PIQUA — Approximately 130 nonprofit board members, executive directors, and staff from throughout the region attended the 21st annual Mosaic of Community Leadership Conference recently held at Edison State Community College’s Piqua Campus.

Hosted by The Paul G. Duke Academy for Community Leadership and the Center for Leadership Development at Edison State, the one-day conference allowed participants to engage in a keynote address, network with other area nonprofit leaders, attend breakout education and work sessions, and enjoy lunch.

Shane Meeker, Company Historian and Corporate Storyteller at Procter & Gamble Company and Edison State alumnus, provided the keynote address. Meeker is a 27-year veteran at the P&G Company with a degree in industrial design. Over the last 17 years, he has become a nationally recognized keynote speaker and instructor on storytelling, presenting at over 250 companies and brands around the globe.

Those in attendance also participated in breakout education and work sessions that touched on topics such as grant application and management, nonprofit financial considerations, recruiting and managing volunteers, legal obligations of nonprofit leaders, board recruitment and development, marketing and public relations, and leadership development. Sessions were led by Edison Byzyka, Credent Wealth; Terri Flood, Wayne HealthCare; Nathan Hand, The Fund Raising School at Indiana University, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy; Chief Bruce Jamison and Jim Bowell, Edison State; Tyler Louth, Marketing Essentials; Meme Marlow, Edison State; Shane Meeker, P&G Company; and Wendy Roop, Aileron Facilitator.

The Edison State Center for Leadership Development holds the Mosaic of Community Leadership conference each year at the conclusion of the Paul G. Duke Academy for Community Leadership series, which helps individuals make a difference on their nonprofit boards and in their communities. A grant from the Duke Foundation made the Academy possible.

The Paul G. Duke Academy for Community Leadership and the Center for Leadership Development at Edison State presented Academy graduates with certificates during the conference.

The 2024 graduates of the Academy for Community Leadership 1.0 included Tara McCafferty, owner of SoFo Solution Focused HR and Preble County Chamber of Commerce chair-elect.

To join the Mosaic of Community Leadership conference mailing list, contact Dr. Rick Hanes by calling 937-778-7806 or emailing [email protected].