Sixth class graduates from Non-Profit Leadership Institute
Morning News Staff Reports/Morning News
Published: April 14, 2008
Published: April 14, 2008
FLORENCE — Twenty-nine South Carolina residents and one North Carolina resident participated in commencement exercises for the sixth class of the Non-Profit Leadership Institute at Francis Marion University on Friday.
Among them were William Frierson of Dalzell from Lee County Council on Aging in Bishopville; Robert Carter Barrett of Florence from the Francis Marion Trail Commission in Florence; Dawn S. Johnson of Florence from the Florence County Disabilities and Special Needs Board; Kathy Johnson of Florence from Francis Marion University; Salley Davidson of Marion from the Marion County Public Library; Trip DuBard of Florence from the Eastern Carolina Community Foundation in Florence; Brandie Love of Florence from the Francis Marion University Foundation; Leslie Olsen of Florence from All Saints’ Episcopal Day School in Florence; and Lynette A. Savereno of Florence from Pee Dee Resource Conservation and Development in Darlington.
The institute is a seven-month training program for leaders of nonprofits. Topics include leadership; program development and delivery; human resource development, including board members and volunteers; effective financial resource development and management; programmatic and organizational issues related to data collection and reporting; visibility, including managing external relations; and case studies.
Funded initially with multi-year grants from the Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation, the institute receives major support from FMU, along with a grant from the PSARAS Foundation.
Fred Sheheen, former commissioner and executive director of the S.C. Commission on Higher Education, is director of the FMU Non-Profit Leadership Institute.
The class will be conducted again during the 2008-09 academic year.
For details, call Julian Young, Non-Profit Leadership Institute liaison, at (843) 661-1199.
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