Category: Mentorship & Leadership Development
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Mentorship and Career Development Committee Annual Report – 2024-25
Co-Chairs: Carrie Port and Stacia Stein Members: Jim Fortsas Sally Holterhoff Lyo Louis-Jacques Ross Prolic Matt Timko. Lucy Robbins served as CALL Board Liaison. Committee Tasks and Accomplishments: This is the first year of this committee creating by combining Mentorship & Leadership Development and the Placement & Recruitment Committees. The unified committee focused on its…
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CALL at GLAM Virtual Career Festival
On February 28th, a group of CALL members attended the GLAM Virtual Career Festival hosted by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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CALL Mentorship and Career Development Committee Trivia Happy Hour
CALL and the Mentorship and Career Development Committee hosted a networking happy hour and trivia at the From Here On Food Hall & Market on Tuesday, March 10, 2025. Much fun was had by all! Photographer Carrie Port
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Continuing Education Program: Demystifying Leadership and Volunteering in CALL.
On Wednesday, November 20, the Mentorship and Career Development Committee hosted an online panel entitled Demystifying Leadership and Volunteering in CALL. This Continuing Education Program sought to inspire members to step into leadership roles within the organization and offered practical advice for navigating CALL’s opportunities. Panelists featured CALL members with a variety of leadership experience…
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Mentorship and Leadership Development Annual Report 2022-2023
Chair: Brandy Ellis Members: Diana Koppang Lyonette Louis-Jacques Stacia Stein. Mandy Lee served as CALL Board Liaison. Committee Accomplishments: The Committee sought to connect with new members and promote leadership development via several avenues:
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MLDC Recent Webinar on Adaptive Leadership
On April 7, The Mentorship & Leadership Development and the Continue Education Committees hosted a virtual panel discussion on adaptive leadership. Panelists included Eugene Giudice (Dentons US LLP). Joanne Kiley (HBR Consulting) and Mandy Lee (Chicago-Kent College of Law Library). Heidi Kuehl (NIU College of Law) moderated the panel.
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MLDC New Member Breakfast
On Thursday, February 17, the Mentorship and Leadership Development Committee (MLDC) hosted a remote breakfast for new CALL members. While the conversation included some very serious poll questions such as “Is a hotdog a sandwich?”, group discussion also dug into more career-focused topics.
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CALL Mentorship and Leadership Development Committee 2021-2022 Annual Report
The 2021-2022 Mentorship and Leadership Development Committee (MLDC) was comprised of Brandy Ellis, Sally Holterhoff, Heidi Kuehl, Lyonette Louis-Jacques, and Stacia Stein (chair). Mandy Lee served as CALL Board Liaison. The Committee sought to connect with new members and promote leadership development through 4 main initiatives:
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Adaptive Leadership During Volatile Times
The notion and concepts of adaptive leadership inspired me last year during the darkest times of the pandemic. Shortly after beginning my new position with the Seventh Circuit, I attended a judiciary seminar on the topic. It was informed by the framework of adaptive leadership developed by Harvard business scholars, Marty Linsky and Ronald Heifetz,…
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CALL Mentorship and Leadership Development Committee 2020-2021 Annual Report
Sarah Andeen June 2021 Committee members included Sarah Andeen (chair), Brandy Ellis, Caroline Hersch, Sally Holterhoff, Heidi Kuehl, and Lyonette Louis-Jacques. With the pandemic the 2020-2021 year was a bit odd, but we did hold an event that was very successful.