MONROE - Twenty-one members of the Green County Leaders Class of 2009-2010 triumphantly finished the intense nine-month coursework and became GC Leaders graduates on May 18 at a special banquet held in their honor at the Monroe Country Club.
This was the eighth class to graduate from the program.
Class projects this year included the Pawlapalooza fund-raising event for the Green County Humane Society; a Help Make Green County Greener awareness campaign for schools and businesses; a Community Fund-raising prototype to help identify local businesses that could provide fund-raising dollars and keep all the money in the area; and a Homelessness Awareness Campaign that assisted the Homelessness Coalition.
Members of the class included John Bernstein, alderman for City of Brodhead; Pattie Salter, clerk-treasurer for Town of New Glarus; AnnaMaria Bliven, Fowler Memorial Free Dental Clinic; Dave Jaquish, Jaquish Home Inspections; Steve Borowski, Anna Metz and Mark Thompson, Monroe Clinic; Alan Rufer, Precision Drive & Control; Susan Davis and Brenda Gehin, Reffue Pas Jacobson & Koster; Diane Rosenstiel, Rosenstiel Realty; Sue McGowan, St. Vincent de Paul; Cathy Cryor Burgweger, Sugar River Crossing Realty; Daniel Berg, Holly Elmer, Jodi Gile, Jennifer Kallembach and Deb Weis, The Swiss Colony; Kevin Indergand, Integrated Marketing Solutions; Debra Villa, USDA Rural Development and Jean Sinkule, Wisconsin Community Bank.
Green County Leaders is made possible through a partnership of the Green County Development Corporation, Green County UW-Extension, the Monroe Campus of Blackhawk Technical College, and other area organizations and businesses.
The program's mission is to provide an educational program where individuals can practice leadership skills, deepen their understanding of community issues and prepare for leadership roles, thereby creating a network of individuals committed to the future of Green County.
Program advisors are GCDC Executive Director Anna Schramke, CEcD, Green County UW-Extension Community Development Educator Cara Carper, and Community Leader Kent Anderson.
More than 160 people in the Green County area have graduated from the program since its conception in 2001.
Recruitment for the class of 2010-2011 is starting. Brochures on the program are available at the GCDC office, Historic Green County Courthouse, 1016 16th Avenue, Monroe, or the Green County UW-Extension office, Green County Justice Center, 2841 6th Street, Monroe.
For more information, a brochure or an application, contact GCDC's office by calling (608) 328-9452 or e-mail gcdc@tds.net or check out the Green County Leaders website at www.greencountyleaders com.
This was the eighth class to graduate from the program.
Class projects this year included the Pawlapalooza fund-raising event for the Green County Humane Society; a Help Make Green County Greener awareness campaign for schools and businesses; a Community Fund-raising prototype to help identify local businesses that could provide fund-raising dollars and keep all the money in the area; and a Homelessness Awareness Campaign that assisted the Homelessness Coalition.
Members of the class included John Bernstein, alderman for City of Brodhead; Pattie Salter, clerk-treasurer for Town of New Glarus; AnnaMaria Bliven, Fowler Memorial Free Dental Clinic; Dave Jaquish, Jaquish Home Inspections; Steve Borowski, Anna Metz and Mark Thompson, Monroe Clinic; Alan Rufer, Precision Drive & Control; Susan Davis and Brenda Gehin, Reffue Pas Jacobson & Koster; Diane Rosenstiel, Rosenstiel Realty; Sue McGowan, St. Vincent de Paul; Cathy Cryor Burgweger, Sugar River Crossing Realty; Daniel Berg, Holly Elmer, Jodi Gile, Jennifer Kallembach and Deb Weis, The Swiss Colony; Kevin Indergand, Integrated Marketing Solutions; Debra Villa, USDA Rural Development and Jean Sinkule, Wisconsin Community Bank.
Green County Leaders is made possible through a partnership of the Green County Development Corporation, Green County UW-Extension, the Monroe Campus of Blackhawk Technical College, and other area organizations and businesses.
The program's mission is to provide an educational program where individuals can practice leadership skills, deepen their understanding of community issues and prepare for leadership roles, thereby creating a network of individuals committed to the future of Green County.
Program advisors are GCDC Executive Director Anna Schramke, CEcD, Green County UW-Extension Community Development Educator Cara Carper, and Community Leader Kent Anderson.
More than 160 people in the Green County area have graduated from the program since its conception in 2001.
Recruitment for the class of 2010-2011 is starting. Brochures on the program are available at the GCDC office, Historic Green County Courthouse, 1016 16th Avenue, Monroe, or the Green County UW-Extension office, Green County Justice Center, 2841 6th Street, Monroe.
For more information, a brochure or an application, contact GCDC's office by calling (608) 328-9452 or e-mail gcdc@tds.net or check out the Green County Leaders website at www.greencountyleaders com.
