Leadership Greater Syracuse is a non-profit organization that trains individuals to become leaders in the Greater Syracuse community. Since 1991, LGS has assembled diverse groups of citizens who share the interests of developing their leadership skills and improving their community. LGS classes represent a cross-section of business, industry, education, non-profit and government organizations. The leadership program not only teaches class members about the assets and problems of our community, but also about group behavior, transforming communities, and power. Class members forge strong bonds with each other and learn to approach challenges by creatively using their collective talents and experience.

Currently, three-hundred and forty Leadership Greater Syracuse graduates are actively involved in over 65 organizations within our community. Whether it's serving on a board, holding an elected position, or mentoring a child, our graduates are making an impact on our community.

For a complete list of our alumni, visit our Alumni Directory.

Benefits to Participants

1) Provides opportunities for contacts with influential community and business leaders;

2) Provides experience in group dynamics, team leadership, presentation skills and professional and personal growth;

3) Provides executive leadership skills in effective communication, ethics and judgement, decision-making, critical and creative thinking;

4) Promotes understanding of leadership style and personality;

5) Provides broad knowledge and sensitivity about people, systems, assets and problems of the community; and

6) Builds friendships and networks with diverse members of the community.


Benefits to Employers

1) Develops employees with increased organizational, leadership and problem-solving skills;

2) Gives companies and employees new insights into the community;

3) Strengthens a company’s involvement and participation in community affairs;

4) Gives companies new access to a network of community leaders and resources;

5) Companies gain public recognition for their community involvement;

6) Expedites employee development;

7) Enhances employee morale; and

8) Helps to ensure that our community is well taken care of in the future and continues to be a place to do business.


Benefits to Community

1) Develops a committed, knowledgeable group of people prepared to be leaders in the community and to shape its future;

2) Provides a broad-based pool of individuals sensitive to the diverse populations in our community;

3) Instills a greater appreciation of the issues facing our community today and into the next century; and

4) Encourages creative partnerships and initiatives between the public and private sectors.


Current Class Members

Donna Adams --	Syracuse University
Karen Ames --	St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center
James Blackburn, Jr--	Northland Communications
Kevin Brisson --	Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office
Kenneth Casarsa --	Lockheed Martin
Marcia Cole --	174th Fighter Wing
Pastor Joshua Czyz -	Word of Life Assembly of God
Colleen Deacon --	City of Syracuse, Mayor’s Office
Nicholas Dereszynski --	Brown & Brown Empire State
Renee Duffy --	CXtec
Kathleen Faulkham --	Green & Seifter, Attorneys, PLLC
Druanne Fellmeth --	St. Paul Travelers
John Finn --	Lockheed Martin
Patrick Gallagher --	Pacific Direct Incorporated
Pamela Gavenda --	Onondaga Community College
David Gerber --	ARCADIS -Blasland, Bouck & Lee
Carroll Grant, PhD --	Margaret L. Williams Developmental Evaluation Center, Syracuse Developmental Services Office
Cynthia Griffo --	News 10 Now
Laurin Haddad, Esq --	Laurin R. Haddad, Esq. Attorney at Law
Ardena Harvey --	Carrier Corporation
Nancy Hayman --	Hunt ERA Real Estate
Mark Hill --	SUNY-ESF
Michelle Hoffman --	Sensis Corporation
Christopher Keegan --	Welch Allyn
Kelly Klink --	Unity Mutual Life Insurance Company
Tak Man Lau --	AXA Equitable
William Leiker --	Lockheed Martin
Robert Liedka, Jr. --	Partners Trust
Kate Lillis --	CNY Community Foundation
Nicholas Longo --	Lockheed Martin
Aaron Luke --	Lockheed Martin
Erin Maloney --	Destiny USA
Lawrence Martin --	O’Brien & Gere
Michelle Mignano --	Onondaga County
Craig Milburn --	Brown & Sanford Consultants
Michael Murphy --	M&T Bank
Frank Netti --	Wachovia Securities
Dr. Thomas Neveldine --	East Syracuse-Minoa Central School District
Kristen Pease --	CXtec
Lori Richardson --	C & S Companies
Barbara Riggall --	SUNY Upstate Medical University
Adam Rombel --	Central New York Business Journal
Spencer Shull --	Lockheed Martin
Francis Stinziano, Jr. --	Gilberti, Stinziano, Heintz & Smith, P.C.
Jacquelyn Stjernholm --	Lockheed Martin
Michael Strain --	Loretto
Morgan Thurston --	Onondaga County Department of Social Services
Dr. John M. Torrens --	InterActive Therapy Group
Merike Treier --	Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc. & MDA
Arthur Van Gelder III --	C & S Companies

Participating Organizations

Employers and community organizations, who sponsor an individual, recognize that a healthy, economically vibrant community depends on the quality of its leadership. These organizations support the program in three ways. They excuse their employee from work one day a month for ten months to take part in the leadership training program, they pay the individual's tuition and many participate as presenters on program days.

