Spring 2022 Celebration

Please join the Leadership UA Board and alumni for our first in-person fundraising celebration in more than two years!

On Thursday, May 12, from 6-9 p.m. at the Amelita Mirolo Barn, we’ll gather to recognize our most recent LUA graduates and honor the amazing Margie Pizzuti and Kip Greenhill for their tireless efforts to better our city and schools. Kip will receive our Distinguished Alumni Award, and Margie will receive the Exceptional Leadership Award.  

The event will include wine and beer service and a delicious hors d’oeuvres selection.

This event is our primary source of fundraising. Proceeds help us keep our program fees (for adults and students) as affordable as possible. 

An investment in LUA is an investment in our community — our graduates often rise to essential leadership roles in Upper Arlington, including four of the seven current members of City Council. 

After two years of events postponed by COVID, we hope you’ll be a part of this long-overdue event. Don’t miss this opportunity to reconnect, celebrate leadership, and ensure an even stronger future for our organization!

Please purchase tickets here. 

Candidates Night 2021

Leadership Upper Arlington is hosting Candidates Night, Thursday, Oct. 7, 6-9 p.m. at the Upper Arlington Municipal Services Center, 3600 Tremont Rd. 

The free event is open to the public and provides UA residents an opportunity to meet and hear from local candidates running for office. There will be an informal open house in the lobby of the MSC from 6-7 p.m. where the public has an opportunity to personally connect with candidates. 

Local news anchor for ABC6/Fox 28, Kurt Ludlow, will moderate a question-and-answer forum with local candidates including City Council and School Board candidates. The forum will occur in the Council Chambers from 7-9 p.m. 

Questions will be formulated prior to the forum based on public input and current issues. LUA encourages attendees to submit questions prior to the event via email to: info@leadershipua.org. Questions will be accepted until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6. 

Upper Arlington residents will vote on or before Nov. 2. on the Police & Fire Pension Levy, seven candidates running for four City Council seats and five candidates vying for two seats on the Board of Education. Early voting starts Oct. 5 and the deadline to register to vote is Oct. 4. Learn more ohiosos.gov.

City Council Candidates include: Kathy Adams; Brian Close, incumbent; Michele Hoyle, incumbent; Ukeme Awakessien Jeter; Jim Lynch, incumbent; Stacy McIntire and Andrej Rotter.  

Board of Education candidates include two incumbents, Carol Mohr and Scott McKenzie; Liz Easton, Nidhi Satiani and Lou Sauter.

Leadership UA is committed to providing the community with opportunities to engage directly with elected officials and has invited City Council and School Board candidates to attend the open house as well as the forum. Please visit the elections 2021 landing page for additional information on candidates.

For additional information email info@leadershipua.org.

Candidates Night 2020

Leadership UA is proud to host its annual Candidates Night, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 at 7 p.m. Local news anchor for ABC 6/Fox 28, Kurt Ludlow, will moderate a virtual question-and-answer forum with candidates including the following attendees: Ohio House race - Allison Russo (D), incumbent, 24th Ohio House District, Pat Manley (R); Ohio Senate race - 16th State Senate District, Crystal Lett (D); US Congressional race - 15th U.S. Congressional District, Joel Newby (D) (invitations were submitted to all House, Senate and Congressional candidates). 

Questions will be formulated prior to the forum based on public input and current issues. LUA encourages residents to submit questions prior to the event by 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5 via email to: info@leadershipua.org. 

Leadership UA is committed to providing the community with opportunities to engage directly with elected officials. This event will streamed on the City’s website and on the City’s Facebook account (@CityofUA).

Leadership UA Spring 2020 Update

Like everyone in our city, the Covid-19 crisis has affected Leadership UA. Yet, like many of our friends and neighbors, we’ve made the best of a challenging situation. We’ve remained busy keeping our current class engaged, and we’re planning for the next class.

Here’s what’s been happening in our world.

HELPING SENIORS:  The current Leadership UA class (and their children!) made colorful notecards and distributed necessity bags to UA seniors in need of a little assistance. The bags, organized through a collaboration between Age Friendly Columbus and Franklin County & The Greater Columbus Network of Villages, included healthy snacks, toiletries, cleaning supplies, and other useful items. You can see examples of their good work on page 3 of the new CityInsight magazine.  View the PDF.

HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM:  Our recent class of first-year high school students completed their LUA experience, with a Zoom call facilitated by OSU's Leadership Center Professor, Beth Flynn who discussed Social and Emotional Intelligence and it's leadership values.

LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE:  Just weeks before the Ohio stay-at-home order was announced, LUA and Executive Director Natalie Boe organized and hosted a unique leadership panel discussion attended by the current High School and Adult classes, and several LUA board members.  The panel included Representative Allison Russo, Ohio House of Representatives, District 24; Doug Kridler, President and CEO The Columbus Foundation; Aubree Jones, director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Abercrombie and Fitch; Steve Schoeny, City Manager, Upper Arlington;  and Zoe Switzer, Chief People Officer Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams. The wide-ranging conversation, which lasted more than two hours, covered leadership topics including civility, positive engagement, and technology.

NEW WEBSITE!  LUA is proud to unveil its new website, which we hope does an even better job of introducing our organization to those who don’t know us, and explaining our mission and engagement opportunities with an even wider audience. 

