Residents Chosen for UMass Boston Emerging Leaders Program

Editor's Note: The following is a press release.

The selection committee of the Emerging Leaders Program of the College of Management at UMass Boston has accepted 31 Fellows to participate in the 2012 cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program. The fellows include:

Kara Boniface, of West Roxbury, who currently works at MassBio.

Jennifer Springer, of West Roxbury, who currently works at AFSCME Council 93/Mass AFL-CIO.

For the past ten years, UMass Boston's Emerging Leaders Program has established an executive leadership development offering that engages individuals across sector, gender, race and ethnicity in an experiential collaborative, skill-building program. The program focuses on several critical skills, including communication and negotiation strategies, risk taking and entrepreneurship, the impact of new media/social media on your brand and your company, ethical practices, change management, team building, and networking.

"The 2012 cohort will join the 426 emerging leader alums -- a group of emerging leaders that enhances the available talent pool and answers the concern that we need more skilled leaders" said Sherry Penney, Found Director of the Emerging Leadership Program. "As they network with each other and with current leaders and hone skills in teamwork, they will start to assume leadership roles of increasing responsibility in this community."