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A 9-month commitment with a lifetime of outcomes

The new Louisville's strategy for civic engagement must reflect a current reality of the need for new leaders the starting point is the Leadership Louisville Center.

The Leadership Louisville Center is the hub for a network of leaders that crosses economic and social boundaries, inspiring and challenging talented professionals to serve as catalysts for a stronger community.

The Leadership Louisville experience is a unique combination of relationship-building, learning, problem-solving, civic engagement and personal growth. The program structure is tried and true and the product is hundreds of motivated, informed, connected individuals ready to take on the challenges and opportunities faced by our city, their companies, and their families.

Annually, the best and brightest individuals are selected from a pool of applicants to build a Leadership Louisville class representative of the city of Louisville and full of energy, intellect and motivation.

We pack Leadership Louisville program days with activities and opportunities that you simply cannot get anywhere else. Your experiences will include exploration of neighborhoods and schools, jail tours and police car ride-alongs, and a behind-the-scenes look at legislation in Frankfort.

You'll discuss challenging topics with classmates and possibly never reach agreement, but you'll gain a different perspective. You will cross paths with people whom you would never likely meet in your day-to-day life, but you may make a lifetime connection with them.

If you choose to lead, your city, your neighborhood, at work or at home, you'll find that you have the tools you need.

In the end, you'll find you've grown as a person and changed as a citizen.

Program Details including
How and When to Apply

Class of 2009 Program Calendar

This program is held on Tuesdays.
June 10 (Orientation at 4:00 p.m.)
August 26-27 (Mandatory Opening Retreat)
September 9
October 14
November 11
December 9
January 13
February 10
March 10
April 7
May 12 (Closing Retreat and Graduation)

GROW AS A PERSON.
CHANGE AS A CITIZEN.

30th Anniversary Class
Class of 2009

Members of the Leadership Louisville Class of 2009 include:

Daniel Arbough, E.ON U.S. Services Inc.
Relia Bailey, Canaan Community Development Corporation
Justin Baker, CB Richard Ellis Louisville Robert Banks, Fifth Third Bank
Roger Batsel, Republic Bank & Trust Company
Charles Beckman, Humana Inc.
Karen Bertram, CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Deborah Bilitski, Esq., Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Judith Bloor, The Home of the Innocents Tony Bohn, Jr., Baptist Hospital East Spencer Bruce, Louisville Water Company
Madeleine Burnside, Ph.D., The Frazier International History Museum
Arthur Camins, Jefferson County Public Schools
Eric Churchill, Kosair Charities
Dennis Conniff, Frost Brown Todd LLC Sherry Crose, Kentucky Derby Museum
Ralph de Chabert, Brown-Forman Corp. Craig Dilger, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC Kendall Dudley, PNC Bank
Cathe Dykstra, Project Women, Inc.
Traci Elliott, Humana Kentucky
Kevin Fuqua, Chilton & Medley PLC
Mike Gifford, Fifth Third Bank
Katie Gilchrist, Kindred Healthcare Inc./Peoplefirst Rehabilitation
Mark Grundy, Esq., Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC
Priscilla Hancock, Ph.D., University of Louisville
Steve Hester, MD, Norton Healthcare Mary Ellen Wiederwohl Horner, MML&K Government Solutions
Mary Jackson, Mary Herd Jackson, Architect
Nicole Jacobsen, Regions Morgan Keegan Trust Company
Mary Keyer, AT&T Kentucky
John Kurnick, Yum! Brands, Inc.
Colleen Lyons, Ernst & Young LLP
Twila May, National City
Melissa Metzger, Esq., Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Diego Miron, Long Run Enterprises, LLC Steve Mockus, UPS
Shelley Neal, Jewish Hospital Medical Center East
Alexander Nixon, FB3 Development/Havana Beverages
Carol Nord, St. Nicholas Academy
Barry Oxley, Jr., Lincoln Heritage Council, Boy Scouts of America
Lydia Reid, Greater Louisville Inc. Donovan Reynolds, Louisville Public Media
Linda Ruffenach, ACCENT Marketing Services LLC
Sean Ryan, Bellarmine University
Roger Shannon, Steel Technologies Inc. John Shaver, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Lynn Simon, MD, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare
Brent Smith, Stegner Investment Associates, Inc.
Steve Soph, Marsh Inc.
Kerry Stemler, K.M. Stemler Co. Inc.
H. Stroth, Jr., University of Louisville Anthony Summers, Louisville Metro Government
Shannon Tivitt, Louisville Metro Government
Mike Trautmann, The Courier-Journal
Charles Venable, Ph.D., The Speed Art Museum
Scott Watkins, Norton Healthcare Jackson Woodward, III, The Horton Fruit Company, Inc.