The following is a list of Organizations who have Participated in the Leadership Greater Syracuse Program:


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ACCESS Center
Alliance Bank, N.A.
American Diary Association
American Heart Association
American Red Cross
American Skandia Life Ins. Co.
Andy Share & Associates, Inc.
Andrews Staffing Services
Agway Energy Products
ARGUS Consulting Group, LLC
ARISE, Inc.
Ashbury First United Methodist Church
Attorney at Law
Auburn Enlarged City School District
Automatic Data Processing
AXA Advisors/Equitable


B

B. G. Sulzle, Inc.
Barry Controls Aerospace
Barton & Loguidice, PC Consulting Engineers
Bellevue Elementary School
BizEventz
Blasland, Bouck & Lee, Inc.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of CNY
Bond, Schoeneck & King, LLP
Boys & Girls Clubs of Syracuse
Branch's Driving School, Inc.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Bryant & Stratton Business Institute
BSB Bank & Trust, 3rd Floor Commercial Loans
BTI The Travel Consultant


C

C & S Companies
CABLExpress Technologies
Care Matrix Corp
Carrier Corporation
Cary Academy
Catholic Charities/AmeriCorps Nat. Service Program
Cayuga Community College
Cayuga County Cornell Cooperative Extension
Cazenovia College
CCA/CASA Liberty Resources
Centegra Health System
Centers for Nature Education, Inc.
Central New York Community Foundation
Central New York Business Journal
Central NY Executive Forum
Chambers of Hon. Frederick J. Scullin, Jr.
Chase Manhattan Bank
Charter One Bank
City of Syracuse Community Development
City of Syracuse Dept. of Parks & Recreation
City of Syracuse Office of Community Services
City of Syracuse Office of Development
Clarkson University
Cleanroom Consulting, LLC
Clough Harbour & Associates
CNY ENT Consultants
College for Human Development
Community General Foundation
Community School of Music and Arts
Contemporary Personnel Staffing
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Cornell University
Coulter, Fraser, Bolton, Bird & Ventre
County Executive's Office/ Onondaga County
Crouse Health Foundation
Crouse Hospital
Crucible Specialty Metals


D

Delaware Academy
Deloitte & Touche
Deluxe Corp
Deluxe Financial Services
Dermody, Burke & Brown CPA, PLLC
Designworks Advertising, Inc.
Dunbar Center


E

Empire Federal Credit Union
Empire Medicare Resources
Empire State College SUNY
ENABLE
ENSR
Eric Mower and Associates, Inc.
Erie Canal Museum
Ernest & Young LLP
ESM CSD
EyeCare Ophthalmology, PLLC.


F

174th Fight Wing
Fleet Boston Financial
Francis House
Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society
Friends of Central Library (FOCL)
Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park


G

Galson Laboratories
Geddes Police Department
Girl Scout Council of CNY
Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
Green & Seifter Attorneys PLLC
Grenville Metropolitan Arts Council


H

Habitat For Humanity Board of Directors
Health Alliance of Central New York
Health Services Assoc
Healthcare Information Provider, Inc.
Henninger High School
Hezel Associates
Higbee, Inc.
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
Home Headquarters, Inc.
Home Builders Association of Central New York
Hospice Foundation of CNY
Housing Visions Unlimited, Inc.
HSBC Bank-USA, Inc.
Hughes Magnet School


I

i2eyenet.com
I'M SMART of CNY
Immanuel United Methodist Church
Information Systems Staffing, Inc
Innovation Management Consulting, Inc.
International Business Machines
International Center of Syracuse
InterReligious Council of CNY


J

James A. Gosier P.C.
Jamesville Grove
JC Jones & Associates
JOBSPlus!
JOBSPlus!/Child Assistance Program
Junior Achievement of Central New York
Junior League of Syracuse


K

KeyBank N. A.
Knowledge Systems & Research, Inc.
Koenig Advertising Public Relations


L

Lakefront Development Corp.
Lee Hecht Harrison
LeMoyne College
Levy Middle School
Lexington Financial Group
Liberty Resources, Inc.
Lincoln Financial Group
Lindenfield Law Firm, P.C.
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Syracuse
Lockheed Martin
Logo Incentives, Inc.
Loretto


M

M & T Bank
Mackay Jay Services, Inc.
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central New York
Makovsky & Co.
Manlius Pebble Hill School
Marsh, Inc.
McCarthy
McDonald Investments
Medical Massage Assn CNY
Meredith Corp.
Messenger Associates Inc.
Micale & Rivera, LLP
MML Investors Services, Inc.
Mohawk Customs & Shipping Corp.
MONY Life Insurance Company
Moore Advertising
Multinational Organization for Commerce & Trade, LLC
Museum of Science & Technology


