Connector Project Team

A group of professionals with diverse backgrounds and complementary skills has managed this process. Spearheaded by Liz Dow, President of LEADERSHIP Philadelphia, to commemorate LEADERSHIP’s upcoming 50th anniversary, this has been a team effort. The first ring of the team includes:

Renee Booth
President & CEO, Leadership Solutions, Inc.
Organizational Psychologist

Derrick Carpenter
Intern
LEADERSHIP Philadelphia

John Claypool
Executive Director, American Institute Architecture
Economic Development

Liz Dow
President, LEADERSHIP Philadelphia
Leadership

Medard Gabel
Chief Executive Officer, BigPictureSmallWorld
Futurist

Martha Gay
President, Salzmann Gay Associates, Inc.
Corporate Researcher

Jon Herrmann
Executive Director
Campus Philly

Carla Ingram
Vice President
LEADERSHIP Philadelphia

Alain Joinville
Special Assistant to the Commissioner
Department of Recreation

Brian Long
Intern, Recent Penn Grad, Marketing
Web Networking

Bonnie Mueller
Senior Consutant
Hay Group

Kate Nelson
Faculty, Fox School of Business, Wharton Executive Education
Ethicist

Robert Padulo
President
iWorkwell, Inc.

Penelope Reed
Executive Director, Hedgerow Theatre
Creativity

Devon Segel
Chief Operating Officer
DiningInfo.com

Karen Stephenson
Chief Executive Officer, NetForm Software,
Former Harvard, UCLA Professor
Social network analysis

Ed Tettemer
Travel Writer
The Shunpiker's Guide

Several more professionals of different backgrounds make up the next ring. The team met several times to shape the project, then ran several focus groups with a diverse group of leaders ranging from artist/activist Jane Golden and Urban League of Philadelphia President and CEO Patricia Coulter to former Managing Director Phil Goldsmith and former School District COO Natalye Paquin, WHYY CEO Bill Marrazzo, and economic development expert David Thornburgh. All showed enthusiasm for the process and saw possibilities in the outcome.