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Leadership Academy's Class of 2012 Announced
Article Date: Monday, January 30, 2012
Written By: Russell Rawlings
The Class of 2012 has been selected for the North Carolina Bar Association’s Leadership Academy. As was the case with last year’s charter class, 16 young lawyers were chosen to participate in the program. They are:
Ryan H. Blackledge, Durham (practices in Raleigh)
Ivey L. Brown, Jr., Winston-Salem
Matthew A. Cordell, New Bern
James R. DeMay, Concord
Samuel A. Forehand, Raleigh
Samuel B. Franck, Wilmington
Hunter Eddins Gentel, Zebulon (practices in Durham)
Dorrian H. Horsey, Raleigh
Mark A. Jones, Winston-Salem
Amily K. McCool, Durham (practices in Raleigh)
Abigail E. Peoples, Greensboro
Meredith O. Priestley, Claremont
Richard A. Prosser, Rocky Mount
Ciara L. Rogers, New Bern
Stuart L. Russell, Winston-Salem
Katherine D. Young, Raleigh
The Leadership Academy was implemented last year under the leadership of then-President Gene Pridgen by the NCBA’s Young Lawyer Initiatives Task Force in cooperation with the Center for Creative Leadership, a world-renowned leadership training organization headquartered in Greensboro.
“We were delighted to have another strong pool of applicants from which to select the Class of 2012,” said NCBA Past President Norfleet Pruden, who chaired the group that developed the Leadership Academy and is heading up the program again this year.
“The 16 young lawyers who will participate in the Leadership Academy this year are a diverse group from all across the state and from a variety of practice settings. They share with each other, and with many other applicants who were not selected this year, a common interest in and aptitude for leadership. The strong interest in this program by our young lawyers makes me very optimistic about the future of our profession in North Carolina."
The mission of the Leadership Academy is to help young lawyers become more effective leaders in their communities, whether their communities be the legal profession, their firms, legal departments or other workplaces, other organizations with which they are associated, or their local, state, national or even international communities, or any other environments where lawyers regularly have calls or opportunities for leadership.
The first two sessions of the Leadership Academy will be held March 2-3 at the N.C. Bar Center in Cary. Session 3 (March 30) and Session 4 (May 4) will also take place at the Bar Center.
Session 5 on June 1 will be held at the Center for Creative Leadership campus in Greensboro. The final session will be held on Friday, June 22, at the NCBA Annual Meeting in Wilmington, followed by a graduation presentation during the Saturday morning, June 23, General Session of the NCBA Annual Meeting.