general membership fall luncheon and annual gift drive
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Leadership Howard County Announcements | November 2018
Stay Active! Take advantage of fallopportunities and events.
Don’t forget to Register for these upcoming events!
Pay Your Dues
Fall Member Happy Hour
Date: Wednesday, November 28
5-6 p.m. at Ellicott Mills Brewing Company6-7 p.m. at The Wine Bin
Celebrate the start of the holiday season with HowardCounty’s local leaders while supporting old Ellicott City!
Ticket includes:Appetizers2 drinks at the brewery4 tasting pours (beer and wine) at The Wine BinDiscounts on purchases
Cost: $25 per person (active, dues-paid members maybring one guest at the same rate)
Members are invited to make an optional donation to the Ellicott CityPartnership (ECP) at the time of registration.
ECP is the only organization whose funds exclusively benefit affectedbusiness owners, property owners and residents within the historicEllicott City area.
Register for the Fall Happy Hour
General Membership Fall Luncheon and Annual Gift Drive
Featuring Tonya Kennon, LP '19, MLISPresident & CEO, Howard County Library System
Date: Friday, November 9Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.Location: The Meeting House in Columbia
Only a week away! Don’t forget to register to hear Ms.Kennon share her vision for the library system, includingfuture initiatives and partnership opportunities.
We will be collecting items for the Howard County LibrarySystem's Holiday Mitten Tree at this event. Bring a donation of NEW hats, gloves and/or scarves fortoddlers to teens. Neutral colors and styles preferred butall donations are appreciated.
Register for the GM Luncheon
This Just In: Mental Health - Dec. 13
The next TJI, Mental Health – CommonMisconceptions and Strategies: WhatCommunity Leaders Need to KnowAround Prevention & Intervention, isplanned for Thursday, December 13, from8 to 10 a.m. at the Horizon Foundation
Community Meeting Room, 10221 Wincopin Circle (Ste. 240), Columbia, MD.
Register for TJI
Active members gathered in October for a This Just Insession Aging for Today, How Howard County Agesfeaturing a panel discussion on the challenges andopportunities seniors face as Howard County ages.
Our TJI event series is sponsored by The Jeffrey | Chamberlain Group.Thank you for you support!
LHC News
Leadership 2.0
Some of the LP ’19 class and activemembers took advantage of a recentbehind-the-scenes learning opportunity tofind out more about Merriweather PostPavilion and the Downtown ColumbiaCultural and Arts Commission. A specialshout-out to hosts, Jean Parker, LP ’91,and Ian Kennedy, LE ’08, for sharingtheir wealth of knowledge and hospitality.
Upcoming Leadership 2.0 Opportunities:November 8: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Space still available!November 19: HCL’s Undesign the RedLine Exhibit
Wait List*Please note that this exhibit is open to the publicat the HCL’s Central Branch until December 31.Public tours are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m.,Thursdays at 1 p.m. and Saturdays at 11 a.m.
November 29: Howard County Food BankWait List*
December 6: JHU/APLRegistration open soon!
*if interested in being placed on the waiting list for these opportunities,please email [email protected]
Register for an upcoming session and learn more about Leadership 2.0
LHC Premier: Walk a Mile
The LHC Premier class of 2019 experienced the United Way’s “Walk a Mile Experience”during their October session. Participants assumed the role of a family member living ator near the poverty line and faced their difficult decisions and challenges whileovercoming the lack of resources and confusing support system.
Leadership U: 3D HC Day Dig Deep and Discover
The LU Class of 2018 spent time October 19 at the Howard County Conservancy, AnimalWelfare Society, CAC’s Community Garden and the Howard County Food Bank learningabout these terrific organizations and giving back! Thank you to our host organizationsfor providing such great experiences!
Upcoming LU Event
LU Project Group, LIV4TMRW, will be hosting a Teen Depression & Suicide Preventiondiscussion on November 8, from 7–8:30 p.m. at Oakland Mills High School. This freeevent is open to the public and aims to increase awareness of teen depression andsuicide and to share information about resources available in our community.
