IN THIS ISSUEIN THIS ISSUE From the Board From the Board Leslie Haviland, PresidentLeslie Haviland, President

May 2017May 2017

LEADERlinesLEADERlinesLEADERlines

• FROM THE BOARDFROM THE BOARD 11

• SLATE OF OFFICERSSLATE OF OFFICERS 11

• FAMILY DAYFAMILY DAY 22

• ADULT LEADERSADULT LEADERS 33

• ALUMNI CHANGESALUMNI CHANGES 33

• YOUTH CAREERSYOUTH CAREERS 44

• CHAMBER EVENTSCHAMBER EVENTS 44

• ALUMNI BOARDALUMNI BOARD 55

• BULLETIN BOARDBULLETIN BOARD 55

• THANK YOUTHANK YOU 55

• WEB & ADDRESSWEB & ADDRESS 55

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LEADERship Alumni 2017LEADERship Alumni 2017-- 2018 Slate of Officers2018 Slate of Officers

PresidentPresident -- Peter Kemp Peter Kemp

ViceVice--President President -- George Stokus Exec. Vice President George Stokus Exec. Vice President -- Sue WhittingtonSue Whittington

Treasurer Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Past-President

Greg Nuttall Jon Milton Rene Iosco Leslie Haviland

Director - Expires 2019

Jennifer Ferrari

Elisabeth Glynn

Angie Metcalf

Kim Nash

Director - Expires 2018

Gabriella Ferrari

Chad Hastings

Gina Kenyon

Brett Zurich

Class 27 Representative - Tara Zweben

Thank you to Robert Ankrom, Chair and his Class 26 team for recruiting more than 200 people to attend Family Day, April 30, at Met’s Stadium and the sponsors: Florida Power & Light, Hustons Commercial Interiors, Colonial Life Insurance, First Citizen’s Bank, and Martin Health System. Our group was one of the largest groups to visit the park and I hope Class 27 will follow in Class 26’s legacy with their family day event in 2018.

In other alumni news the alumni board has nominated the 2017-2018 board of directors for your review to be approved at our June social. Graduations are in the air! Adult LEADERship Class 27 will have their graduation Thursday, May 4th and we will celebrate the 20th Youth LEADERship Class Graduation on Tuesday, May 16, both held at the Stuart Yacht & Country Club.

I encourage Class 27 and our seasoned alumni to get involved with the Youth LEADERship program by contacting myself lhaviland@keiseruniversity.edu or Jeanne Dunn at briankdunn@msn.com. By serving on the committee, you will assist with one of the LEADERship “days” similar to adult LEADERship. I served on the committee after I graduated from Class 21. It is a great experience to work with businesses in the community to create a special day for these students. Lastly, you will get to have lunch with the students and their families at the gradua-tion luncheon where the Alumni Board will give out the Nancy Sailer Youth LEAD-ERship Scholarship to a high school graduate of the youth program.

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Family Day at St. Lucie Mets Baseball GameFamily Day at St. Lucie Mets Baseball Game

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We had another exciting year with the LEADERship Program.

Class 27 “27 Leads The Way”, or is it “Rogue 27” has really come together,

and I expect we will see great things from them. They will graduate on May

4th and we have already started the search for applicants for class 28. I am

truly excited to have three classes under my belt, and am looking forward to

the next few months, searching for applicants who are ready to take on a new

challenge and outlook of Martin County. If you have someone in your busi-

ness or organization, or know someone in your industry, please let me know

and I will get an application to them.

I would like to thank Sue Hedgepeth, Planning Chair and the Planning Committee for the

awesome job they do all year long planning, scheduling and following through on the various days.

These Alumni have taken the leadership role seriously and have gone the extra mile. They are

fulfilling the on-going mission of LEADERship Alumni. I invite all Alumni to join us, or the Youth

LEADERship Planning Committee at any time during the year.

