County Commission | The Magazine October 2018 | Page 37

FROM THE COVER
PLAN 2018: Passion for Public
Service at the Local Level
If the success stories of PLAN 2018 participants are any indication, the leadership
program more than delivers on its promise to help successful leaders have a greater impact in
their home counties and in their Association.
Members of PLAN 2018 embarked on an 18-month journey together to activate their
passion for public service, enhance their leadership skills, hold each other accountable and
network with their peers. All have undertaken Passion Projects at the local level, and several
members shared their inspiring success stories during ACCA’s 90th Anniversary Convention
& Celebration.
Success Stories To learn more about
all the Passion Projects undertaken by
members of PLAN 2018, take a look at the
booklet at www.alabamacounties.org/plan
PLAN 2018 Participants
Jay Thompson | Autauga
Joey Peavy | Butler
Marcie Foster | Cherokee
Ray Milstead | Clay
Laura Cobb | Cleburne
Jimmy Jones | Coffee
David Black | Colbert
Mark Blankenship | Dale
Steve Haraway | Madison
Dan Harris | Montgomery
Ronda Walker | Montgomery
Larry Roberts | Randolph
Chance Corbett | Russell
Jerry Tingle | Tuscaloosa
Keith Davis | Walker
Bill Albritton | Wilcox
Passion Project wins grant for
Cherokee County Cherokee County
has been awarded a grant from the Alabama
Department of Mental Health — thanks to the
leadership of Commissioner Marcie Foster and
involvement of the Cherokee County Commission
in the national initiative, Stepping Up: Reducing
Mental Illness in Jails. The grant will provide a
case manager to deliver coordinated services
and to decrease the number of individuals with
mental illness and substance use disorders in the
county jail. Grants were only available to counties
participating in the Stepping Up initiative, which
Foster, a member of the PLAN Class of 2018,
chose as her Passion Project.
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