Leadership
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Leadership St. Paul (LSP) is the premier program in the Twin Cities for emerging and current civic and business leaders that prepares, challenges and engages leaders to strengthen the St. Paul/East Metro region.
Applications for 2023 are open and are being accepted on a rolling basis. The committee will review applications again after November 15, 2022, and we will accept applications until the class is full. |
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Cultivate skills and knowledge by:
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Contribute to the vitality of the St. Paul/East metro area by:
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Program OverviewLeadership St. Paul supports a vital, positive community, with engaged and well-informed leaders. Each year, LSP selects up to 50 emerging and existing leaders from private, public, and nonprofit sectors of the community to participate in the ten-month program.
LSP curriculum is designed to raise awareness of the needs and challenges that affect the St. Paul/East metro region and enhance individual leadership skills with a focus on community stewardship. The program offers participants exceptional “insider” access by bringing in top-level business, civic, and government leaders to facilitate productive conversations around critical issues that influence our region. |
Curriculum ElementsMonthly Program Days: Day-long sessions, focusing on significant challenges facing the region such as community effectiveness, education, health care, regional economic development, and criminal justice.
Each program day strives to enlighten, inspire and transform participants by exposing them to a vast array of perspectives, resources and mentors. Program Days are always the second Thursday of the month. Community Projects: Nonprofit Engagement Program: each participant will form a team with 4 to 8 classmates and partner on learning about and volunteering for a local (pre-selected by LSP staff) nonprofit. Participants will gain experiential knowledge in community stewardship and systems change. Recent nonprofit partners include: Be the Match, Black Men Teach, SPNN, Citizens League, Rice and Larpenteur Alliance, St. Paul Parks Conservancy, The Sanneh Foundation. |
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Ron Anderson, Ever-Green Energy
Joshua Anderson, Visit Saint Paul Justin Arends, The Saint Paul Hotel/Morrissey Hospitality Joe Baldwin, SevenHills Cleveland Benefit Partners Danielle Bishop, M Health Fairview Noah Blaiser, Halverson and Blaiser Group, LTD. Bryan Clark, Midwest Reliability Organization Jake Dalnes, Mahoney CPA's and Advisors Jaime DeLage, St. Paul Pioneer Press Aaron Engler, Bremer Bank, N.A. Antonio Espinosa, Art from the Inside Miriam Figueroa, BWBR Sally Flinck, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Blair Harrington, Taft Law Brian Harvey, Xcel Energy Inc. Jacob Jeatran, Marsh McLennan Agency Stephanie Johnson, SPIRE Credit Union Morgan Knutzen, University of St. Thomas John Konsor, Bremer Bank Kirsten Lidyaev, Minnesota IT Services Jon Lovald, Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans Mary MacCarthy, University of Minnesota Kevin Macrina, Land O'Lakes |
Brian McDonald, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Jen Moberg, Regions Hospital Rachael Molenaar, Ramsey County Brittany Nelson, Saint Paul Port Authority Mandy Neuman, VIBE Realty Mark Nibbe, Royal Credit Union Pat O’Neill, Larson King Porsche Page, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare Leah Patnode, Securian Clint Riese, Fairview Health Services Angela Riffe, City of Saint Paul - Planning and Economic Development Lorna Schmidt, Catholic Charities of St. Paul & Minneapolis Shana Steinbeck, M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital Kyle Thibodeau, Regions Hospital Hayden Troy, Rethos: Places Reimagined Maria Vallejo, M Health Fairview Teri Vogt, Science Museum of Minnesota Jessica Walton, 3M Jeff Weinberger, Cornerstone Parking Group, Inc. Kas'Quri Wren, Merrick Community Services Adam Yust, City of Saint Paul Matthew Zitzow, TKDA Garrett Zweber, Simek Property Group |