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September 2020
Brave, Bold Leadership for a Better Connecticut: Fall 2020 Leader Convenings
Featured Leader: Amanda Skinner, President & CEO, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Moderator: Andréa Comer, Executive Director of Educators for Excellence and Five Frogs Board Member
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Featured Leader: Nordia Savage, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, The Workplace Moderator: Tanya Rhodes Smith, Instructor in Residence and Director, Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work, University of Connecticut, School of Social Work and Past LDR Facilitator for Five Frogs
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Featured Leader: Bryan Garcia, President and CEO, Connecticut Green Bank Moderator: Ellie Webb, Field Services Advisor, Experience Corps; Five Frogs Board Member and LDR alumna
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Featured Leader: Mike Duggan, Executive Director, Domus Moderator: Tamara Smith, Executive Director, Teach For America – Delaware; Five Frogs Board Member
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Brave, Bold Leadership for a Better Connecticut: Leader Convenings, Oct/Nov 2020
Social impact leaders from across the nonprofit, public and private sectors are invited to join to connect, share ideas, and challenge and support each other. These conversations focus on leading for equity and justice, addressing organizational challenges and advancing innovative change.
Featured Leader: Chris Duffy, President and CEO, Leadership Greater Hartford
Moderator: Rocco Natale, Executive Director, Open Arts Alliance; LDR Alumnus
Brave, Bold Leadership for a Better Connecticut: Leader Convenings, Oct/Nov 2020
Social impact leaders from across the nonprofit, public and private sectors are invited to join to connect, share ideas, and challenge and support each other. These conversations focus on leading for equity and justice, addressing organizational challenges and advancing innovative change.
Featured Leader: Erik Clemons, CEO and President, ConnCAT
Moderator: Andréa Comer, Chief of Staff, CT Paid Leave Authority; Five Frogs Board Member
Brave, Bold Leadership for a Better Connecticut: Leader Convenings, Oct/Nov 2020
Social impact leaders from across the nonprofit, public and private sectors are invited to join to connect, share ideas, and challenge and support each other. These conversations focus on leading for equity and justice, addressing organizational challenges and advancing innovative change.
Featured Leader: Jeff Vanderploeg, President and CEO, The Child Health and Development Institute and The Children's Fund of Connecticut
Moderator: Fahd Vahidy, Philanthropic Advisor and Strategist, Graustein Family Office
November 2020
Brave, Bold Leadership for a Better Connecticut: Leader Convenings, Oct/Nov 2020
Social impact leaders from across the nonprofit, public and private sectors are invited to join to connect, share ideas, and challenge and support each other. These conversations focus on leading for equity and justice, addressing organizational challenges and advancing innovative change.
Featured Leader: Enid Rey, CEO and President, Our Piece of the Pie
Moderator: Andréa Comer, Chief of Staff, CT Paid Leave Authority; Five Frogs Board Member
Brave, Bold Leadership for a Better Connecticut: Leader Convenings, Oct/Nov 2020
Social impact leaders from across the nonprofit, public and private sectors are invited to join to connect, share ideas, and challenge and support each other. These conversations focus on leading for equity and justice, addressing organizational challenges and advancing innovative change.
Featured Leader: Novelette Peterkin, Chief Executive Officer, Carver Foundation of Norwalk, Inc.
Moderator: Fahd Vahidy, Philanthropic Advisor and Strategist, Graustein Family Office
December 2020
LDR 2021 Information Session – Hosted by the Nonprofit Support Program at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Building on the experience of 280 LDR participants over the last 12 years, LDR 2021 will be an entirely virtual ten-month small cohort experience to help emerging leaders improve their leadership practice in tangible ways, so they can realize transformational, observable results. Hear from Five Frogs and LDR Founder, Meghan Lowney; Tracey Walker, CEO of Journey Found, referring ED; LaToya Tyson, Director of Harm Reduction & Prevention, ACT, LDR Alum; and Joe Buonannata, Manager, Program Operations, Inclusive Prosperity Capital, LDR Alum.
Find out more »LDR 2021 Information Session – Hosted by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
Building on the experience of 280 LDR participants over the last 12 years, LDR 2021 will be an entirely virtual ten-month small cohort experience to help emerging leaders improve their leadership practice in tangible ways, so they can realize transformational, observable results. Hear from Five Frogs and LDR Founder, Meghan Lowney; Bob Arnold, President and CEO of Family Centers, Five Frogs Board Member; Jennifer Barahona, CEO of Norwalk ACTS, LDR Alum; and Cristher Estrada-Perez, Program Evaluations Manager of RE-Center, Race and Equity in Education, LDR Alum.
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