CSLI COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Please help us nominate individuals for the Smith – Tutt Positive Impact Award and the Cathy O Robbins Award for Excellence in Non-profit Leadership!
Do you know a leader who is making an extraordinary impact in our community? Now is the time to recognize their hard work and dedication. By nominating them, you have the opportunity to shine a light on their exceptional efforts and inspire others to follow in their footsteps.
These leaders play a crucial role in improving our community’s well-being, whether it’s through creating innovative solutions, fostering inclusivity, or spearheading initiatives that address pressing issues. Their commitment and passion deserve to be acknowledged and celebrated.
So, take a moment to think about that exceptional leader who is making a real difference, and nominate them today. Together, let’s honor those who are shaping a brighter future for our community.
Deadline EXTENDED to August 30, 2024! If you wish to nominate an inspiring leader in our community please complete the appropriate award form below paying close attention to the criteria!
Smith – Tutt Positive Impact Award
Cathy O. Robbins Award for Excellence in Non-profit Leadership
2023 Award Recipients
Stephannie Fortune Posthumously and Karla Grazier
Celebration of Leadership Awards Breakfast
Join us in celebrating exceptional leaders at our Celebration of Leadership Awards Breakfast with our presenting sponsor Fulcrum Wealth at Raymond James!
Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Time: 7:30 am – 9:30 am
Location: Doubletree Hotel, 1775 E. Cheyenne Boulevard
This incredible event brings together CSLI alumni, community members, organizations, and elected officials to honor and recognize outstanding leaders making a difference in our community.
We invite you to support this event through corporate sponsorships, which provide a unique opportunity to showcase your commitment to community engagement and leadership development. By becoming a sponsor, you will gain valuable exposure while helping us continue our important work.
For more information and to choose your sponsorship level, please contact us at cslileaders@gmail.com.
Together, let’s make this year’s Celebration of Leadership Breakfast a resounding success and showcase the power of a decade of exceptional leadership in our community.
Become an Awards Breakfast Sponsor
SELECTION COMMITTEE
The CSLI 2025 Class Selection Committee is recruiting new members to join our committee. This committee reviews applicants, makes a recommendation for the new class to the board, and then notifies applicants of whether they will be joining the 2025 class. We also offer to debrief with applicants who don’t make the class to offer input and suggestions in the hopes they will apply again.
This committee is a crucial one to CSLI and the workload is heavy. Professionalism and confidentiality is required at all times. We evaluate candidates with the same rigor regardless of whether we know them, recommended them, or don’t know them. We also disclose if we have a working or close familial relationship with them and opt out of those candidate discussions.
Alumni who graduated CSLI two or more years ago are eligible to participate on the Selection Committee. (That means the Class of 2022 is now eligible to serve.) Selection Committee Chair(s) along with the Nominating/Governance Committee review the list of people who expressed interest and fill vacancies with an eye toward ensuring a diverse group of selectors.
If you are interested in serving on the committee, expect to invest 20-40 hours in meetings and time reviewing candidate applications. The heaviest time period will be during the months of September and October and our selection meeting will be in late October. You will have the opportunity for thorough training before the selection process begins.
If you are interested, please complete the Selection Committee Interest Form below and I’ll give you a call to discuss the committee and answer any questions you may have.
Thank you in advance for your consideration!
Travis Williams ’19, 2025 CSLI Class Selection Committee Chairman
Selection Committee Interest Form
NEW PROGRAM FOR CSLI CLASSES 1997-2023
Leadership Summit: Ignite Your Resiliency
We are excited to announce an exclusive opportunity for you to ignite your resiliency in partnership with the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). This unique experience is open only to Colorado Springs Leadership Institute Classes from 1997-2023. We will offer two opportunities to choose from an AM Session or a PM Session. Grab your CSLI Class mates and join us for a program you wont want to miss!
Summit Highlights:
New Assessment: The Work Place Big 5
This powerful tool improves individual and team performance, fosters effective leadership, and enhances overall workplace satisfaction and productivity. Gain valuable insights into your personality and work style with this cutting-edge assessment.
Burn Bright
Burning Bright is about sustaining individual, team, and organizational excellence on a foundation of resilience. Learn consistent, intentional practices to create a virtuous cycle that recharges your energy and positions you and your team to bring your best selves to every endeavor – professionally and personally. Burn Bright instead of Burning Out!
Yoga Class
Unwind and rejuvenate with a guided yoga session.
