Nebraska LEAD announces 2016-2018 fellows

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Nebraska LEAD 34 fellows pose with their hosts at the Pioneer-DuPont Agriculture and Nutrition Research Center near Bucharest, Romania.

August 31, 2016

Lincoln, Neb. — Nebraska LEAD (Leadership Education/Action Development) Group 36 participants have been announced by the program's director, Terry Hejny. The two-year program will begin in September.

    The newest members of Nebraska's premier two-year agricultural leadership development program are involved in production agriculture and/or agribusiness in Nebraska. 

    "Class 36 consists of 30 diamonds in the rough and our job is to polish them up, preparing them for future leadership roles in their community, our state and beyond," Hejny said.

    LEAD Fellows will participate in 12 monthly three-day seminars across Nebraska, a 10-day national study/travel seminar and a 14-16 day international study/travel seminar. The goal of the program is to develop problem solvers, decision makers and spokespersons for agriculture and Nebraska.

    Seminar themes include leadership assessment and potential, natural resources and energy, leadership through communication, agricultural policy and finance, Nebraska's political process, global perspectives, nuclear energy, social and cultural issues, understanding and developing leadership skills, agribusiness and marketing, information technology, advances in health care, the resources and people of Nebraska's Panhandle and other areas designed to develop leaders through exposure to a broad array of current topics and issues and how they interrelate.

    The Nebraska LEAD Program is operated by the nonprofit Nebraska Agricultural Leadership Council, in cooperation with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and 12 other institutions of higher education throughout Nebraska.

    Nebraska LEAD 36 Fellows by hometown are: 

    Arthur: Ty Walker

    Broken Bow: Nate Bell

    Craig: Johnathan Hladik

    Deshler: Ellen Schmidt

    Fairfield: Thomas Kluver

    Fremont: Andy Langemeier

    Gibbon: Shane Bendfeldt, Kimberly Wilkens

    Gothenburg: Shane Terrell

    Gretna: Kelsey Vala

    Hay Springs: Joseph Dorshorst

    Holdrege: Chris McQuillan

    Johnson Lake: David Rowe

    Kearney: Dustin Knuth, Hannah Riddle, Ryan Stien

    Kennard: Jennifer Arp

    Lexington: Adam Smith

    Lincoln: Ben Blomendahl, Nate Blum, Robert Campbell, Nora Turner

    Loomis: Justin Trompke

    Martell: Alex McKiernan

    North Platte: Kyle Shepherd

    Omaha: Dustin Smith

    Stapleton: Robert Hecox

    Sutherland: Shelly Kelly

    Trumbull: Scott Bieck

    Waverly: Lori Paulsen


Terry Hejny
Nebraska LEAD Program
402-472-6810
thejny1@unl.edu

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