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Making their Mark
Leadership Louisville Center's 2009 Ignite Louisville teams "Make their Mark" on eight local nonprofits.
The select group of young professionals in the Ignite Louisville class are challenged by Bill and Rob Samuels of Maker's Mark Distillery to make their mark on our community.
The class is divided into teams and each team designs, coordinates and executes a project in concert with a local non-profit. At the end of the program, projects are judged by a panel of esteemed leaders and a winner is chosen.
Ignite Louisville teams gain invaluable leadership experience and expand social capital by tapping into a network of their peers. Their work benefits the community and many participants continue to work with their partner organizations long after their projects continue.
Check out the impressive results of this year's teams and find out who won the Make Your Mark Challenge. Many of the projects are continuing, so if you are inspired by their work and would like to support a project, contact information is included below.
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Organizing a major fundraiser for Home of the Innocents
Organization: Home of the Innocents is an agency that cares for children of abuse, abandonment and neglect, as well as for medically fragile and autistic children.
Project: The Fab 5 team helped organize a major fundraising event, an Oaks Day Brunch, complete with celebrity chefs from the Food Network. The team worked with subcommittees on celebrity recruitment, logistics, sponsorship, silent auction and marketing/ticket sales. This event is a major undertaking for the Home and according to president and chief executive officer Gordon Brown, the Fab 5 team made this ambitious event possible.  Team members:
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Derrick Littlejohn, Fifth Third Bank;
Amy Taylor, Louisville Zoological Gardens;
Matt Ayers, Norton Healthcare;
Wendy Hyland, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, LLP;
Rick Woods, Chilton & Medley PLC
To learn more or to assist with this project, contact Amy Taylor. |
Promoting a positive image for House of Ruth
Organization: House of Ruth is an organization that serves families and individuals affected by HIV/AIDS.
Project: The Magnificent 7 team helped rebrand the House of Ruth to build greater community awareness for the organization. They partnered with consumer insights experts from Yum! Brands to develop a new, more optimistic tagline and professionally-designed brochure. They are working with Charter Communications and DBS>Interactive to enhance House of Ruth's website with volunteer sign-up forms, an event calendar and online giving options. The team secured a commitment from the Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's HealthCare's marketing team to produce an updated promotional video for House of Ruth.
 Team members: (left to right)
Jason Alvey, Charter Communications
David Sullivan, Stoll Keenan Ogden PLLC
Orysia Kolody, Yum! Brands, Inc.
Teresa Hanke, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare
Lindsay Fouts, Allied Ready-Mix Co., LLC
Sam Sridharagopal, Digital Software Technology
James Ponder, Louisville Urban League Young Professionals
To learn more or to assist with this project, contact Lindsey Fouts.
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Improving communication at Nativity Academy
Organization: Nativity Academy is one of a national network of private schools that provide quality education for low-income families. Project: The Fleur de Lis team's objective was to help create a more cohesive staff by developing effective communication in the school. After in-depth interviews with faculty and staff, the team identified challenges and set up training sessions to address them. The Fleur de Lis team built a relationship of trust with Nativity staff and empowered them to develop their own solutions. The team recommended specific strategies for sustaining the positive changes that resulted from their work.  Team members:
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Katie Greene, E.ON U.S. LLC
Michael Anthony, University of Louisville
Chris McGarvey, Yum! Brands Inc.
Cash Moter, Young Professionals Association of Louisville Tiffany Kelley-Jenkins, Kelley Construction Company Ricky Lyles, Citi Cards Ben Slen, Humana Inc. To learn more or to help with this project, contact Tiffany Kelley-Jenkins.
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Creating a strategic plan for Gilda's Club
Organization: Gilda's Club Louisville offers cancer support, lectures, workshops and social events in a homelike setting. Project: Team Zenergy delivered a comprehensive strategic plan for Gilda's Club Louisville that included several sustainable marketing initiatives. The team improved outreach in high risk areas of Louisville via TARC bus advertising and improved the volunteer selection and training processes. They secured an inkind partner for production of a new video showcasing Gilda's Club Louisville. The team enhanced the organization's website with a blog page, a tribute site for memorials, an interactive calendar, volunteer signup and speaker's bureau request forms. The online forms have already increased speaker requests by 75%.  Team members: (left to right) Christopher Ward, Transit Authority of River City
Donna Schenck, UPS
Shannon Levine, The Kentucky Center
Jennifer McGill, Ernst & Young, LLP
Cary Hearn, Old National Bank
(not pictured)Jamil Changlee, Brown-Forman Corporation
To learn more or to assist with this project, contact Shannon Levine.
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Linking Dreams with Wings with community
Organization: Dreams with Wings helps individuals with mental retardation, developmental disabilities and autism to contribute to the community and pursue their dreams.
Project: The Link team helped Dreams with Wings form partnerships for employment with five major local retail chains and eighty other employers. They established board policies and identified prospective new board members. The team developed a data management system for tracking donors, volunteers, clients, staff and employers and established an endowment fund. They built an accessible ramp and designed and landscaped a green space at Dream's offices. Through a partnership with Sullivan University's culinary program, the team reinvented the Dreams Café's concept and promoted it with advertising and public relations.
