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Leadership Council Announces Staff Member Promotions
The Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois is pleased to announce the promotion of two of its staff members. Andrea Beyer is now the Director of Member Engagement. She joined the Leadership Council in March 2021 and has been serving as the Executive Assistant....
Leadership Council Announces New Members
The Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois is pleased to announce the addition of 9 new members to begin 2023. Beckemeier LeMoine Law, St. Louis, MO C.A. Jones, Inc., Fairview Heights, IL East Side Aligned, East St. Louis, IL Illinois PTAC of Western Illinois...
Leadership Council Announces Officers & Executive Committee for 2023
The Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois held its Annual Meeting on Friday, December 2, 2022 at the Regency in O'Fallon, IL. At the meeting, board members voted to keep the Council's 2022 officers in place for 2023: President: Gary Hoelscher, Millennia...
Metro East Levee System Receives FEMA Accreditation
The Metro East Levee System, which consists of five levees in Madison, St. Clair, and Monroe Counties, has been given its final letter of accreditation from FEMA for the 100-year level. In August of 2007, FEMA announced its intention to de-accredit the levees, which...
New Executive Director Appointed
The Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Kyle Anderson to the position of Executive Director, effective February 1. Anderson is CEO of the Greater Gateway Association of REALTORS®, where he oversees and manages...
Daring to Serve
I slept and dreamt that life was a joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy." - Rabindranath Tagore "You're on earth. There's no cure for that." - Samuel Beckett "Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. - Helen Keller...
Atychiphobia – Fear of Failure
“Failure is not an option” – Gene Krantz (Chief Flight Director during the Apollo 13 crisis) “You must accept that you might fail: then, if you do your best and still don’t win, at least you can be satisfied that you’ve tried. If you don’t accept failure as a...
Broadband Leadership Webinar Series
Illinois Extension’s Local Government Education program has, for over a year, partnered with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Illinois Office of Broadband, and the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society, in outreach aimed to extend critical...
Learn the Signs, Act Early
The Covid 19 virus has resulted in many parents and educators concerned that our children have lost a year academically because of school and other closures. As a response to those concerns, the Illinois Ambassadors of the “Learn the Signs, Act Early” program (an...
The Life of Your Business – the Business of Your Life
Sometime ago, I came up with a slogan I used for several talks I gave to local business groups – “For the Life of Your Business and the Business of Your Life”. I thought it was a clever play on words that I could use as a tool to get across my main message. I found...