2008-09 PEL Participants

Back row: President Robert Bruninks; Regent David Larson; Mel Mitchell – Director of Organizational Effectiveness; Dave Dorman – Coordinator of President's Emerging Leaders program; Bryan Hermann; Maureen Bailey - PEL consultant. Next row: Barbara Schwab; Nick Kemske; JP Hagerty; Craig Gjerdingen; Jody Seiler-Peterson. Next row: Adi En Gal - PEL administrative assistant; Peyton Owens III; Mary Vincent Franco; Dean Carlson; Kent Spaulding; Ron Huesman; Katherine Himes; Michele Lorenz. Front row: Makeda Zulu-Gillespie; Tracy Anderson; Shane Stennes; Yelana Yan; Heather Peterson; Renee Rivers; Stacy Doepner-Hove; Gwen Sutter; Pandora Aaron; Jacqueline Hoffsten; Jeff Abuzzabhab. Not pictured: Sophia Anema; Korey Garibaldi

About the Program

The President's Emerging Leaders Program provides a structured, yet flexible leadership development opportunity for high potential P&A, civil service, and bargaining unit staff. The yearlong program, co-delivered with the Office of the Vice President of Human Resources, features educational and experiential components, fosters a broad perspective of the University as an enterprise, and promotes skill development to enhance leadership effectiveness.

The primary goals of the President's Emerging Leaders program are to: 1) identify, prepare, and support new leadership within the University of Minnesota; 2) to create a larger pool of candidates to fill open positions and/or leadership assignments; and 3) to create an organizational expectation whereby all administrators assume responsibility for identifying and nurturing potential leaders.

For more information:

• The President's Emerging Leader Program
• Application Process
• Current Participants
• Past Participants
• Past Leadership Projects