For more information click here or contact the LU project group [email protected].
SAVE THE DATE! LU 2019 is right around the corner!
Information Sessions are scheduled for thefollowing dates from 7-8 p.m.
January 31 (Miller Branch/HCL)February 11 (Central Branch/HCL)March 7 (Miller Branch/HCL)
Applications will be due March 14, 2019.
Member NewsMeg Boyd, LP ’16, executive director ofthe Howard County Conservancy, waspresented with a Standards of ExcellenceAward by the Maryland Association ofNon-Profits at the MANO conferenceOctober 4.
The Horizon Foundation presentedRev. Paige Getty, LP ’16, of the UnitarianUniversalist Congregation of Columbia (picturedthird from left), and Rev. Dr. Robert A.F. Turner, StJohn Baptist Church in Columbia, clergy co-chairs ofPeople Acting Together in Howard (PATH), with theRichard G. McCauley Transformative Leader Award,established in honor of the Horizon Foundation’sfirst board chair, for its efforts with the HorizonFoundation to work together to create a world-classand nationally recognized school wellness policy forthe HCPSS.
The Better Business Bureau of GreaterMaryland (BBB) recently announced the2018 recipients of its inaugural SparkAwards, during the organization’s101 anniversary event. Congratulations tofinalist Beth Harbinson, LP ’05 and hercompany Sobar.
Sheri Lewis, LP ’14, program manager with theJohns Hopkins University Applied PhysicsLaboratory, was recently named the inauguralrecipient of the Howard County General Hospital’sPromise of Health in Howard County Award inrecognition of her sustained contribution to thehealth and well-being of the Howard Countycommunity.
Howard County Government recentlyhonored Dr. Holly Sun, LP ’17,budget director, as its 2018 “Employee ofthe Year.”
A union of two LP classes! Congratulations to Meg Moon, LP ’08, and Alan “AJ”Jefferson, LP ’97, on their marriage October 24.Lisa Schlossnagle, LP ’14, has joined the Howard County Conservancy’s boardof trustees.
Members on the Move... Michele Healy, LP ’06, has joined Bank of America as their financial centerlending officer.Jeff Plank, LP ’16, is now with Fulton Financial Corporation as vice president ofcommercial real estate & lending.
Around the Community...
Congratulations to Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny. Effective November 1, theFarrell & Gunderson team will be joining their firm.Howard County’s Commission for Women is seeking members. For moreinformation, click here or call the Department of Community Resource andServices at 410-313-6400. Deadline to apply: Friday, November 16.The Howard County Police Department will hold a free event "Safety andSecurity for Businesses" on Thursday, November 8 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. atGrace Community Church in Fulton. Participants will discuss police and civilianresponse to violence in the workplace, learn about potential threats, hazards,safety tips and best practices for management and employees. Click here tolearn more. Space is limited. Contact HCPD's Community Outreach Division at410-313-2207 or [email protected] League of Women Voters of Howard County is sponsoring several free,educational workshops on Gerrymandering 101 at various branches of the HowardCounty Library. For more information and to RSVP, click here .
November 8, 7 to 8:30 p.m., East ColumbiaNovember 10, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., ElkridgeNovember 14, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Glenwood
Leadership Anne Arundel (LAA) is in search of an Executive Director to manageorganizational day-to-day affairs, facilitate the work of the Board of Directors, planand administer programs and serve as chief fundraiser. For more information,contact [email protected]. Application deadline: November 30.A Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony will be held Sunday, November 11 inColumbia, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The route will start at Merriweather Drive,continue along Little Patuxent Parkway and end at the Downtown ColumbiaLakefront at about 10:45 a.m. This event is organized by the Veterans Day ParadeCommittee, the Howard County Veterans Foundation, the Howard County Office ofVeterans & Military Families, Howard County Government, the Howard HughesCorporation and Columbia Association.
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