KLA Class Graduate

The 2002 class of the Kosciusko Leadership Academy graduated last night at a banquet at Tippecanoe Lake Country Club.

Speaker for the event was Grace College President Ron Manahan who spoke about the importance of "emotional intelligence" as it relates to leadership.

Manahan noted that emotional intelligence comprises self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation and the ability to empathyize with others.

He said people who are proficient at those skills make the best leaders.

Further, he said, divisions of companies that have those types of people in critical posistions perform the best.

Emotional intelligence, Manahan told the KLA graduates, is twice as important as intelligence and skill when it comes to leadership.

This year's KLA graduates are:

Tom Antram, R.R. Donnelley; Ronald Babcock, Kosciusko County Probation Dept.; Douglas BeMent, Kosciusko Community Hospital; Lindy Br3eeden, Farmers State Bank; Jennifer Brumfield, Warsaw Community Schools; Craig A. Buchman, Biomet; Troy Burns, CTB; Daniel Clay, Combined Community Services; Jason Conley, Paragon Meical; Carl Ellis, Dekko Heating Technologies; David Findlay, Lake City Bank;' Sara Hertzler, Zimmer; Angie Hostetler, National City Bank; Nikki Hurley, Lake City Bank; Megihann Kinney, Kosciusko County Foundation; Kristy Mehlberg, City of Warsaw; Yvonne Otero, R.R. Donnelley; James Rhoades, Dalton Corp.; Larry Richardson; Bertsch Services; Kimberly Saillant, Mutual Federal Bank; Daniel Sands, Symmetry Medical; Sarah Shuype, DePuy; Candace Townsend, Cardinal Center; Jeff Webb, DePuy; Jennifer Whitaker, City of Warsaw; Scott Wiley, Bowen Center.