Boone County Leadership moves to Community Foundation

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Gabi Youran
Gabi Youran

By Heather Lusk

The Boone County Leadership program has found a new home. The program, operated by the United Way of Central Indiana for five years, has moved under the umbrella of the Community Foundation of Boone County.

“We felt like it was something that really fit well with our mission,” said Gabi Youran, Director of Community Relations for the Community Foundation of Boone County

The United Way has a separate leadership program operating out of their central arm, according to Youran,. They felt it didn’t make sense to have a competing program and had been trying to find a new home for BCL for the last several years.

While the fundamentals of the program will remain the same, Youran expects that they will “enhance it into something that make sense for the community foundation.”

“We do want to bring in an element of action at the end of each class,” she said.

The nine-month program covers topics that impact the county such as education, business and industry and economic development. Human services has been a separate lesson, but You’re an said that they would like that element to be interspersed through all of the programs.

“We really want to allow people to find their passion, find their strength and understand how they can become better civic leaders in their community,” she said.

The entire staff of the Community Foundation of Boone County has taken the program or will be taking it in the fall.

“The United Way laid an amazing groundwork for us,” said Youran. “We’re looking forward to riding that wave and bringing forward our own enhancements.”

The Boone County Leadership program is open to county residents. Applications are now being accepted for the 2015 / 2016 class which starts in September and may be found on their website: http://www.communityfoundationbc.org/community-leadership/boone-county-leadership/

 


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