Executive Director: Lisa Labella
203-335-3800 ext. 116 or labella@brbc.org
The charge of Leadership Greater Bridgeport is to identify the leaders of tomorrow, nurture their growth through training and education, and then identify the areas where they, acting either as individuals or as an alumni group, can do the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
The program consists of a 10-month course of 10 daylong workshops, along with an orientation, tour and graduation ceremony. Throughout the course, the participants are trained in leadership skills, including team building, negotiation, coping with conflict, communication, decision making and listening. In addition, participants acquire an acute awareness of community issues and challenges through face-to-face discussions with community leaders. The program sessions, many of which occur at a location related to the topic, provide information on human services, the economy, demographics, local and state government, public safety and justice, health care, education, the arts, the media, transportation, housing and much more. During the course, the participants are broken into groups that develop and implement a project that addresses a current community problem.
Members of the Leadership Greater Bridgeport Board of Directors are as follows:
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Term Expires: |
| Doug Holcomb, Class 14, Chair, Greater Bridgeport Transit |
2015 |
| Susan Ball, Class 17, Discovery Museum |
2013 |
| Erica Bartelson, Class 17, Health Net of the Northeast |
2014 |
| Dorcas Blue, Class 19, Fairfield County Community Foundation |
2015 |
| Xiomara Chiluisa, Class 17, People's United Bank |
2015 |
| David Daniels, Class 21, Bridgeport Police Department |
2014 |
| Maggie Dunigan, Class 14, Discovery Museum |
2013 |
| Cassandra Edmunds, Class 10, Action for Bridgeport Community Development, Inc. |
2014 |
| Evangelio Franco, Class 16 |
2013 |
| Joseph L. Gaudett, Jr., Class 7, Bridgeport Police Department |
2015 |
| Jim Gildea, Class 22, Bigelow Tea |
2015 |
| Rebecca Harriman, Class 20, HK Consulting Group, LLC |
2013 |
| Faith Harrison-Villegas, Class 20, Bridgeport Public Education Fund |
2013 |
| Bob Hojnacki, Class 21, The Bank of Fairfield |
2014 |
| Caryn Kaufman, Class 15, Caryn Kaufman Communications |
2015 |
| Jayne Kuchma, Class 14, Kuchma Corporation |
2015 |
| Liz McGovern, Class 21, AFLAC |
2014 |
| John Sigona, Class 17, The United Illuminating Company |
2013 |
| Steve Stafstrom, Class 20, Pullman & Comley |
2013 |
| Jessica Summers, Class 20, Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo |
2013 |
| Belkis Vasconez, Class 23, TD Bank |
2013 |
| Joanne Velardi, Class 20, St. Vincent's Medical Center |
2013 |
| Carlos Vizcarrondo, Class 20, Aquarion Water Company |
2013 |
| Scott Wich, Class 22, Clifton Budd & DeMaria, LLP |
2015 |
| Kim Bianca Williams, Class 23, Career Resources, Inc. |
2013 |