Please join us on May 4th for Capstone Day at Treasure Coast Hospice on Indian Street and

Class 27th Graduation at the Yacht & Country Club. Call me for more information at 772.287.1088,

ext. 106 or email me any time at claconte@stuartmartinchamber.org.

Taryn Kryzda (13) Martin County Administrator, has been busy with staff

changes this past year.

• Kevin Kryzda (15) Taryn Kryzda’s husband, has retired from the county as Chief

Information Officer after working for the county for 33 years. He has gone to work

in the private sector with General Micro Systems Incorporated as their CIO.

• George Stokus (25) who has been Airport Manager, will be Assistant County

Administrator, a title change which was DOA (Director of Administration) that will

provide expanded responsibilities. George, who has a Masters in Public Admin-

istration, will continue to be a Liaison to the business community, engage as need-

ed in economic development activities and retain oversight of Airport operations

and capital projects. He will begin his transition immediately with a target comple-

tion date of May 1, 2017.

• Gabriella Ferraro (24) whose last day with the county was April 14 as the public

affairs and communications director for five and a half years. Ferraro has accepted

a job in the private sector with Quest Corporation of America, Inc. where she still

will work in public affairs and communications. Both Gerraro and Stokus serve on

the LEADERship Alumni Board of Directors.

LEADERship Program LEADERship Program -- Cindy LaConteCindy LaConte

Alumni Job Changes At the CountyAlumni Job Changes At the County

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UPCOMING Stuart/Martin Chamber Events UPCOMING Stuart/Martin Chamber Events ---- 772772--287287--10881088

Youth Leaders Get a Head Start on Career Planning!Youth Leaders Get a Head Start on Career Planning!

May 2, Tues., 7:45am, Chamber Breakfast, Office Depot, 2373 SE Federal Highway, Stuart

May 9, Tues., 7:45am, Chamber Breakfast, Thrivent Financial, Chamber Conf Rm, 1650 S Kanner Hwy, Stuart

May 10, Wed., 11:45am, Chamber Luncheon, AT&T, Monarch Country Club, 1801 SE Monarch Club Dr., PC

May 16, Tues., 7:45am, Chamber Breakfast, WQCS-NPR for the TC, Chamber Conf Rm, 1650 S Kanner Hwy

May 17, Wed., 5:30-7:30pm, Business After Hours, Harbor Community Bank, 3250 SE Federal Hwy Stuart

May 23, Tues., 7:45am, Chamber Breakfast, First Citizens Bank, 2171 SE Federal Highway, Stuart

The Martin Youth LEADERship Career Day Program Chair,

Linda Fitzpatrick from Keiser University, kicked-off the day at the

impressive Pine School’s Hobe Sound campus with an orienta-

tion overview. JoAnn Faiella, C.O.O. of Treasure Coast Urgent

Care, followed up with a workshop on attending job fairs and

interview tips.

Orientation was followed by the first break-out session led by

Leslie Haviland, Associate Director of Student Activities at Keiser

University. Ms. Haviland reviewed proper resume formatting and

tips, and students took a group quiz to learn the dos and don’ts

of resume writing. The advice was particularly useful, as

students had an opportunity to attend a job fair immediately

afterwards. Students were given the opportunity to search for

summer jobs, summer internships and volunteer opportunities

with approximately a dozen businesses. Many thanks go to

Cheree Ramirez from Manpower for coordinating the Career Fair.

Students rotated the rest of the morning between presentations from local experts in their fields. Emily Maas and Trish Brown from Indian

River State College gave a presentation on budgeting, particularly during the college years. Kat Deusterhaus, from the Social Butterfly

Agency, discussed social media and how students can brand themselves based on the way they post and use social media, such as Linked

In, Facebook, etc. A delicious lunch was provided courtesy of The Pine School. We are grateful to Beth Lettengarver, Director of Admis-

sions, for her help with logistics for the day. The afternoon session started with a fashion show of “What to Wear vs. What Not to Wear” to a

job interview and was presented by Amy Moyer. Six MYL students enthusiastically modeled clothing provided by SteinMart. The fashion

show, complete with runway carpet, music and commentator, included a take home brochure on the dos and don’ts, including pictures and

suggested looks for a young job seeker’s first interviews.

