The 2010 Raymond E. Mason, Jr.,
Leadership Symposium

Once again, our 7th Annual Leadership Symposium was an event filled with inspiration and vision. The day began with our keynote panel of Central Ohio leaders moderated by Bill Lhota, CEO, Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) and featured Jo Ann Davidson, President, JAD & Associates and Former Speaker, Ohio House of Representatives; Jim Kunk, President, Central Ohio Region, Huntington Bank; Doug Kridler, President and CEO, Columbus Foundation; Kerrii Anderson, Former President and CEO, Wendy’s International; and Eddie Harrell, President, Columbus Urban League.

The question to the panel – ‘Does Leadership Apply Across All Sectors – Business, Government, Community and Education?’ was eloquently answered by this strong group of leaders, all of whom effectively lead in many different sectors. One of our goals at the Leadership Center is to broaden your leadership lens and this panel stood as an example that leadership does indeed apply across all sectors. It doesn’t matter whether you are in government or business, non-profit or education – having a vision and being able to communicate the organization’s mission or goal is what makes a good leader.

After listening to our past participants for the second year in a row, we expanded our breakout session to three. After the break-out sessions, we had three authors available to sign their books.

• Jason Barger, Step Back from the Baggage Claim
• Beth Thomas, Powered by Happy
• Allen Proctor, More Than Just Money: Practical and Provocative Steps to Nonprofit Success

During lunch, Paul Otte, Executive Director of the Leadership Center, introduced the concept of Leadership Practice – Summary of Principles and Concepts and Ideas if followed they can make you a better leader and if repeated (often enough), one of the best leaders. The idea is that even the best leaders are:

• Continually Stretching
• Consciously Thinking
• Doing Openly
• Developing Others

To learn more about our Leadership Practice principles and concepts read Our Best Leaders = Your Best Leadership, what makes some leaders better than others and what can we learn from the best?

Mallory Holtman and Sara Tucholsky, 2008 ESPY “Best Moment” award winners, were our luncheon speakers with a presentation titled, “Because Nice Matters: From the Field to the Boardroom – Being the Best You.” Their presentation began with the YouTube video of the homerun that thrust them into the spot light and why they would not let that event be the only thing that defined their lives.

After the moving luncheon presentation, the audience participated in the afternoon break out sessions. This session was followed by our unique ‘Take It Back To Work’ session where attendees gathered in sector specific facilitated groups to discuss what they learn and how they will apply their new vision.

Agenda: View or download PDF

2010 SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS - Click here for our flyer

KERRII ANDERSON
Former President and CEO of Wendy's International
From School Bus Driver to CEO

CHRISTIE ANGEL
Board President, YWCA
Building Leadership Skills Through Non-Profit Board Service

DAVID AXNER
Superintendent, Dublin City Schools
Transformational Leadership

JASON BARGER
author of Step Back from the Baggage Claim
Leadership At the Airport Level

JO ANN DAVIDSON
Former Speaker of the House, and JAD And Associates

EDDIE HARRELL
President, Columbus Urban League
The Power of Effective Listening

DOUG KRIDLER
President and CEO, The Columbus Foundation

JIM KUNK
President, Central Region, Huntington National Bank
Attributes of Successful Leaders

BILL LHOTA
Mallory Holtman and Sara Tucholsky
President and CEO, COTA

DR. TERESA C. LONG
Health Commissioner, Columbus Public Health
Resilience and Leadership

ALLEN PROCTOR
Proctor Consulting, LLC
We Are What We Are Funded To Be

ROBERT SHENTON
Managing Partner, Plante Moran
Leadership and Ethics

BETH THOMAS
Executive VP and Managing Director of Consulting, Sequent
Your #1 Job as a Leader: Engage Your Associates!

MALLORY HOLTMAN AND SARA TUCHOLSKY
2008 ESPY award winners for "Best Moment" - Sportsmanship Defined Foundation
Leadership Styles and Their Effectiveness - 'Building the Best Leader'

What's Your Leadership Philosophy?

JANET RADER
Associate Pastor, Salem Church of God

AMBER DALTON
Management Company Owner

MAUREEN GATEWOOD
OHSERS

BRIAN SCHLEPPI
ODOT

STACEY HEATON
Columbus Regional Airport Authority

JENNIFER KING
PPG Corporation

"DOES LEADERSHIP APPLY ACROSS ALL SECTORS?" | KEYNOTE PANEL ADDRESS
MODERATED BY BILL LHOTA, CEO, CENTRAL OHIO TRANSIT AUTHORITY (COTA)
Featuring:
Jo Ann Davidson: President, JAD & Associates, and Former Speaker, OH House of Representatives
Jim Kunk: President, Central Region, Huntington Bank
Doug Kridler: President and CEO, Columbus Foundation
Kerrii Anderson: Former President and CEO, Wendy's International
Eddie Harrell: President, Columbus Urban League

"BECAUSE NICE MATTERS: FROM THE FIELD TO THE BOARDROOM - BEING THE BEST YOU " | LUNCHEON ADDRESS
Hear from the 2008 ESPY Award winners for the "Best Moment", Mallory Holtman and Sara Tucholsky, founders of the Sportsmanship Defined Foundation.

Individual: $275 each
Team (4+ from the same organization): $250 each
We offer other rates for large groups, not-for-profit organizations and participating sponsors.
Please call 614.947.6888 for information.