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WALF Quotes…
“The Waccamaw ALF experience has been overwhelmingly positive for me and surprisingly helpful. I think of myself as pretty old to be learning new tricks, but this experience has proved me wrong. My 19 classmates have helped me grow and learn, and I have found the entire program (including the dreaded Outward Bound experience) to be enlightening, enriching, rewarding and endearing.”
Geales Gavin Sands
Executive Director
Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation
Spending a year working with proven leaders from both counties: an honor
Working together to improve leadership skills while bonding as friends: golden
The potential impact of Waccamaw ALF on the leaders and organizations in this entire region: priceless!
“It may be difficult to see the value of this type of leadership class after only one year. In 3 years the improved working relationships between area leaders may be noticed by some. But by years 5 and 6, the difference will become obvious and the value of ALF will be evident to everyone who remembers how it used to be.”
Liz Gilland
Chair of Horry County Council
“The American Leadership Forum experience over the last 12 months has been nothing short of outstanding. ALF has provided new perspectives and tools to help me become a more effective leader, both professionally and personally. ALF has allowed me to develop new relationships and expand existing bonds with other business and community leaders from Horry and Georgetown counties.”
Dennis Wade
President/CEO
The Jackson Companies
“The American Leadership Forum gives our community leaders the chance to challenge each other to work together in ways never imagined. The forum pushes existing leaders to look past county lines, political affiliations and accepted practices to find real solutions to the problems that face our collective communities.
The American Leadership Forum ensures that its community leaders are plugged in to what really matters and that those lines of communication are open and active.”
Natalie Burrowes Pruitt
Vice President, Advertising and Interactive Media
The Sun News
“The social capital created by the American Leadership Forum associations has the potential to change the face of Georgetown and Horry counties."
"As a newcomer to the area, I needed a way to establish a network of contacts. The American Leadership Forum provided more than I ever thought possible. Within weeks of the initiation of our cohort, I had developed friendships among some of the movers and shakers in two counties. It would have taken years for me to accomplish that outside of this structure."
Cynthia Elsberry
Superintendent
Horry County Schools
“There is so much to say about this program that it would take pages!! The wonderful opportunity provided by WALF is the development of collaborative tools that aid in reaching across boundaries of all kinds; geographic, ethnic, personality, gender and that it puts those tools in the hands of a group of people bound together by a year of shared experiences who are in a position to make a difference in our region.”
Annette Fisher
President
Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce
“The American Leadership Forum provides a process that breaks down barriers, builds trust and leads to constructive community problem solving through better relationships. It has helped me be a better boss and public servant; and has given me twenty trusted friends. The possibilities for the future of ALF in Horry and Georgetown counties are very exciting.”
Greg Hembree
Solicitor
15th Judicial Circuit
“It was truly amazing to watch these senior leaders come together (some meeting for the first time) and build deep relationships during the past twelve months. Now there is a very special, strong bond between the leaders of these two counties that will never be broken, yielding positive returns for the individuals and their communities.”
Jeanette Sims
Director
American Leadership Forum, Charlotte Region
The Lee Institute
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