Newsletter Follow the Leader Spring 2019

Leadership Montgomery County Class of 2019 Pictured above: Pamela Moore - Catalent Pharma Solutions, Kalan Purdue - Mt. Sterling Police Dept., Shannon Stull - Ruth Hunt Candy Co., Courtney Goodpaster - East Kentucky Power, Joey Spencer -Montgomery Co. Fire Dept., Barb Carney - Mt. Sterling Christian School, Lindsay Rice - Edwards Jones Investments, Tiffany Taul-Scruggs - Sterling Health Solutions, Jennifer McMakin - Traditional Bank, Tracy Shrout - Oopsie Daisies, Tammi Moore - Traditional Bank, Pam Murphy - Mt. Sterling City Council, Brandon Wells - The Walker Co., and Mindee Hudson - Sterling Health Solutions

History of Leadership MontgomeryIn 1992 the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce partnered with the Montgomery County Cooperative Extension office to form Leadership Montgomery County. The program was modeled after Leadership Kentucky, offering participants monthly, day-long experiences in …cont. page 2

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Mission

Leadership Montgomery County is designed to promote and develop dynamic business and community leaders among citizens of Montgomery County.

The program seeks to:

• identify emerging leaders from all sectors of the community• create awareness of community issues• develop leadership skills• bring together people and resources from the business & civic communities• facilitate participation in Leadership Montgomery County and community service• develop a network of leaders• familiarize participants with economic, governmental, cultural, educational & social organizations in Montgomery County

Newsletter Follow the Leader Spring 2019

the areas of agriculture, health care, education, local and state government, and industry and infrastructure. Additionally, participants visit local media outlets, the

airport, library, arts center and many others. Nearly 400 members of the Mt. Sterling/Montgomery County community have graduated from the program. LMC has grown in influence and graduates include the former police and fire chiefs, Montgomery County school administrators, hospital executives, health care professionals, and bank presidents. Firemen, policemen, attorneys, financial planners, city council members and the current mayor of Mt. Sterling are all Leadership Montgomery County graduates.

Class of 2019 Class ProjectThe 2019 Leadership Montgomery County class chose to support the Sterling Community Food Coalition and the Veteran’s Pavilion at Botts Park as their class projects.

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Current LMC Board Members

Brandon Sturgill - ChairAssistant IT Manager Traditional BankBrady Shultz - Vice ChairDirector of Marketing and PR Maysville Community & Technical CollegeJennifer Collingwood - Treasurer Certified Public Accountant Faulkner, King & Wenz, PSCMelodie Fuller - SecretaryLeadership Development and Team Building ConsultantRobin ChandlerPre-School TeacherMt. Sterling Christian School Chris HaddixDetectiveMt. Sterling Police Department Leah KohrDirector of Community InitiativesGateway Community ActionJohn MortonCertified Financial Planner Keystone FinancialTobby Moore Co-Owner Ruth Hunt Candy CompanyTanya TerryMontgomery County Circuit Clerk Cortlynn WilerBanking Center ManagerTraditional BankAdvisory BoardAmber FraleyCertified Health & Wellness Coach and Fitness Instructor Ron CatchenCounty ManagerMontgomery Co. Extension ServiceSandy RomeneskoExecutive Director Montgomery Chamber of Commerce

Newsletter Follow the Leader Spring 2019

The Sterling Community Food Coalition is a non-profit food pantry with the mission of providing food to people who are insecure in their food supply. Leadership MC 2019 has supported the Pantry by conducting a food drive in February, working at various Rook tournament fund raisers as well as having members volunteer at the Pantry.

The Veteran’s Pavilion at Bott’s Park is a non-profit organization formed in Montgomery County for building a pavilion at Bott’s Park to honor Montgomery County military veterans. Leadership MC 2019 held a bake sale during October Court Day weekend and has a “traveling” donation jar that is in a boot worn in combat by a veteran from Montgomery County. The boot has been placed in work locations of many of the class members. Class members also worked in the concession stands during the Guns vs Hoses basketball game as well as the Battle of the Badge basketball game during the last weekend of March and the first weekend of April. The proceeds from the concession stand will be donated to the VPaBP. Since the Park is still in the planning stages, the funds will be donated to purchase a bench at the Park.

FEATURED LEADERLMC Class of 2015 Graduate Elected Mayor of Mt. SterlingAl Botts, 2015 graduate of Leadership Montgomery County was elected Mayor of Mt. Sterling. He took office in January of 2019.

The Story of the Leadership Montgomery Co. LogoWhen Leadership Montgomery County began, the original organizers knew they needed to create a symbol to be used to promote the new organization. They also wanted to build a logo that was inspired by the LMC mission. Thus, the arrow logo still in use today was born. The design featured arrows pointing inward to represent the gathering of community members from different areas of the community who are focused on developing leadership skills. Encouraging LMC graduates to take those skills out into their various segments of the community and using the lessons learned the course to strengthen sponsor organizations, and various other civic and community groups is represented in the arrow that is pointed away.

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Newsletter Follow the Leader Spring 2019

Class of 2019 Photo Highlights

___________________________________________________________________________Interested in joining the next class?Leadership Montgomery County 2020 will begin accepting applications in April 2020. A class of selected participants, representing a cross-section of the community, will attend a full-day program each month from September through April plus a mandatory weekend retreat in July. Applicants must live or work in Montgomery County and are expected to attend all sessions.Tuition is $395 and is payable by the participant, employer or sponsoring organization. For more information call 859-498-8741 or visit: http://leadmontgomeryky.org

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