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau, San Juan Preservation Trust, and the Whale Museum. Institutional co-sponsors were Skagit Valley College San Juan Center and the San Juan County Economic Development Council.

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