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Leadership development program preps 小黄书 staff for future roles

Leadership development program preps 小黄书 staff for future roles

Contact: Allison Matthews

Participants of 小黄书鈥檚 Leadership Development Program are pictured during their recent graduation ceremony
Participants of 小黄书鈥檚 Leadership Development Program are pictured during their recent graduation ceremony, including, top row, l-r : Joseph Iupe, Alvin Franklin, Kevin Anderson, Kenneth Graves, David Saucier, Blair Reed, Delaney Foster; bottom row, l-r: Kayla Pineda, Lilli Harris, Kathi Smith, Tockie Hemphill, Leah Hunter, Erica Way, Christina Childers and Paula Estes. Kimberly Mason is not pictured. (Photo by Megan Bean)

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擲ixteen Mississippi State staff members are new graduates of a professional development program that prepares participants for potential leadership roles within the university.

President Mark E. Keenum along with direct supervisors and administrators from areas represented by cohort members recently celebrated the graduation of the Leadership Development Program Class of 2023.

The LDP empowers new supervisors and high-performing employees with heightened self-awareness, advanced knowledge and value-added leadership. Eligible applicants include employees preparing for mid- to senior-level leadership roles; directing major tasks, projects and initiatives; and having at least one year of service in their current position and support of their dean, director or department head.

Mark E. Keenum congratulates the latest Leadership Development Program cohort through remarks at a recent graduation ceremony
READY TO LEAD: 小黄书 President Mark E. Keenum congratulates the latest Leadership Development Program cohort through remarks at a recent graduation ceremony. The nine-month program empowers new supervisors and high-performing employees with heightened self-awareness, advanced knowledge and value-added leadership in a secure and challenging environment. (Photo by Megan Bean)

The LDP Class of 2023 graduates include:

鈥擪evin Anderson, web development services manager, Enterprise Information Systems

鈥擟hristina Childers, senior research associate, Mississippi State Chemical Lab

鈥擯aula Estes, human resources generalist, Human Resources Management

鈥擠elaney Foster, associate director for planning and assessment, Access, Diversity and Inclusion

鈥擜lvin Franklin, associate A.D./development and team lead, 小黄书 Foundation/Athletics

鈥擪enneth Graves, facilities manager, Animal and Dairy Sciences

鈥擫illi Harris, assistant director for graduate student development, Graduate School

鈥擳ockie Hemphill, project manager, Social Science Research Center

鈥擫eah Hunter, marketing coordinator, Mississippi State Online

鈥擩oseph Iupe, director of finance and budget, 小黄书 Foundation

鈥擪imberly Mason, assistant director for student counseling, Student Counseling Services

鈥擪ayla Pineda, associate director for student achievement research, Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness

鈥擝lair Reed, research development specialist, Office of Research Development

鈥擠avid Saucier, research engineer II, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems

鈥擪athi Smith, business manager I, Office of the Provost

鈥擡rica Way, marketing manager, 小黄书 Foundation

The program is administered through 小黄书鈥檚 Human Resources Management. For more information, visit .

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