JANUARY SESSIONthe Leadership tri-County Class of 2017’s January session

focused on education in the tri-county area.the class started their day at the Chamber’s economic forecast Membership

breakfast. a recap of the breakfast can be found on page 38.

Meet the Class Nicole Martinez

Nicole Martiez, Sales Managerat Schultz Technology, has workedin the tri-county area for over 3years. She is engaged to her fiancé,Parris Edwards, and she has three

children – Destiny (13), Jordan (7), and Bryce(newborn). Nicole enjoys volunteering, sports,hiking, fishing, animals, and anything outdoors.Her business role model is Simon Sinek.Nicole attended Souderton Area High School

and received her degree from Lansdale School ofBusiness. Her personal business philosophy is“Never settle, keep pushing, keep achieving. Theonly person who can stand in your way is your-self.” She has been involved in the Chamberthrough R3 and volunteering wherever andwhenever she can.While participating in the class, she is looking

forward to gaining additional skills to continuegrowing, both professionally and personally.Nicole believes it is important to participate in theclass because she cannot wait to give back. Sheloves helping and volunteering and gaining addi-tional leadership skills that will only strengthenher current roles as well as develop new ones.

Elizabeth PetersElizabeth (Liz) Peters is the

Business Development Officer ofTri County Area Federal CreditUnion. She is married to Rick andthey have three children –

Michelle, Ricky, and Sam. Liz enjoys playing withher grandkids, spending time with family &friends, road trips, the gym, reading, baking, andcooking.Liz attended Irmo High School in South

Carolina. Her personal business philosophy is to“be committed to putting our Members first andto secure their loyalty through top quality service& professionalism, and to do the best to help ourcommunities be better places in which to live,work, and grow.” She is involved with theChamber through the Ambassador and EventsCommittees. Liz feels that participating in the class is impor-

tant because she will be able to step back andthink creatively, and reflect and experience workfrom a whole new perspective. She is most look-ing forward to learn something that will changeher life personally and professionally, and make ahuge difference in our community.

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Laura Otten presenting the final session ofBoardCorps Bootcamp to the Leadership Class.

TOP: Candice Landis, WesternMontgomery Career & TechnologyCenter (L) started the class’ tour

in the Restaurant Practice section of the school.

MIDDLE: MCCC has four 3-D print-ers available for use by students.

Dr. David DiMattio, described someof the work that classes are work-

ing on with the printers.

RIGHT: Lochlain Lewis, MCCC, presented to the class on differentaquaponics systems the college iscurrently experimenting with.

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after breakfast, the class traveled to theMontgomery County Community College(MCCC) for their last session of boardCorpsbootcamp, presented by Laura Otten, PH.d.,executive director, the nonprofit Center at Lasalle university’s school of business’ signatureimmersion into the roles and responsibilities ofnonprofit boards.

next was a trip to western MontgomeryCareer & technology Center in Limerick wherethey enjoyed lunch prepared by students in theCulinary arts department. Candice Landis,guidance Counselor, provided the class a tour ofthe overview of the center. the center currentlyhas 18 programs that are open to both high schoolstudents and adults. their newest program,sports Medicine, will be offered in the 2017-2018school year.

to end their day, the class also received a tourand an overview of MCCC’s sustainability andinnovation Hub from Dr. David DiMattio,VP ofwest Campus. the Hub was opened in april2016 and has become a true asset for the college.the building consists of three floors and includesspace for aquaponics, engineering/3-d printing,and flex-space. Lochlain Lewis & Rick Templegave the class an in-depth overview of theaquaponics section.