Emerging Leaders - Previous Cohorts
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Emerging Leaders Program - Previous Cohorts
Sample Topics from Previous Cycles
- Leadership Styles and Development - DISC model, True Colors
- What is Leadership
- Creativity in Leadership
- Leadership Stories
- Wisdom from the Experts
- Value of Leadership
- Art of Self Promotion
- Leading from Any Position
- Implementing Change
- Using Social Media to Connect with Your Community
- Emerging Technologies
- Statewide Organizations - New Jersey Library Association, New Jersey State Library, Talking Book and Braille Center, LibraryLinkNJ
- Advocacy & Outreach
- Successful Library Partnerships
- Effective Management Communications
- Effective Meetings
- Effective Face to Face Communication
- Effective Presentations
- NJ Library Landscape
- Explore Library Hot Topics
- Merchandizing
Previous participants in each cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program:
| 2022-2023 (Cohort 11) | ||
| Ally Cirelli | Diane Musella | Leanne Manna |
| Dan Fitzgerald | Ruth Ware | Liz Day |
| Ebony Reeves | Sarah Pike | Melaina Squicciarini |
| Jenise Sileo | Brandy Walthall | Nicholas Bastean |
| Kaley Iacovetta | Allison Ryan | Christina Getaz |
| Kassandra Penn | Emily Lail | David McMahon |
| Rachel Talbert | Jessica Osolin | Jason Weissman |
| Sara Cook | Julie Manocchio | Kristen Rasczyk |
| Sherri Taliercio | Julie McGeough | Nicole Marconi |
| Ashley Mitchell | Kerrin Graul | Sara Figueroa |
| Wesley Blackburn |
| 2020-2021 (Cohort 10) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Leala Arnold | Molly Hone | Kiersten Paine |
| Jessica Bielen | Jennifer Kaari | Jacqueline Quinn |
| Janelle Bitter | Yolanda Keahey | Jasmine Riel |
| Mary Boykoff | Katherine Kotacska | Jane Sawyer |
| Kate-Lynn Brown | Heather Kristian | Sarah Teichman |
| Akiema Buchanan | Saskia Kusnecov | Lisa Thornton |
| Teresa Carlton | Jennifer Larsen | Dana Vocht |
| Erica Deb | Sarah Mason | Nora Walsh |
| Jessica Gentile | Jennifer Mentzer | Brittany Whitfield |
| Gabriella Graziul | Justin Portelli | Katrina Zwaaf |
| 2018-2019 (Cohort 9) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Melanie Bobrowicz | Emily Macleod | Vicky Ross |
| Scott Brown | Manuela Miracle | Melissa Rutkowski |
| Sara Cassaro | Lisa O'Shaughnessy | Stephanie Smith |
| Alicia Cerone | Amanda Ort | Christie Tenewitz |
| Christina Crandall | Esperanza Pacheco | Melissa Usack |
| Sadé Green | Rachel Paulus | Beth Vredenburg |
| Sarah Hughes | Natalie Peitsinovski | Adam Volpe |
| Jenna Ingham | Nicole Potdevin | Elby Wang |
| Kathlyn Kelly | Veronica Potenza | Beth Zak-Cohen |
| Cosette Lyncheski | Sara Lauren Purifoy |
| 2016-2017 (Cohort 8) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Maryjean Bakaletz | Marissa Lieberman | Stacey Shapiro |
| Cynthia Becker | Emily Mazzoni | Dana Skwirut |
| Cassidy Charles | Katie McKnight | Morgan Taylor |
| Timothy Dewysockie | Dina Meky | Elayna Turner |
| Joseph Emery | Melissa Nemitz | Rosy Wagner |
| Elizabeth Ferry | Margaret Rose O'Keefe | John Wallace |
| Diana Floegel | Judith Pissano | Emily Witkowski |
| Teresa Fox-Cavalier | Laurie Porsia | |
| Laura Kostiha | Kate Russo |
| 2014-2015 (Cohort 7) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Felicia Ballard | Ryan Lammers | Cassie Runkel |
| Ashley Carvagno | Lawrence Lane | Carissa Schanely |
| John Daquino | Sarah Legins | Anastasia Vito |
| Maureen Donohue | Michelle Louden | Kelsey Watkoskey |
| Jamie Dunn | Dorothy Luyster | Kerry Weinstein |
| Megan England | Adriana Mamay | Matt Willbergh |
| Lisa Ferrara | Elaine Menken | Candace Worrell |
| Jenifer Gundry | Sergio Ragno | |
