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October 2016

Letter from our Executive Director,Jan PaulThe Secret Sauce Recently, we created a video in celebration of our 30thanniversary and it was shown at our Kickoff Fiesta where wewelcomed the Class of 2017 with the largest alumni turnoutever. Many in the video were asked what is in the "secretsauce" that makes Leadership Sandy Springs so special. Ifyou haven't seen it yet, I urge you to view it here, on ourYouTube channel. At the Kickoff Fiesta and again at the Opening Retreat, I witnessed what is in the secretsauce. It is passionate people coming together in friendship, respect and trust, workinghard for the common good of our community. LSS provides the vehicles to connectliterally, see Carpool Karaoke, also on YouTube. Yet, it is our people who blend therichness of their experiences with the diversity of their perspectives that enhances ourorganization.

As we celebrate our 30th year and look to the future, we ask our early alumni to re-engage in new programming and social or volunteer opportunities, either with LSS orour sister nonprofits - all to benefit the community. In the end, the pièce de résistance ishow we use our secret sauce that helps build a thriving Sandy Springs and surroundingarea. Please visit our new website at www.leadershipsandysprings.org and let's stayconnected.

Kick-Off Fiesta/30th Anniversary LaunchWith a record number of enthusiastic attendees atthis year's Kick-Off (135!), we had a terrific evening ofgood food, great conversation with alumni, and thechance to meet the new Class of 2017, the largestclass yet with 36 members. Fulton CountyCommission Chair John Eaves gave an excellentspeech on leadership.

We are Rebranded! Additionally, LSS'Communications Committee unveiled the rebrandedidentity, complete with new logos, collaterals, and avideo (see ED's column), and encouraged theaudience to visit the newly designed website. Ournew logo can be shared so feel free to use itliberally, and for social media posting related to the30th anniversary, please use #LSS30th. Find socialmedia links at the end of this newsletter.

Meet the Class of 2017!

Alumni Dues Drive We went electronic and it may have taken you bysurprise! After years of sending paper invoices foralumni dues, we went paperless last week on ournew website. Going green meant upgrading theprocess in our Salesforce database and synching itwith our website content management system. Alot of behind-the-scenes work to be more efficientand environmentally conscious! Last week we sent out email invoices for the first time. You should have received it inthe form of a letter from our Alumni Dues Committee Chairs, Pam Rosenthal, SeanO'Toole and Sandra Jewell. Please consider donating through our website - nopassword or membership code is needed. Click "Donate Now" at the top right ofthe home page or use this link to view the letter and donation form. Thank you for yoursupport!

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12 @ 12!Introducing an exciting new program EXCLUSIVE tothose alumni who contribute their alumni dues. We areoffering 12 donor alumni the opportunity to spend a lunchhour with a local CEO. Our first event will be Thursday, Nov. 3 with Emory SaintJoseph's CEO Heather Dexter (Class of 2003). An email invitation will go out about two weeks inadvance, and will be open to the first 12 respondents.Good luck!

New Feature: 30 Voices @ 30 Years

To celebrate the progress andaccomplishments of 30 years of LSS,we are highlighting 30 alumni overthe course of this anniversary year.In this enewsletter, we celebrate twowomen who participated in theinaugural class of 1987, Carol Clarkand Sandy Abrams. Carol is anattorney and Sandy is a real estateagent. We asked these ladies toshare their thoughts and ideas in thefollowing interviews:

1. How do you stay connected to the Sandy Springs community? CC: Tom-tom drumbeat usually, but occasionally Harry Potter's owl brings by the news.SA: Being in the inaugural class of LSS generated a great enthusiasm under theleadership of former Executive Director Carolyn Axt in the new development of the greatcity of Sandy Springs, to the new Executive Director Jan Paul. Our future is trulyamazing. 2. What is your greatest achievement? CC: I believe "the best is yet to come."SA: My family: Dave, husband of 55 years; daughters and and their husbands (Alisonand Jason Schneider, Julie and Jeff Rosenblum) and five incredible grandchildren(Adam, Sophie, Caroline, Jenna and Joe).3. What's on your bucket list? CC: Trying not to kick it prematurely; at present it is wonderfully full. After all, "onecannot be too rich, or too thin, or (as I have added) have too much fun, too manyfriends, or too much faith."SA: Traveling to all U.S. major attractions, South Africa, Normandy, Australia and Israel.4 How has LSS positively affected your professional and other areas of your life? CC: The "first" of anything automatically means I was part of an experiment in progress. I was thrilled to look out into the room for the new kickoff of the 30th anniversary andsee individuals and our community still dreaming bigger dreams and underpinning thosedream castles with acts of service, kindness and friendship.

SA: My real estate business is greatly impacted by my continuing networking throughmy community connections. I have many friendship both professionally and personallybecause of LSS.

Class of 2017 RetreatIn September, the new class convened atUnicoi State Park Retreat Center to launchtheir year in a well-honed, yet updated,innovative retreat. New activities includedHuman Bingo and Carpool Karaoke (thanks tovideographer Adell Henderson of PrefessionalU), which allowed the class to get to knoweach other in a light-hearted way. Theylearned about their personality types, workedin groups, and tackled Outward Boundprojects.They are now ready to go....to infinity and beyond!

Youth Leadership Sandy Springs Class of 2017 - And they're off!

"Sandy Springs is a really cool place."

"Sandy Springs is a much bigger part of the world than I thought. Seventy percent of allcredit card transactions come through Sandy Springs."

"I'm going to do more to support small businesses."

Those were some of the conclusions the sixth class of Youth Leadership Sandy Springsarrived at following their cell phone scavenger hunt. This year six teams raced todiscover their city - from getting an eagle's view at the Sandy Springs/PerimeterChamber of Commerce's 33rd-floor perch in the King building, trying on fire gear at fire

stations, climbing into the boxingring at Delgado's gym todiscovering Sherman'sheadquarters during the CivilWar.

The largest YLSS class yet (36sophomores and juniors fromeight area high schools) launchedits new year in August with aninduction ceremony and a half-day opening retreat. Next month,they will be at city hall for a lookat city government.

Movies by Moonlight Leadership Sandy Springs had a wonderful andsuccessful summer series with MBM 2016.Audiences of all demographics converged on theactivity center lawn of Sandy Springs UnitedMethodist Church and enjoyed dinner fromthree food trucks, entertainment from local schoolsand fun activities with old and new sponsors as wellas some fabulous giveaways from our drawings at each event. Twelve years andcounting, LSS continues to provide the community with a rare free event whileconnecting people, businesses and civic groups.

Many thanks to our Movies by Moonlight Sponsors!

Check out our CalendarNever miss another LSS event! Go to our new calendar webpage (under the Eventsheading) and click the down arrow above the month to download all of our events toyour calendar.

Alumni UpdatesLet us know when LSS Alumni are promoted or receive recognition so we can sharewith everyone.

Donna Smythe (2009) will be "retiring" from the Child Development Association at theend of October. She has led the charge for Early Childhood Development for 11 yearsand will be recognized during the month of October.

Tammie Jenkins (2015) was promoted to Manager-Seller Support at Altisource. Ben Carlsen (2015) now works as Corporate Counsel for Equifax. His new contactinformation is ben.carlsen@equifax.com, 404-885-8017.

Toshia Battle (2016) received her Project Management Professional certification inSeptember.

Youth Leadership Sandy SpringsLizbeth Zamora (YLSS 2016)won a silver medal at the 2016 Family, Career and Community Leaders of America'sNational Leadership Conference in San Diego this summer with her snowball food truckbusiness concept. She was recently featured in this Sandy Springs Patch article.

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