Did You Know...
There are over 1,090 Leadership Lafayette graduates living in and serving the Greater Lafayette community. Leadership Lafayette graduates serve on many boards of directors and in more than 75 different organizations in addition to community churches and schools.
For Example, in 2009:
- 10 graduates serve on the United Way Board of Directors, including the first and second vice presidents, the 2009 Campaign Chair and the chairs of the PR and Marketing and Volunteer Services Committees
- Leadership Lafayette graduates serve on the boards of directors of 17 of the 23 United Way agencies
- 4 United Way Agency Directors are graduates
- 48 graduates serve in local government
- 8 serve on the YWCA of Greater Lafayette's board of directors including the president
- 3 graduates serve on the Big Brothers Big Sisters and on the Lyn Treece Boys and Girls Club boards of directors, and 5 each on the Lafayette Adult Resource Academy and Hanna Center Boards of Directors
- 5 serve on the American Red Cross and the Junior Achievement board of directors
- 4 including the presidents serve on the Community and Family Resource Center board of directors as well as 4 serving on the Lafayette Family YMCA board
- 3 Civic Theatre board members including the president and the managing director are graduates and 4 Tippecanoe Arts Federation board members are graduates
- 10 serve on the Leadership Lafayette board including the president
- The chairperson, chair-elect, treasurer and 5 additional graduates serve on the Greater Lafayette Chamber Council, 6 graduates serve on the Downtown Development Council and 3 serve on the Lafayette Urban Enterprise Association of the Greater Lafayette Commerce Organization
- Leadership Lafayette graduates have been instrumental in establishing numerous area programs and capital projects. For Example: Wabash Area Lifelong Learning Association (WALLA), the Long Center Renovation, Wabash Center Kids Connection child care program, the first two median plantings on US 52 and restoration of the Lafayette Theatre
|