Leadercast Live 2019 Coming to the Tri-Village; Hear Nine Organizational Health Experts on Friday, May 10, 2019

UPPER ARLINGTON, OH, April 24 2019 — The world’s largest one-day leadership event is coming to Columbus, OH. Leadership Upper Arlington, in partnership with the City of Upper Arlington, to host Leadercast Live 2019, which brings nine organizational health experts to one stage to teach attendees the art and science of successful team building. The Atlanta event will be broadcast live to local attendees at Brownlee Hall, 1320 Cambridge Blvd., 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Each year, Leadercast Live dives into leadership issues relevant to today’s leaders to provide solutions and inspiration to help attendees around the globe be better leaders. This year’s theme, Leading Healthy Teams, builds on the overall mission of the event: to fill the world with leaders worth following. Healthy teams yield fulfilled employees, effective collaboration, high organizational engagement and greater long-term success.

Speaker Lineup

Gayle King, Co-Host, CBS This Morning and Editor-at-Large, O, the Oprah Magazine

Patrick Lencioni, Best-Selling Author and Founder, The Table Group

Marcus Samuelsson, Award-Winning Chef and Restaurateur, Author and TV Personality

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Ginger Hardage, Former Senior Vice President of Culture and Communications, Southwest Airlines

Dr. Caroline Leaf, Communication Pathologist and Cognitive Neuroscientist

Andy Stanley, Leadership Author and Communicator

Juliet Funt, CEO, WhiteSpace at Work

Craig Springer, Executive Director, Alpha USA

Host: Tripp Crosby, Comedian and Filmmaker

Registration opens at 8:15 a.m. and the live broadcast is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Continental breakfast, lunch and parking included. Tickets are $125 and can be purchased via Eventbrite at: http://bit.ly/leadercastUA. Group ticket rates and corporate sponsorships are available as well. Contact natalie.boe@leadershipua.org for additional information.

Leadership UA educates, engages and inspires current and emerging leaders to take an active, effective role in our community. Established in 1988, Leadership UA provides programs that strengthen leadership skills, broaden understanding of local issues, and connect participants with others in the community.

Founded in 2001, Leadercast is on a mission to fill the world with leaders worth following by providing events and resources for individual teams, organizations and corporations across all industries. Through our events, blog, podcast, webinars, digital badging and Leadercast NOW video library, Leadercast outfits leaders to be their best each day of the year.

The world’s largest one-day leadership event, Leadercast Live brings together nearly 100,000 attendees live near Atlanta and at simulcast locations around the world. Each year, the event tackles a new leadership challenge to help attendees be better leaders. For more information about Leadercast, go to leadercast.com.

Leadership Upper Arlington To Host Candidates Night

UPPER ARLINGTON, OH, (Oct. 5, 2018)—Local non-profit Leadership Upper Arlington is hosting Candidates Night on Thursday, Oct. 18, 6-9 p.m. at the Upper Arlington Municipal Services Center, 3600 Tremont Road.

The free event is open to the public and provides UA residents an opportunity to meet and hear from local community leaders and candidates running for office. There will be an informal open house in the lobby of the Upper Arlington Municipal Building from 6-7 p.m. where the public has an opportunity to meet candidates face-to-face.

Local news anchor for ABC6/Fox 28, Kurt Ludlow, will moderate a question-and-answer forum with the local candidates including House of Representatives for the 24th District Allison Russo and Erik Yassenoff. The forum will occur in the Council Chambers from 7-9 p.m.

Questions will be formulated prior to the forum based on public input and current issues. LUA encourages attendees to submit questions prior to the event via email to: info@leadershipua.org. Questions will be accepted until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 17.

In addition, the UA Charter committee will have a representative available to answer questions which will be on the ballot as Issue #34.

Leadership UA is committed to providing the community with opportunities to engage directly with elected officials.

For additional information visit leadershipua.org or email info@leadershipua.org.

Leadership Upper Arlington, established in 1988, is a local non-profit which educates, engages and inspires current and emerging leaders to take an active, effective role in our community. Learn more at leadershipua.org.

Recruiting is Underway for Leadership Upper Arlington’s 30th Anniversary Adult Class of 2018-2019

UPPER ARLINGTON, OH, August 14, 2018—Leadership Upper Arlington, established in 1988, is seeking applicants for its 30th anniversary class. Approximately 12-15 individuals are accepted to participate in the eight-month program, which includes a balance of personal and professional leadership training as well as civic engagement.

Leadership UA guides participants through the history of Upper Arlington’s infrastructure including government, education and community services. Throughout the course, which runs October to May, participants network with community and business leaders, as well as more than 500 Leadership UA alumni.

Each class, which meets 5:30-8:30 p.m., twice a month on Thursdays, includes a diverse background of participants committed to the community. Individuals involved serve the community, grow as leaders, gain valuable relationships, and strengthen team building capacity.  Each year Leadership UA brings together exceptional leaders from business, government, non-profit and civic sectors.

“Leadership UA has a strong history of helping participants take on new challenges, both personally and professionally, to help our community grow. Our participants bring a wealth of knowledge from various backgrounds,” said Jennifer Faure, Leadership UA board president. “We are excited for the 30th anniversary class of 2018-2019.”

The program fee is $850. Partial scholarship and payment plans are available.

Applications are accepted through Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018 and available online at leadershipua.org. A $50 application fee is required.

For additional information visit leadershipua.org or email info@leadershipua.org.