Phoenixville Community Health Foundation Graduates Executive Leader Class

Phoenixville, PA --The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation’s Executive Leadership Institute has graduated its 2016 class of nine emerging leaders of the non-profit community.

The mission of the Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) is to provide executive-level and management-level staff within the non-profit sector, an opportunity to gain self-awareness, knowledge, and experience to become more effective leaders within their professional and personal lives, according to a press release.

The yearly curriculum is approved by Arcadia University as a non-credit certificate program from the School of Continuing Studies in Non-Profit Leadership, the Foundation said.

This ten-month leadership program began with a personal self-assessment through the well-recognized Myers/Briggs psychological instrument. From there, each class had two sessions on aspects of leadership presented by individuals from the for-profit/non-profit, academic, and philanthropic sectors, according to the release.

The students’ final assignment was to present their own personal leadership plans and goals. At the end of the program, there was a two-level evaluation of both behavioral outcomes and the quality of instruction. This approach recognized that while both are critical, to be truly successful, enduring behavioral change is essential, the Foundation said.

Participants included: Tracy Beck, Operations Director for PA Assistive Technology Foundation; Lauren Blood, Program Director for Triskeles, Inc.; Lynn Detwiler, Executive Director for Barnstone Art for Kids; Kristin Keller, Executive Director for Orion Communities; Margaret Magee, Executive Director for Daemion Counseling Center; Karen Mauté, Executive Director for the Royersford Outreach; Carolyn McKenna, Developmet Director for Home of the Sparrow; Wendy McKeon, Executive Director for Mom's House; and Jeane McNamara, Director of Curriculum for Villa Maria Academy High School.

The 2017 ELI will begin in September but all applications must be received by August. For more information on how to apply, please see here.