This is the fifteenth class of the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Academy. Maximizing employee potential and encouraging active participation in business and the community are among the goals of the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Academy. Course topics include: conflict management and negotiating skills, personal leadership styles, public speaking, leveraging technology in business, area government, non-profits, education and healthcare agencies work, and local employment.
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​2018 - 2019 Class Members

Aaron Anderson - Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb
Laura Barrett - Northwestern Medicine
Natasha Beaumont - Illinois Community Credit Union
Jake Bender - First National Bank
Steve Burgess - 3M
Katy Chadwick - Mid-West Family Broadcasting
Kayla Colness - LINE-X of Greater Illinois
Jacyln Cornell - Daily Chronicle
Chris Engelman - Comcast Business
Sam Garner - Foster Buick, Attorneys at Law
Chad Glover - Northern Illinois University

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Christine Golz - Siepert & Co., LLP
​Shari Hanson - Elder Care Services
Teena Koltz - Aflac Representative 
Amy Oster - OC Creative 
Stephanny Preston - First Midwest Bank
Andy Raih - City of DeKalb
Michael Reuland - Creative Therapeutics
Pamela Rosales - Safe Passage
Kasey Sheley - SundogIT, Inc.
Tom Slater - Redeemed Office
Sarah Slavenas - Family Service Agency
Michelle Tecza - Heartland Bank and Trust Co.

​Interested in the 2018-2019
​Leadership Academy Class?

Deadline is August 10, 2018

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