Details:
Date: Friday, November 8, 2024
Time: Choose one: Morning Summit Session: 8:00 am Check In at 8:00am-1:45pm OR Afternoon Summit Session: 11:30 am Check In 11:30 am-4:45 pm
Cost: $350.00
Location: Center for Creative Leadership, 850 Leader Way, Colorado Springs
Lunch: Enjoy a group lunch with both morning and afternoon CSLI Summit participants.
Don’t miss this chance to IGNITE your CSLI leadership experience.
Register by September 13th to confirm your spot. The assessment will be done in advance of the program. Click the link below to register.
We look forward to seeing you there!
ALUMNI DOINGS
CONGRATULATE
- Congratulations to Morgan Mote ’21 on her new position with Griffith Centers. Morgan is their new Director of Business Development. To reach Morgan you can email her at morgan.mote@griffithcenters.org.
- Congratulations to Laura Neumann ’14 for being recognized by the Southern Colorado Womans Chamber of Commerce as the 2024 Business Leader of the Year!
- Congratulations to Natasha Hutson ’23 and Lindsay Pack ’24 for their nominations as Business Leaders of the Year with the Southern Colorado Womans Chamber of Commerce. What an incredible group of women!
- Congratulations to Martin Trujillo ’21, Southeastern Colorado Executive Director, who has launched the Colorado Youth Outdoors Program here in Colorado Springs.
ATTEND
- Join Carlos Jimenez ’24 at Peak Education’s upcoming 25th Anniversary Program is August 29th, 2024 5:30pm-8:30pm. This milestone represents a quarter-century of dedication, hard work, and achievements, and we are looking to have our community, partners, and stakeholders share in this celebration. The Event Website page with links to the registration and more information can be found at: https://www.peakedu.org/about-5
- Join Beth Roalstad ’14 Second Annual Sober Soiree event, which promises to be an exciting evening! Please join Homeward Pikes Peak, Friday, September 13, 6:00 p.m. This year’s highlights include: Culinary delights from local “top chefs”, innovative zero-proof cocktails, live music by local favorite, The SofaKillers. To Purchase tickets here https://bit.ly/4cO2tqz. Don’t miss out on this night of great food, mocktails, and music. We look forward to seeing you there!
- Join Patience Kabwasa ’24, for Food To Powers upcoming 10th Annual Harvest Celebration on Saturday, September 21st from 5-8pm! This is their annual fundraiser, which will include live music, interactive food-related stations, a variety of food and drink from local Colorado Springs restaurants, and the unveiling of our new organizational plan. It’s our biggest event of the year and a great way to see our farm, work, and community in action. For tickets click here!
LISTEN
- On today’s Elevating Pikes Peak Women, former Mayor Mary Lou Makepeace ’97 interviews Deborah Thornton ’08 of the Imagination Celebration, where they have an innovative program for Afghan refugees and their children. Find out how Imagination Celebration continues its work of inspiring artistic and intellectual curiosity, igniting creativity, and invigorating life-long learning, all while integrating an interested and searching community of newcomers into our vibrant city to help them open their world and assimilate into their new home.
Find this new podcast on Studio 809 by going to https://studio809podcasts.com/the-refugee-community-in-colorado-springs/ - Former Pikes Peak SBDC Director Aikta Marcoulier ’18, now the U.S. SBA’s Region VIII Administrator, was recently featured on the Business Digest Radio podcast, discussing the countless ways the SBA is here to help Colorado small businesses. Listen to the episode here.
On Elevating Pikes Peak Women, former Mayor Mary Lou Makepeace ’97 interviews the current Mayor Yemi Mobolade ’16. They’ll talk mayor-to-mayor about the status of the city, the challenges and positive events that have come up in the new administration, the plans for what’s ahead and new ideas, and the status of women in this new administration. Find this podcast on Studio 809 at https://studio809podcasts.com/a-conversation-with-mayor-mobolade/
What are you, your CSLI classmates, or other alumni up to? Please let us know, so we can share! Email us at cslileaders@gmail.com with items to include in this section of the newsletter.
HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP?
Membership dues are a key part of empowering CSLI and our alumni to create meaningful impact in our community. If you aren’t sure whether you’ve renewed your CSLI membership for 2024, please send us an e-mail atcslileaders@gmail.com and we’ll help you figure it out.
Thank you for your continued support of CSLI and its mission to develop authentic, bold, innovative leaders and connect them to each other.