N

Native American Service Agency of Upstate NY, Inc.
National Grid USA Service Company
Neonatal Consultants, Inc.
New Venture Gear
Niagara Mohawk Energy Marketing
Niagara Mohawk A National Grid Company
Northland Communications/Dreamscape Online
NYS Dept. of Health
NYS Division of Human Rights
NYS Education Dept. (VESID)
NYU - Higher Education Administration


O

Oberdorfer Industries
O'Brien & Gere Engineers Inc.
Observer Dispatch
OCC, Multimedia Tech. & Academic Comp. Ctr.
OCM BOCES - Parent Success Initiative
OCWA
Office of Management and Budget
Oncenter Complex
Onondaga Community College
Onondaga County Dept. of Aging & Youth
Onondaga County Department of Correction
Onondaga County Dept. of Social Services
Onondaga County District Attorney's Office
Onondaga County Health Department
Onondaga County Planning
Onondaga County Public Library
Onondaga County Sheriff Office
Onondaga County Sheriff's Department
Onondaga County/Syracuse Commission on Human Right
Onondaga County Water Authority
Onondaga Lake Cleanup Corp.
On-Site Legal Services
Orbimage


P

P.E.A.C.E. Inc.
Pasquale & Bowers, LLP
Pass & Seymour
Person to Person: Citizen Advocacy Assoc., Inc.
Piaker & Lyons, CPAs
Pinsky & Skandalis
Prudential First Properties
Pyramid Management Group


Q

QPK DESIGN Architecture, Engineering, Site & Planning


R

Ramada Inn Syracuse
Raymour and Flanigan
Rescue Mission
Robert L. Hood Company
Rochester Presbyterian Home
Rockwell Automation
Rose Center/Cameron by Design
Rosenthal Chadwick, Inc.
Rosewood Heights Health Center
Rural/Metro Medical Services


S

S & W Services, Inc.
Safety Council of CNY
Salomon Smith Barney
Samaritan Center Inc
School of Business
Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Fetter & Burstein PC
Sensis Corporation
Seymour School
Sisters of the Third Franciscan Order
Smart Media Productions, Inc.
Solvay Bank
Sonneborn Law Offices
Southeast Asian Center
Spanish Action League
St. Camillus Health & Rehab Ctr.
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center
Stearns & Wheler
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Superior Service Assoc.
Support Services Alliance Inc.
Susan Pale Associates
Sutton Companies
Syracuse Area Catholic Charities
Syracuse Childrens Chorus
Syracuse City School District
>> Corcoran High School
>> Delaware Academy
>> Fowler High School
>> Hughes Magnet School
>> H.W. Smith School
>> Seymour School
Syracuse City Schools-Office of Ed. Accountability
Syracuse Community Health Center, Inc.
Syracuse Housing Authority
Syracuse Holistic Health Council
Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council
Syracuse Model Neighborhood
Syracuse Networks.com
Syracuse Neighborhood Initiative
Syracuse Northeast Community Center
Syracuse Partnership To Reduce Juvenile Gun Violence
Syracuse Symphony Youth String Orchestra
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Syracuse University
Syracuse University, Office of Development
Syracuse University, School of Social Work
Syracuse Weed & Seed Community Partnership


T

Testone, Marshall & Discenza, LLP
The Allyn Foundation
The Chase Group
The Hillier Group
The Jenna Foundation for Non Violence
The Metz Group
The MONY Group
The Pioneer Companies
The Salvation Army
The Sutherland Group, Ltd.
The Young Agency, Inc.
Time Warner Cable
TRG Services


U

U.S. Court of Appeals
Unforgettable Occasions
United Baptist Church
United Radio Service
United Way of CNY
Unity Mutual Life Insurance Co
University of Connecticut
Upstate Medical University
Upstate Medical University-Inst. For Human Perform
US Department of HUD
USDA Rural Development


V

Verizon Wireless
ViaSat, Inc.
Visual Technologies Corp.


W

Washington Street Partners, Inc.
WCNY-TV/FM
Wegman's
Welch Allyn, Inc.
WXIN-TV/Tribune Broadcasting


Y

YMCA of Greater Syracuse


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E. Craig Heim, Former President, United Way of CNY, spoke about the importance of LGS to the community: "We create the future of our community by the decisions and actions we take today. Wise decision making and productive leadership needs to be nurtured and developed. As a new generation of leadership emerges, our community is fortunate to have Leadership Greater Syracuse as an effective vehicle to develop and nurture our leaders of tomorrow."

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Employers and community organizations, who sponsor an individual, recognize that a healthy, economically vibrant community depends on the quality of its leadership.

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