Coro Center for Civic Leadership - Northern California
Congratulations to the 61st class of the Fellows Program in Public Affairs
On Friday, May 22nd, the 61st class of San Francisco Coro Fellows had their graduation celebration. Congratulations to Zach Blume, Lucas Botello, Kirstin Conti, Alea Gage, Craig Ishihara, Diana Medina, Caroline Mullen, Tuan Ngo, Ariana Proehl, Raema Quam, Nadir Vissanjy, and Geoff Willard! Throughout their 9-month experience, the Fellows completed 75 intensive month-long field placements, interviewed over 150 leaders from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and spent over 30 hours traveling around California learning about innovation, technology, and California agriculture.
Read the Fellows’ Graduation quotes
New Coro Graduates: UCSF and the City of Fremont
In May, Coro and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) graduated our fifth cohort of 16 Coro-trained UCSF faculty members. The UCSF-Coro Faculty Leadership Collaborative is a multi-year effort between Coro and the Chancellor's Council on Faculty Life to nurture faculty leadership development and increase their engagement in the University. Meeting ten days over the course of a semester, participants learn Coro’s proprietary leadership tools, coach one another on workplace challenges, interview campus leaders, and learn effective ways to catalyze change. In evaluations, graduates have overwhelmingly credited Coro with strengthening their leadership skills, broadening their peer support networks, renewing their sense of commitment to the University, and increasing their confidence to initiate positive change at all levels of the institution.
Watch the UCSF-Coro Faculty Leadership Collaborative Graduation Video Presentation
Graduates of the Fifth Cohort of the UCSF-Coro Faculty Leadership Collaborative:
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS-CR
Alicia Boccellari, PhD
Cherrie Boyer, PhD
Craig Cohen, MD, MPH
Darren Cox, DDS, MBA
Electron Kebebew, MD
Amy Levi, CNM, PhD
Jeffrey Lotz, PhD
Jessica Muller, PhD
Ricardo Munoz, PhD
Gautham Reddy, MD, MPH
Derek Satre, PhD
Christopher Stewart, MD, MA
Zinaida Vexler, PhD
Rong Wang, PhD
In June, Coro and the City of Fremont celebrated the graduation of our first cohort of 16 City of Fremont senior managers. In an initiative spearheaded by Fremont’s City Manager to enhance the leadership skills of Fremont’s senior administrators and increase their engagement across city departments, Coro devised a program consisting of eight intensive seminars. In addition to learning Coro’s leadership tools, participants engaged in an experiential program aimed at increasing their ability to initiate positive change in municipal government.
Read the Participants’ Graduation quotes
Graduates of the First Cohort of the City of Fremont-Coro Leadership Collaborative:
Dawn Abrahamson, City Clerk
Charlie Caulfield, Systems Analyst/Programmer
Catherine Chevalier, Budget Manager
Nancy Dias, Employment Services Manager
Ray Durant, Assistant Finance Director
Shawn Fong, Paratransit Program Manager
Florence Garcia, Systems Analyst/Programmer
Kelly King, Recreation Superintendent II
Irene Klebanivska, Redevelopment Business Manager
Ken Pianin, Solid Waste Administrator
Leonard Powell, Community Preservation Manager
Amy Rakley, Park Planning Manager
Judy Schwartz, Family Resource Center Administrator
Kelly Sessions, Fire Business Manager
Lori Taylor, Economic Development Manager
In both of these programs, Coro worked collaboratively with the organizations involved to develop programs specifically tailored to their needs. Coro’s methodology embodies our hallmark “experiential” style of training: participants examine and engage in real-world organizational and leadership challenges, interview current leaders, and are encouraged to self-govern activities and discussions. This enables participants to empower themselves to take responsibility for their own learning.
If you are interested in learning how Coro can customize a leadership training program for your organization, please contact executive director Jeff Sosnaud at jsosnaud@coro.org or (415) 986-0521, ext. 101.
