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Leadership Shawnee is a leadership development program designed to provide community leaders with a deeper understanding of the critical issues affecting the greater Shawnee area. The program is based on the belief that knowledge of the community and accompanying areas of need are the prime motivators of leadership.

Leadership Shawnee consists of a two-day retreat and 8 full-day sessions that meet monthly from September to May. Classes feature guest lecturers, experts in their respective fields, local area tours, visits to places with important community missions, leadership training, classroom participation, and an opportunity to network with other civic-minded individuals.

To graduate from Leadership Shanwnee, you must attend at least 6 monthly sessions and the mandatory orientation retreat in September. Sessions are from 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Class size is limited to individuals who are employed by members of the Shawnee Forward Chamber of Commerce. Class members are selected to represent a broad range of occupations and backgrounds.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF CLASS GRADUATES

Improve their overall understanding of:

• Shawnee and the city’s processes, inter-relationships, strengths, and needs
• How state legislation and state departments impact our community

Increase their awareness of:

• Leadership opportunities in Shawnee
• The variety of leadership styles and levels

Learn or enhance their leadership skills by:

• Attending and participating in skills development exercises, lectures, and presentations
• Consciously noting where the skills are used, how they are used or misused, and when the presence of skills enhances communication, learning, and effectiveness

Apply skills and information gained during Leadership Shawnee to the community following graduation by:

• Increasing level of volunteerism
• Increasing level of advocacy
• An increasing level of community involvement and service
• Actively seeking out positions of leadership to fill within the community
• Completing a class project

Tuition

Tuition includes materials, lunch, and administrative costs.  Total tuition is $800. 

Turner Bass – Astro Panda Studios

Honors Graduate, Stacy Beach – Sovereign Bank

Courtney Bullen – Shawnee Public Schools

Angela Burns – Dottie’s Daycare

Mike Carter- Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative

Honors Graduate, Kelly Clay – Pottawatomie County 

Brock Fletcher – First United Bank 

Honors Graduate, Donald Lambert – Vyve Broadband

Irina Pakhomova – South Central Industries

Honors Graduate, Coutrney Palmer – Citizen Potawatomi Nation 

Rachel Polk – Stuart & Clover

Honors Graduate, Jordyn Romine – Citizen Potawatomi Nation 

Emily Walsh – Oklahoma Department of Health

Honors Graduate, Dana Nursick – BancFirst Insurance Services

Aaron Williams – Indaco Metals

Honors Graduate, Abby Thompson – Pottawatomie County

Andrew Meadows – VisionBank

Honors Graduate, Ashley Rodgers 

Honors Graduate, Bailey Bickerstaff – Pottawatomie County 

Cole Christianson – Shawnee Mills

Derek Lutz – First United Bank

Emily Kline – Shawnee Mills

Ian Hayes – Arvest Bank

Honors Graduate, Jamie Dodgion – South Central Industries

Jason Robichaud – Pioneer Library System

Kendi Cox –Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative 

Honors Graduate, Kylia Cote – Tinker Federal Credit Union

Michael Savage 

Honors Graduate, Paisley Sturgill – Shawnee Milling Company

Honors Graduate, Rebecca Foreman – BancFirst

Valerie Maylen – Sovereign Bank

Vedrana “Vivi” Milakovic – Citizen Potawatomi Nation