Missouri Leadership Seminar
Missouri Leadership Seminar seeks to give sophomore students the opportunity to learn about topics that impact their lives today and in the future while they interact with others. The Seminar is a three day seminar that is held on the University of Central Missouri campus in Warrensburg the first weekend in June. All staff members are volunteers and the majority are alumni of the program.
The Missouri Leadership Seminar is unique from other leadership seminars available to sophomore students as it provides a variety of sessions on topics such as community service and volunteerism, government, education, as well as current media and medical issues throughout the United States. All speakers and panelists throughout the weekend are volunteers as well. The students are encouraged to actively participate in the sessions with the speakers in the question/answer forum at the end of each session as well as participating in small group discussions, skits, and other team-building activities.
The Board of Directors for the Missouri Leadership Seminar are able to provide the experience free of charge to the students, parents, and schools through private donations from local civic clubs such as Optimist, Kiwanis, Lions, Rotary and GFWC Clubs. The approximate cost per student is $200.00.
Any sophomore student is eligible to attend once nominated by a school and the selection process is left up to each individual school/district. Private and parochial school are welcome as well.
2008-2009 Board of Directors
Missouri Leadership Seminar, Inc.
| Seminar Chairperson | Michelle L. Zink | missourileadership@yahoo.com |
| Assistant Director of Staff | Matt McLaughlin |
mtjm1124@aol.com |
| Assistant to the Chair | Tricia Hager | mls_staff@yahoo.com |
| Director of Alumni Association | Nathan Goldstein | mls_alumni@yahoo.com |
| Board Secretary | Linda Zink | |
| Director of Programs | Raquel Babb | raquel.babb@fhsdschools.org |
| Board Treasurer | Julie Miller | |
| Assistant Director of Programs | Jeannie Imhoff | |
| Director of Recruitment | Rachel White | missourileadership@yahoo.com |
| Optimist Representative | Ralph How | missourileadership@yahoo.com |
| Director of Operations | Raquel Babb | Raquel.babb@fhsdschools.org |
| GFWC Representative | Beverly Shelton | missourileadership@yahoo.com |
| Director of Staff | Chris Hager | mls_staff@yahoo.com |