MONTICELLO- In an exciting recent development, Leadership Sullivan, a program of The Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce Foundation, announced that Jonathan Drapkin, founder of Drapkin Strategies and former CEO of the Hudson Valley think tank Pattern for Progress has partnered with the SCCC Foundation Board to add an enhanced leadership training component to this year’s Leadership Sullivan curriculum. Mr. Drapkin will make an introduction at the upcoming class orientation September 10th and 11th at the Villa Roma. He will then provide five one-hour sessions on leadership during the class year.
Jonathan Drapkin has a long and distinguished career, spanning four decades in the public and not-for-profit sectors. Jonathan’s Sullivan County experience included serving as its County Manager (1996-2000) and as the former Executive Director of the Gerry Foundation 2000-2006), where he was instrumental in the development of Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. Jonathan is currently a Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) Fellow and the founder of Drapkin Strategies. He has lectured on leadership and created programs to foster new leaders.
“Though we always receive positive feedback for our program,” says Foundation Chair, Cory Dame. “We have received repeated requests to add a more intensive leadership training component into the curriculum. With Jonathan’s depth of knowledge, experience, and love of Sullivan County, we could not have found a better person to do just that.”
Drapkin comments “I look forward to working with Leadership Sullivan to add to its excellent program of nurturing the next generation of County leaders. Especially today, the county needs to develop bright young leaders willing to address the issues facing the county.”
For over 20 years, The Leadership Sullivan Program has provided a platform that expands the leadership potential of participants through educational programs designed to broaden…
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