News from LCV

Applications are currently being accepted for the 2017-18 class of Leadership Coachella Valley. Up to 40 applicants will be selected to participate in the ten-month program designed to identify, motivate and develop future community leaders. The program, known for “Creating Tomorrow’s Leaders Today”, encourages involvement by providing knowledge and perspective on valley-wide needs and concerns. Participants meet current community leaders and experts in forum and group discussion settings once a month for ten months, from September to June.

The first-class session will take place on Friday, September 15, from 8:00am until 4:30pm, following a welcome reception and orientation the evening before, Thursday, September 14, from 6:00 – 8:00pm.  Class sessions are held once a month on the 3rd Friday (2nd Friday in December).
Current tuition is $950 and includes all ten full-day sessions, lunches, break refreshments, class materials, field trips, graduation dinner and ceremony. Tuition must be paid in full before the first-class session. Tuition for most students is paid by their employers and / or may be paid by the student personally.  There are a limited number of scholarships, for which an application request may also be completed.

Applications must be fully completed and received in the Leadership office by 4:30pm on Friday, July 31, 2017, and all applicants will be notified of their status on or before September 1.  Interviews for applicants may be scheduled by the selection committee.  Applications may be obtained online at www.leadershipcv.org, or by emailing [email protected].  Hard copies of completed applications should be sent to: Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce, Attn: LCV Application, 72559 Highway 111, Palm Desert, CA  92260.

ABOUT LEADERSHIP COACHELLA VALLEY:
Leadership Coachella Valley, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, was founded in 1999 by six valley chambers of commerce: Cathedral City, La Quinta, Palm Springs, Indio, Palm Desert, and Rancho Mirage.  LCV maintains a Board of Directors, an Advisory Board, as well as an Alumni Council, and several events are held throughout the year so that each year’s current class has an opportunity to network with prior year’s graduates.  The newly inducted Board President for the 2017-18 year is Alexis Ortega, Donor Engagement Manager, The LGBT Community Center of the Desert.  Immediate past president is Greg Grub, V.P. Western Regional Sales Director, Stewart Title Guaranty Company.

In addition to President Alexis Ortega, the Board of Directors for the 2017-18 year include: Anna Frost, Account Executive, Time Warner Cable; Valerie Powers, Of Counsel, Slovak Baron Empey Murphy & Pinkney; Steve Sanchez, Real Estate Consultant, Wilson Johnson Commercial Real Estate; Sean Webb, Assistant Principal, La Quinta High School; Abby Sturgeon, Marketing Coordinator, Renova Solar; Shawn Abramowitz, Local Sales Manager, Gulf California Broadcasting – KDFX honorary member Matt Rifkin, Associate, Wilson Johnson Commercial Real Estate; -more-