Leadership Mohawk Valley graduation ceremony slated for May 11

MARCY, N.Y. — Leadership Mohawk Valley (LMV) announced that its 26th annual graduation will take place at noon, next Wednesday, May 11, at SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Wildcat Field House.

LMV is a 10-month professional development program that seeks to build greater community leadership, civic responsibility, and community trusteeship. Class members are placed into small teams to work on community projects throughout the 10-month program, the organization said in a news release.

The following are the 2015-2016 LMV graduates and the companies they represent:

• Israel Acosta, M&T Bank
• Adrianne M. Arnone, Utica College
• Pietra Baio, Oneida County Board of Legislators
• Tracy S. Checksfield, Griffiss Institute
• Jacob A. DiBari, self-employed consultant
• Gina L. Dier, Coventya, Inc.
• Anthony Dirig, NBT Bank
• Mark Dudek, The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter NYSARC
• Jamie Elderbroom, Gilroy, Kernan & Gilroy
• Brant W. Ford, Ford English Financial Group
• Jessica French, Herkimer Area Resource Center
• Nancy Gaston, Workforce Investment Board
• Michael T. Geer, Eastern Air Defense Sector
• James J. Genovese II, Oneida County Executive’s Office
• Paul F. Gilgallon, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
• Kim A. Hoffman, Mohawk Valley Water Authority
• Wendy Iamele, Kids Oneida
• Bernard O. Jowers, Eastern Air Defense Sector
• Heather Kirkland, Northland Communications
• Lanae Klingensmith, First Niagara Bank
• Kara A. Ladd, Gilroy, Kernan & Gilroy
• Chris Lambe, CPA, Kids Oneida
• Tiffany Martin, Ava Dorfman Center of Rome
• Elizabeth A. Nadeau, Rome Memorial Hospital
• John M. Reale, Jr., SUNY Polytechnic Institute
• Brenda L. Rogowski, First Source Federal Credit Union
• Michael S. Ryan, Preferred Mutual Insurance Co.
• Shannon M. Secor, Assured Information Security
• Sommer Simonds, CABVI
• Richelle Singer, Child Care Council of Cornell Cooperative Extension
• Christina M. Spagnuolo, Workforce Investment Board
• Mary J. Taverne-Sykes, Mohawk Valley Community College
• Donald Telesca, Jr., U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
• Michele M. Trinkaus, LMHC, Herkimer BOCES-Pathway Academy
• Daniel M. Zimmerman, McDonough Hardwoods

For more information on the program or how to attend the graduation luncheon, visit www.leadershipmohawkvalley.net.

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