It has been a very exciting year for the Barger Leadership Institute. Julia Spears
has joined the Institute as Assistant Director. We have developed new programs
including an integrated series of workshops we call the Leadership Labs and
a new capstone project experience. Even more exciting, the BLI has been
engaged in a comprehensive strategic planning process. This intense period
of self study and visioning has led us to a five-year plan that, if approved, will
allow the BLI to realize its full potential as a college and campus-wide program
dedicated to helping undergraduates learn how to be better leaders through
rich, faculty-guided experiences. As we take our next steps, we will become an
independent unit in the College of LSA. It is with both excitement and some
sadness that we share with you this, our last update in the Organizational Studies
newsletter. Please look for more information on BLI as we enter the next phase
of our development HERE. - Director Jason Owen Smith
GIFTS AND PLEDGES TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM from 5/1/15 to 4/30/16
We deeply appreciate the gifts and pledges made this year by our donors. Gifts made this year have helped to secure the
existence of the Program by sustaining the Director’s Strategic Fund. Gifts provided many internship and study abroad
opportunities; other gifts made the difference in helping students in need or honoring those who have demonstrated
leadership. Donations from alumni and friends of the program provide funding for numerous talks and workshops, and
help to fund graduation and other community-building events between students and alumni. The Program could not offer
any of these exciting opportunities for students without the generosity and support of our donors. Thank you!
Aetna Foundation
Katherine L. Balzer
Jonathan A. Berger
David Blumenfeld
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Grace A. Chen
Wendy S. Dahar
Deloitte Foundation
Eva S. Demeter
Daniel R. Denison
Douglas R. DeSchutter
Sara A. Eidelman
Rebecca J. Eisen
Frederic M. Friedman
GE Foundation
Dana S. Gorodetsky
Susan P. Green
Allison C. Green
Kathleen K. Hope
Heath S. Izenson
Paul A. Johnson
Shoichi Kohatsu
Laura J. Kray
Andrew J. Lansing
Tim S. Lindow
Adam S. Mesh
Brendan T. Nedzi
Cynthia L. Persky
Kelly S. Reinhardt
Andrew C. Richner
John C. Robertson
Ruth Hillary Rosenfeld
James E. Salliotte
Evan Schwartzberg
Teresa M. Sebastian
Arielle Shanker
Frances B. Siegler
Daniel M. Strauss
Julie B. Teicher
The Malkin Families
Robin S. Tryloff
Katherine M. Van Dusen
LeAnne A. Wintrode
Jeffrey A. Wojcik
Zachary Lainer Charitable Fund of the Jewish
Community Foundation of Los Angeles