Leadership Ottawa County is a community leadership development program that annually brings community leaders together to share and learn about diverse areas of interest about the community as well as share their own unique experiences and backgrounds.  Participants have the opportunity to learn more about their community through a program of activities, projects, and field trips to broaden their perspective and enhance their leadership skills to address community needs and opportunities.

The purpose of Leadership Ottawa County is to develop, strengthen, and enrich the effective leaders for Ottawa County  and develop, conduct, and continuously improve the quality and impact of the Leadership Ottawa County program.

Leadership Ottawa County strives to increase participants; knowledge of the many diverse areas of interest in Ottawa County.  Experiential training is provided to class participants to sharpen knowledge of various leadership topics.  Participants will become more involved in their community, thus creating a better community for all.

Topics explored by the classes include, but are not limited to:

History and Heritage
Business and Economic Development
Education and Diversity
Law Enforcement
Government Structure
Tourism
Agriculture and Environmental Issues
Healthcare
Visioning
Team Building
Communications
Boardsmanship
Problem Solving
Leadership Skills Development
Conflict Resolution

Classes run from September thru May

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2008 Board of Directors

Cathy Allen, President
Brenda Smith, Vice President
Millie Butts, Secretary
Brad Sander, Treasurer

Gwen Biglin
Corrine Creeden
Emily Dunfee
Tory Heilman
Connie Moore
Dennis Russo
Paul Shaw

LOC Alumni
Class of 2001
Pat Adkins
Rosan Allen
Scott Bowers
Lori Clune
Joe Devore
Lisa Dubbert
Beth Gillman
Erika Joy
Sarah Meacham
Laura Noble
Janet Pepa
Brenda Provenzale

Class of 2002
Brenda Barton
Carol Benner
Kathy Booher
Jim Crawford
Gabi Felter
Lisa Hart
Mike Libben
Stephanie Lowe
Diane Schimming
Jeannie Wertenbach

Class of 2003
Larry Chako
Laura Devore
Erin Flower
Jamie Kochensparger
Amy Newell
Robert Nobles
Jeri Peto
Robin Richter
Marsha Skinner
Lisa Smith
April Willer

Class of 2004
Cathy Allen
Thomas Brown
Jennifer Capizzi
Rachel Fall
Michael Ferdinandsen
Don Klingman
Arthur Pepper
Bruce Schermbeck
Max Wheaton
Angela Woodel

Class of 2005
Stephanie Bayer
Leslie Bolte
Amy Drummer
Theresa Elder
John Fellhauer
Cynthia Geiger
Joann Gunn
Stephanie Kowal
David Lang
Randall Lipstraw
Sheila Powell
Gary Steyer
Pamela Vogel
Matthew Whitted

Class of 2006
Deb Benko
Betsey Gordon
Amy Heflinger
Joseph Kruse
Haley Leffler
Bill Lowe
LIsa Molnar
Barbara Radebaugh
Jim Ridener
Donna Schoonmaker
John Seder
Paul Shaw
Judy Twarek
Tim Wasserman
Roger Velliquette

Class of 2007
Pam Courtney
Ann Duez
Larry Fletcher
Nina Garza
Melissa Hanson
Pat Kleinhans
Connie Moore
Laura Schlacter
Kevin Sibbring
Paul Zeiler

Class of 2008
Amy Below
Gwen Biglin
Adam Byers
Cathy Davenport
Tory Heilman
Pat Keys
Pat Luebcke
Lori Opfer
Chip Palazzo
Kevin Peters
Dennis Russo
Brad Sander
Karen Slessman
Jennifer Wilkins

Class of 2009
Chelle Blausey
Joan Bryden
Jan Bucholz
Millie Butts
Karen Camburn
Connie Cornett
Corrine Creeden
David Dewitz
Emily Dunfee
Kathy Elchert
Jeff Eller
David Kopchak
Maureen Saponari
Brad Schwan
Brenda Smith
Tamara Zuilhof

Class of 2010
Angela Adair
Judy Balsom
Samantha Bechtel
John Bennet
Jeffrey Chio
Crystal Dymond
Jay Faris
Tracy Gaines
Adam Gehman
Jan Hackett
Roger Hanover
Erin House
Michelle Ish
Ronald Kwiatkowski
Lori Madison
Carrie Maxwell Pocock
Aaron Moraca
Jeffrey Schirm
Jennifer Smith
Kimberly Strong_Todd
Steve Wagner