Maryland’s premier leadership development program for middle and high school students becomes a division of Leadership Maryland
Leadership Maryland, the professional development program dedicated to building a better Maryland by harnessing the strength of its local business and community leaders, and Maryland Leadership Workshops, the state’s premier leadership development program for middle and high school students, announced today that a merger has been completed to join the two organizations.
Now in its 62nd year, Maryland Leadership Workshops is a non-profit organization that hosts peer-led summer programs that empower and inspire middle and high school students across Maryland to succeed and be more engaged in their schools and communities.
Leadership Maryland, celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2017, has more than 1,100 leaders from all industries and regions of the state who have completed the eight-month hands-on learning program focused on the state’s most vital social, economic and environmental issues.
Under the agreement, Maryland Leadership Workshops becomes a division of Leadership Maryland, and will continue to host five week-long student programs each summer. Anita Durall Anderson will remain in the role of executive director, and representatives of Maryland Leadership Workshops will also serve on the Leadership Maryland Board of Directors.
“Our two organizations have been great partners since 2004, as many Maryland Leadership Workshops delegates go on to become Leadership Maryland graduates, and many Leadership Maryland graduates encourage their children to become Maryland Leadership Workshops delegates,” said Eliot Pfanstiehl, former Maryland Leadership Workshops Board Chairman and CEO/Founder of the Strathmore Hall Foundation. “Joining forces officially creates more financial efficiency in the day-to-day operations of our organization, and allows us to focus more of our energy and attention on expanding our program.”
“Now that we are under one umbrella, we are proud to say that Leadership Maryland offers a continuum of statewide programming that educates and empowers local leaders from middle school through retirement and beyond,” said Leadership Maryland Board Chairman Eric Brotman ‘09, president and managing principal, Brotman Financial Group. “As we begin our organization’s 25th anniversary year, we are thrilled to welcome Anita and the entire Maryland Leadership Workshops team to the Leadership Maryland family.”
About Maryland Leadership Workshops, a division of Leadership Maryland
Maryland Leadership Workshops is Maryland’s premier leadership development program for middle and high school students. In existence since 1955, Maryland Leadership Workshops has provided generations of participants – known as delegates – with an incomparable experience to discover and develop strengths and skills essential to lifelong leadership. Using the model of facilitative instruction unique among youth leadership programs, delegates take ownership of personal development as they grow in self-awareness, set measurable goals, and collaborate with peers in diverse groups. To learn more, please call Maryland Leadership Workshops at 301-444-8623 or visit www.mlw.org.
About Leadership Maryland
Leadership Maryland is a professional development program dedicated to building a better Maryland by harnessing the strength of its local business and community leaders. Each year, as many as 52 diverse and accomplished executives from Maryland’s public and private sectors are selected to come together as a class for an eight-month hands-on learning program focused on the state’s most vital social, economic and environmental issues. The first Leadership Maryland class graduated in 1993, and the organization’s alumni network now consists of more than 1,100 leaders from all industries and regions of the state. To learn more, please call Leadership Maryland at 410-841-2101 or visit www.LeadershipMD.org.