The Martin Youth LEADERship Program for high school students is in its 20th year. For more information about Martin Youth LEADERship,

and how you too, might become a sponsor, donor, event coordinator or advisory board member or obtain a student application for 2017-18,

please see the group web site at: http://www.leadershipmcalumni.com/youth_leadership.asp, or contact Chair, Diana Bruton, (772) 215-3613

or MartinYouthLeadership@gmail.com

• Pictured l to r: Chris Franco, Zachary Soviero,

Kayla Zweben, Mikayla Verzi, Jenna Johnson

and Cameron Soviero

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LEADERship AlumniLEADERship Alumni P.O. Box 794P.O. Box 794

Stuart, FL 34995Stuart, FL 34995--794794

Note: Our monthly newsletter can

now be viewed on our website

www.LeadershipMCalumni.com

Bulletin Board POST YOUR NOTESPOST YOUR NOTESPOST YOUR NOTES

Youth Class 21 LEADERship applicants can send a request for a copy of the application to

martinyouthleadership@gmail.com

The Alumni Annual

Business Directory

will be mailed in July

to all Alumni who have

paid their July 2016 to

June 2017 dues and

will be listed under

their business. If you have not notified

us of any changes please do so ASAP

Nancy Sailer at jancy11@aol.com

or phone 772-287-6692

SAVE THE DATESAVE THE DATE

Tuesday June 20

for our After Hours Social After Hours Social from 5:30

to 7:30 pm at Twisted Tuna, cost $20,

to network and meet our new board of

directors for 2017-2018 that will be

installed during the evening.

Adult Class 28 LEADERship

applications are available now

contact Cindy LaConte Pro-

gram Coordinator at

claconte@stuartmartinchamber.org

LEADERship Alumni Board

2016 – 2017

PresidentPresident Leslie Haviland Keiser University

ViceVice--PresidentPresident

Peter Kemp Huston’s Office-Comm. Interiors

Exec. ViceExec. Vice--PresidentPresident

George Stokus Assistant MC Administrator

TreasurerTreasurer Greg Nuttall

Hill, Barth & King, LLC

Recording SecretaryRecording Secretary Jon Milton

Milton Engineering Consultants

Corresponding SecretaryCorresponding Secretary Rene S. Iosco

Broad & Cassel, Attorney at Law

Past PresidentPast President Jolynn Whitten

Sandhill Cove Retirement Living

DirectorsDirectors

Jennifer Ferrari Keller Williams Realty

Gabriella Ferraro

Quest Corporation of America

Elisabeth Glynn United Way of Martin County

Chad Hastings

Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith

Gina Kenyon Forward Electric & AC

Angie Metcalf

Martin Health System

Kim Waser-Nash QuitDoc Foundation

Sue Whittington

Morgan Stanley

Brett Zurich Team Parks, Inc.

ExEx--OfficioOfficio Class 26 Representative

Robert Ankom The Pine School

Youth Planning Chair

Diana Bruton Treasure Coast Realty

LEADERship Prog. Director

Cindy LaConte Stuart/Martin County Chamber

LEADERlines Editor

Nancy Sailer

Robert Ankrom, Chair of the Family Day at the Mets Baseball Game, sends his THANK YOU’s to his Class 26 team Elisabeth, Linda, Emily & Jenn, who are the best and jumped right in there with him. Our sponsors: Colonial Life, First Citizens Bank, Florida Power & Light, Hustons Commercial Interiors and Martin Health System who ensured that this event would be a financial success. The volunteers who helped register all our 202 family members. The board members who gave me guidance in planning, coordinating and promoting the whole affair. I am so proud to be a LEADERship Alumni. Your personal commitments to the success of this program is very evident and helps to inspire folks like my Class who are just becoming more engaged in community events.

This was without a doubt - a total team effort.