You were awarded ISNA’s first non board member scholarship to attend Future Leaders. What was your experience of NLC like and how has it impacted you? Amy: It was an honor to be awarded the scholarship and to attend the conference and represent our rural community here in Indiana. Each keynote, general session and breakout secured my position with ISNA and within the school food nutrition industry. The future leader program did a really great job indicating our purpose and vision. I truly enjoyed Pierre Quinn’s keynote speech on the last day and the interaction with other future leaders during the DiSC assessment breakouts. These experiences really helped to clarify my purpose and goals within ISNA. The people and association are very open and clear in their support of industry professionals and helping guide future leaders in the process. I look forward to continuing to work with SNA and its leaders to gain industry knowledge, support our cause and mission and positively impact our industry as a whole!
Tell us what Future Leaders is and your biggest takeaway from it. Mary Ellen: Future Leaders is an in-depth leadership program held in conjunction with SNA’s National Leadership Conference for emerging leaders of the School Nutrition Association. Future Leaders are given the opportunity to network with current and other emerging leaders from across the country. Additionally, the cohort participates in a DISC Assessment, which is a psychometric assessment. This assessment allows Future Leaders to better understand themselves, others, and maximize the relationships which affect them in the workplace. My biggest takeaway from Future Leaders is one’s “Network is their Networth.” One must continually network with those in positions to gain valuable knowledge and feedback to utilize on their journey of leadership
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