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)
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  

 

2006-2007 (Cohort 3)
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

 

2002-2003 (Cohort 1)
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