2016 OS Newsletter | Page 20

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