Students welcomed into Youth Leadership

Staff report

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Forty-two high-school students from Mahoning and Trumbull counties were welcomed last week as part of the 2012 Youth Leadership Mahoning Valley junior class.

YLMV board chairwoman Roan Craig welcomed the class and addressed the program goals and purpose at the kickoff breakfast. YLMV Class of 2011 coordinators Patrick McCarthy from South Range and Shamara Golden from Liberty addressed their peers. Leadership Mahoning Valley Executive Director Karen Stacey announced the new class.

After the breakfast, class members participated in a one-day retreat. Program facilitator Mary Wargo led the program “Leadership: Appreciating Diversity and Leading for a Lifetime.”

YLMV’s mission is to identify, develop and motivate potential leaders among youths to address the challenges and celebrate the opportunities of the Mahoning Valley.

The program identifies high-school juniors and sophomores in Mahoning and Trumbull counties who have demonstrated leadership potential and introduces them to the issues faced by the major systems in the Mahoning Valley and the decision-makers in those systems.

Class members are Alexandra Bauer and Nicolas Hendryx of LaBrae; Troy Blackman, Jonesha Floyd and Shannon Sharp of East; Jessie Bolen of South Range; Brandon Bosley and Mackenzie Kiser of Champion; Samantha Case, Megan Guliano, Connor Jones and Arica Zimmer of Warren John F. Kennedy; Erica Ciccone and Molly Zimmerman of Lowellville; John Crowe, Christina Eusanio and Christine Kerrigan of Ursuline; Alysa DeGeorge of Mahoning County Career and Technical Center; Nicole Deley of Boardman; Christopher DiRando of Mineral Ridge; Maureen Driscoll, Ross Fabrizi, Hannah Mitchell, Gianna Parella and Katherine Sieman of Cardinal Mooney; Rachel Fridley and John Pierko of Niles; Emily Gianetti and Elizabeth Urig of Canfield; Kathleen Hartt and Megan Tyndall of Lordstown; Cheyenna Hastings of Trumbull Career and Technical Center; Isis Hilson of Chaney; A.J. Miller, Megan Paskey and Alexander Williams of Lakeview; Michael Moamis and Vittoria Vaturi of Liberty; Jairus Pettis of Youngstown Christian; Olivia Render of West Branch; Brianna Wall of Campbell and Jenna Wise of Hubbard.