| Brooke Jacob | Erin Roese |
|
2012-2013 (Cohort 6)
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|---|---|---|
| Tonya Badillo | Joseph Gasparro | Lanora Melillo |
| Erica Bess | Erin Gorski | Keisha Miller |
| Kristin Cancellieri | Liz Hoens | Courtney Nieddu |
| Maureen Carroll | Steve Hrubes | Natalie Niziolek |
| Anna Coats | Rebecca Karpoff | Sam Pharo |
| Jill D'Amico | Megan Kociolek | Karen Powell |
| Darby DeCicco | Rebecca Leopold | Erica Solomon |
| John DeLooper | Loretta Lisowski | Jill Stafford |
| Parinda Desai | Richetta Wilson Lobban | Emily Weisenstein |
| Katie Alba Fernandez | Andrew Luck |
| 2010-2011 (Cohort 5) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nancy Bonta Voitko | Lynnette Fucci | Carly Shilling |
| Martha Cannon | Rebecca Klein | Amanda Spino |
| Mary Jean Collacott | Ann Marie Latini | Ellie Strbo |
| Shyamoli De | Joan Liu-Devizio | Julie Tozer |
| Erin DeLucia | Carolyn Oldt | Nicholas Van Dorn |
| Nicole DeMatteo | Nicole Politi | Megan Wianecki |
| Theresa Foster | Lauren Repnicki | Richard Wiest |
| 2008-2009 (Cohort 4) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Molly Adams | Lara Fletcher | M. Allen McGinley |
| Caroline Aversano | George Germek | Arthur Merchant |
| Douglas Baldwin | Barb Hauck-Mah | Olivia Nellums |
| Elizabeth Bliss | Aubrey Hiers | Christen Orbanus |
| Michael Bobish | Karla Ivarson | Nadine Sergejeff |
| Lisa Borowski | Andrea Levandowski | Helen Snowden |
| Patricia Curran | Beth Magilligan-Halliday | Elizabeth Thompson |
| MaryFran Daley | Samantha Marker | Linda Tripp |
| Amera Elbayar | Eleanor Marquis | |
| Melissa Ernst | Michael Maziekien |
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2006-2007 (Cohort 3)
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|---|---|---|
| Beth Cackowski | Robyn Langston | Gary Schmidt |
| Steve Chudnick | Sean Mail | Paul Schroeder |
| Amy Clark | Maura Monte | Kimberly Strenger |
| Rekha Gandhi | Jeanne Murray | Patricia Sumner |
| Elaine Gold | Melissa Okerblom | Jessica Vanderhoff |
| Melissa John | Kristin Pehnke | Candis Willis |
| Lesa Keener | Elsworth Rockefeller | Eric Zino |
| Hannah Kwon | Beth Roszkowski | |
| Precious Langhorn-Cox | Tyler Rousseau |
| 2004-2005 (Cohort 2) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Adair | Sara Hansen | Magdalena Maslowski |
| Shawn Armington | Sally Harrison | Zarita Mattox |
| Aryana Bates | Michael Hollman | Nancy McConville |
| Suzanne Bernsten | Sara Imranyi | Kassundra Miller |
| Kim Bravo | Melinda Johnson | Taya Petino |
| Cathy Briant | Phillip Jones | Lynn Schott |
| Laurie Corcoran | Diana Joniec | Jenni Spencer |
| Kelly Davenport | Amy Kearns | Rachel Steiner |
| David Eckert | Suzanne Klein | Jocelyn West |
| Mary Beth Fine | Anne Devine Krautheim | Gylnis Wray |
| Anthony Fisher | Julie Maginn | Maureen Wynkoop |
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2002-2003 (Cohort 1)
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|---|---|---|
| Nasreen Ahmed | Ken Kaufman | Steven Okrend |
| Heather Andolsen | Karen Klapperstuck | Joanne Parra |
| Jessica Bornemann | Sherry Kowlaski | CL Quillen |
| Emily Carey | Ilene Lefkowitz | Enola Romano |
| Nicole Cooke | Nancy Lepionka | Jose Romero |
| Mary Kate Cullinan | David Lisa | Veronica Salaam |
| Cathi Finnen | Judy Macaluso | Melissa Schabel |
| Deborah Fisher | Annemarie Mascarenhas | Robin Shader |
| Matthew Freund | Michele Michaud | Teri Taylor |
| Pat George | Beth Miller | Megan Toohey |
| Sharon Goldschneider | Carol Moroz | Marisa Treglio |
| Elizabeth Herron | Brenda Muhlbaier | Gail Yallop |
| April Kane | Tim Niland |
Revised January 23, 2023