Leadership
Coshocton County held its welcome reception on Aug. 12 at Clary
Gardens, and guests were treated to snacks by Schumaker Farms. Members of the Leadership Coshocton County
Class of 2026 were joined by family, employers, LCC alumni and members
of the LCC Advisory Board for the official welcome and kickoff to the
program year.
The
35th class of LCC was welcomed by Executive
Director Betsy Gosnell, thanking alumni and supporters of the program for their
continued involvement. Jandi Adams, Clary Gardens director and LCC Class of 2016 alumna, welcomed the class to Clary
Gardens while Jodi Morrison, Class of 2021, shared news from the gardens. This was followed by a welcome from Bob Pell, LCC 1997 and Coshocton Foundation executive
director, and Adam Parks, leadership advisory board chair.
Also addressing the group was Hannah Gallagher (LCC 2024), who gave program information to prepare the cohort for the year
ahead, while Matthew Armstrong (LCC 2023) introduced the new class to the
assembled audience.
Members
of the Leadership Coshocton County Class of 2026 include Connie Allen; Donald
Allen; Jessica Carr, McWane Poles; Shantelle Coffman, Bratton Law; Kayla
Cowden, Wiley Companies; April George, KnoHoCo Ashland CAC; Ashley Guthrie,
Coshocton Port Authority; Emily Henry, Coshocton County Department of Job & Family Services; Chloe Hollback, United
Way; Amy Hunter, Buckeye Fluid Solutions; Tish King, Coshocton County Board of
Developmental Disabilities; Corie Lahna, Bratton Law/Dogwood Title; Audrey Phillips,
OhioHealth/Southeastern Med; Kaden Smith, H. Dewey Thompson Financial Service;
Heather Stoffer, Hummel Group Inc., Brittany Taylor, Coshocton Public Health
District; Joshua Walsh, Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office; and Jim Wright,
McWane Ductile.
The
program year will begin with opening retreat Sept. 7-8 at Mohican Lodge
and Conference Center, facilitated by Emily Marrison and Jenny Strickler of Ohio State University Extension Coshocton County and Erin George of Kane
Learning.
Leadership
Coshocton County is a program of the Coshocton Foundation and receives funds
from the Willard S. and Helen F. Breon Discretionary Fund, the McWane Ductile Community
Grant, and Schooler Family Fund. This nine-month leadership-development program
meets monthly with sessions designed to build upon the lessons introduced at opening retreat by learning about and visiting historical sites, businesses,
government agencies, and nonprofit and social service agencies in Coshocton County.
In addition, members gain leadership skills
through a nationally recognized online leadership curriculum, Positive Leadership. Chapter readings covering leadership
capacities enhance the experiential learning of the monthly program days,
allowing each member to further their leadership growth.
Each class is tasked with developing, and
seeing through to completion, a community project that addresses an unmet need
in the community. Examples of past
projects include renovation of the pantry at The Salvation Army, completion of
a memory garden at Lake Park and creation of the Coshocton County Youth
Leadership Program.
The
program year ends in May with a closing session and graduation in which
participants will revisit the capacities learned through Positive Leadership.
The deadline
to apply for the Class of 2027 is June 1, 2026. For more information email Gosnell at lead@coshoctonfoundation.org.