 Team members: (left to right)Erica Beasley, BB&T
Barry Denton, Louisville Metro Police Department
Kelly Grether, Louisville Science Center
Amy Keller, Humana Inc
Robert Crady, National City Bank
Matthew Gardiner, Boone Gardiner Garden Center
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Developing board and funding opportunities for ECHO
Organization: Exploited Children's Help Organization (ECHO) provides child abuse education and prevention programming. Project: Team Tao helped ECHO create partnerships with like-missioned organizations and wrote major corporate grants. The team developed a board structure, a mentoring and retention plan and confirmed two new board members and identified eight additional candidates. They developed a sustainable annual campaign and enabled online giving. The team's efforts to pursue federal funding for ECHO led to Sen. John Yarmouth proposing legislation for ECHO to serve as a model program and coordinating agency for other states to replicate.  Team members:
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Rania Basha, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Brandon Reich, Aegis Security Design
Penny Brisson, Brown-Forman Corporation
Sam Gaines, AXA Advisors, LLC
Lori Beaton Riggs, Norton Healthcare
Chip Ridge, Heritage Title Services, LLC (not pictured) Quentin Blanton, Anthem Blue Cross & Blue ShieldTo learn more or help with this project contact Penny Brisson. |
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Reconnecting with Cabbage Patch alumni
Organization: The Cabbage Patch Settlement House is a nonprofit, Christian organization that empowers at-risk children to maximize their potential.
Project: Team 6 was asked to re-ignite connections with alumni to prepare for Cabbage Patch's 100th Anniversary celebration. Outcomes included development of a permanent online alumni data collection tool, and updated alumni database, a Facebook page, new promotional materials, and increased awareness of the Cabbage Patch through outreach and community partnerships.
 Team members:
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Terrence Johnson, National City Bank
Heather Parrino, Children's Hospital Foundation
Glenn Baete, Jefferson County Public Schools
Ryan Paxton, Republic Bank
Ann Georgehead, Frost Brown Todd LLC
(not pictured: Laura Naff, Jefferson Community & Technical College )
To learn more or help with this project contact Heather Parrino. |
Raising community awareness for Family Scholar House
Organization: The 7even partnered with Family Scholar House, an organization that gives single-parent students the support they need to achieve a four-year college degree.
Project: To develop brand awareness for Family Scholar House (formerly Project Women), Team 7even introduced the organization to targeted community groups who appreciate Family Scholar House's mission and can provide new volunteers.The team significantly impacted the success of Family Scholar House's annual fundraiser, "Sushi in the City". They created two additional, well-publicized awareness and fundraising events, one of which will be held May 14. Team contributions included developing the concept, theme, fundraising goal, vendors, sponsors, media plan and staffing the events.
 Team members: (left to right)
Beth McFarland, E.ON U.S. LLCKristen Miller, Louisville Metro EMS
Michael Grim, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC
Jen Kowalenko, AEGON Institutional Markets
Robbie Tindall, Mercer
Pai Charasika, Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc.To learn more or help with this project contact Kristen Miller. | |
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| Congratulations to the graduates of the Ignite Louisville Class of 2009: |
Jason Alvey Charter Communications Michael Anthony University of Louisville
Matt Ayers Norton Healthcare
Glenn Baete Jefferson County Public Schools
Rania Basha Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Erica Beasley BB&T
Quentin Blanton Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Penny Brisson Brown-Forman Corporation
Jamil Changlee
Brown-Forman Corporation
Pai Charasika
Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc.
Robert Crady National City Bank
Barry Denton Louisville Metro Police Department
Lindsay Fouts
Allied Ready-Mix Co., LLC
Samuel Gaines AXA Advisors, LLC
Matthew Gardiner
Boone Gardiner Garden Center
Ann Georgehead Frost Brown Todd LLC
Katie Greene
E.ON U.S. LLC
Kelly Grether Louisville Science Center
Michael Grim Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC
Teresa Hanke Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare
Cary Hearn
Old National Bank
Wendy Hyland Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, LLP
Terrence Johnson
National City Bank
Amy Keller
Humana Inc
Tiffany Kelley-Jenkins
Kelley Construction Company
Orysia Kolody
Yum! Brands, Inc
Jen Kowalenko AEGON Institutional Markets
Shannon Levine
The Kentucky Center
Derrick Littlejohn Fifth Third Bank
Ricky Lyles
Citi Cards
Beth McFarland
E. ON U.S. LLC
Chris McGarvey Yum! Brands Inc.
Jennifer McGill
Ernst & Young, LLP
Kristen Miller Louisville Metro EMS
Cash Moter
Young Professionals Association of Louisville
Laura Naff
Jefferson Community & Technical College
Heather Parrino
Children's Hospital Foundation
Ryan Paxton Republic Bank
James Ponder Louisville Urban League Young Professionals
Brandon Reich Aegis Security Design
Chip Ridge
Heritage Title Services, LLC
Lori Beaton Riggs
Norton Healthcare
Donna Schenck
UPS
Ben Slen
Humana Inc.
Sam Sridharagopal Digital Software Technology
David Sullivan
Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Amy Taylor Louisville Zoological Gardens
Robbie Tindall
Mercer
Christopher Ward
Transit Authority of River City
Rick Woods
Chilton & Medley PLC
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