Alumni Comments
Class 2 (1985-1987)
I'm definitely a more effective leader as a result of having
received LeadAR training. The training gave me the opportunity to
meet people from different backgrounds and to network. In community
development, I constantly use the lessons that LeadAR taught me.
Beatrice Shelby
Class 2 - Marvell
Executive Director
Boys, Girls, Adults Community Development Center
The LeadAR experience is one I will never forget. This training
allowed me to improve my personal leadership skills as well as my
professional career. LeadAR tremendously increased my awareness of
the major issues currently facing AR and the challenges we expect to
face in the future. The relationships formed while in LeadAR will
last forever. Today I remain committed to being a part of the LeadAR
program by supporting educational seminars for future classes.
John Wainscott
Class 2 -
Jessieville
Regional Forester
Weyerhaeueser Company
It has been 20 years since I finished LeadAR Class 2. I signed on
hoping to prove to myself that I could leave the farm and it would
operate while I was gone. I found that my job and farm were better
for it. I also wanted to get out of the situation of associating
primarily with my farm interests in my area of Arkansas. I learned
about things I was familiar with but in other parts of the state. I
learned about Arkansas people, places, problems and advantages. I
experienced the great similarities and distinct differences of rural
Arkansas. I am better at understanding positions with which I still
disagree. If you want to learn and work for the improvement of
Arkansas and develop lifelong friendships with people you would have
never met, as I have, LeadAR is a program I highly urge you to
consider.
Gary Sitzer
Class 2 - Weiner
Row crop farmer
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