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Leadership Development Program

Leadership is a process rather than as a position

At Warrington, leadership isn’t about titles — it’s about impact. The Leadership Development Program empowers you to learn to lead through authentic relationships, shared purpose, and collaborative problem-solving.

Grounded in the Generative Partnership Model of Leadership, the program invites undergraduates to develop the skills and mindset to co-create change, foster trust, and grow alongside others. Whether you’re collaborating with a team, launching an idea, or seeking to become a more thoughtful leader, through this experience you will explore the principles of leadership and followership.  

What you’ll learn

In the Leadership Development Program, you’ll focus on learning skills through weekly team meetings then how to apply them in a Leadership in Action project.

Leadership is working with others to achieve a common goal

Leadership is collaborative

Leadership is value-based

Service is a powerful vehicle for developing leadership skills

What you’ll do every week

First semester

Weekly Team meetings with your small group and team leaders to engage with the facets of the Generative Partnership Model of Leadership

In collaboration with teammates in your small group, you will select an organization, identify a specific challenge within it and work with the stakeholders to develop a solution.

Second semester

You will select an organization, identify a specific challenge within it and collaborate with its members to develop a solution.

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Join the program

By participating in the Leadership Development Program, you’ll learn to understand your talents, values, and interests, especially as these relate to the capacity to provide effective leadership.

Fall 2025 application timeline:

  • Opens August 26
  • Closes September 7
Apply to be a participant

Leadership tiers

As a team member, you will…

  • Attend weekly meetings learning about The Generative Partnership® Model of Leadership
  • Complete a Leadership in Action project that solves a problem within an organization.
  • Achieve Level 2 in 4 of 8 Heavener Competencies in Gator Ready
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As a team leader, you will…

  • Become a Team Leader within LDP
  • Lead a Leadership in action project

or

  • Take on a Leadership role in another business program or organization
  • Lead a community project
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As an e-board member, you will…

  • Become an executive in an organization
  • Lead others through a community or service project
    • Document your process and results
    • Share with others how the Generative Partnership model has helped you develop as a leader
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The Generative Partnership model

The model is built on peer-to-peer partnering skills that are guided by the following principles:

Fellowship partnering skills

  • Decision advocating
  • Peak performance
  • Organizational agility
  • Dashboard communicating
  • Relationship building

Leadership partnering skills

  • Decision framing
  • Performance coaching
  • Organizational mentoring
  • Cascade communicating
  • Relationship framing

Program leadership

The program’s E-board develop, implements and evaluates innovations in the program. They also serve as mentors to team leaders and members to encourage both personal and professional growth.

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Elizabeth Goodfellow

Executive Director

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Madelyn Marcellus

Director of Operations

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Olivia Smith

Director of Community Engagement Projects

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Ella Urgo

Co-Director of Recruitment

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Camille Resavage

Co-Director of Recruitment

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Gregory Wareham

Co-Director of Engagement

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Alan Hengesbach

Co-Director of Engagement

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Fiona Bensusan

Director of Social Media and Marketing

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Salo Bendayan

Director of Global and Cultural Intelligence

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Averie Engel

Director of Alumni Relations

Team leaders

Being a team leader in the Leadership Development Program is a semester-long commitment. They are responsible for leading a new cohort of participants in the fall or spring semester and are matched into teams of three or four before facilitating a group each semester.

  • Jessica Friedman
  • Lauren Jordan
  • Sarah Samuel
  • Shay Windsor
  • Victoria Somppi
  • Alexandra Mancuso
  • Caitlin Deiser
  • Carolina Alfonso
  • Carter Brames
  • Drew Lanier
  • Gavin Sokolow
  • Jason Mintz
  • Karis Cosmas
  • Kirah Bolanovich
  • Maria Sabina
  • Marissa Farrugia
  • Marquisha Abraham
  • Rebecca Katz
  • Renee Zaiss
  • Sydney Adams
  • Tyler Malat

Lessons in leadership

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The Leadership Development Program has not only taught me the invaluable lessons of how to be a leader, but how to use that knowledge to lead others. 

Lauren Richter
Former executive director

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Contact the program

The Leadership Development Program’s board of directors, student executive director and program advisor are ready to answer your questions.

Catherine Coe, PhD
Program Director & Advisor
Director, Competency Development & Program Evaluation
Heavener School of Business, Experiential Learning Department 
352-273-0165 
Email Catherine

Email the board of directors
Email the student executive director
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