Leadership South County News

This month’s Leadership South County day topic was Art & Education and how it looks in South County!
Class V heard from many guest speakers including Dr. James Brescia, Superintendent for SLO County Office of Education, Paul Fawcett, Superintendent of LMUSD, Brianna Deveraux-Allen, Creative Director of Flex Performing Arts and Matt Barcus, Band Director at AGHS.

From dispensaries, growing, and manufacturing to permitting, ordinances and safety! Leadership South County packed the entire cannabis industry into our July Day Session.  Thank you to the SLO Cal Roots team for being our gracious hosts, keynote speakers and day sponsor! Thank you as well to Megan Martin (Class III Alumni) Community Development Director discussing Cannabis Permitting in the City of Grover Beach, Chief Jim Munro (Class IV Alumni) Grover Beach Police Department discussing safety and ordinance

Agriculture day for Class V was vastly educational! It’s always so great to visit and hear from Bejo Seeds USA in Oceano. Our day started with leadership development on Effective Communication by CultureStoke, followed by Tom Ikeda with Ikeda Brothers on farming in South County. Class V then headed to the SLO Farm Bureau and heard from Executive Director Paul Clark and Jean-Pierre Wolff of Wolff Vineyards.
Agriculture is a huge industry in our south county area and we are grateful to learn from a spectrum of providers and businesses! 

Last month, our class learned about the impacts the tourism industry has in our south county area.
We started the day with CultureStoke and some great insight on the rollercoaster of life. Don’t forget: “If you don’t ask for help, you deny others the opportunity and gift of being able to help.“ Our day followed with guest speakers from many different sectors including hotels, events, marketing and wine!

Leadership South County Day Session 2 focused on Business and Manufacturing! Class V started the day at the Keller Williams headquarters in Pismo Beach with CultureStoke’s session on Time Leadership.

Leadership South County Class V has officially kicked off the day session program starting with Health & Wellness at the Matthew Will Memorial Building in Arroyo Grande. Thank you to our Encourage Sponsor, Dignity Health, for hosting us! The class started with an exploration into our Enneagram numbers with Allison Priola from the Priola Group, and followed with guest speakers from the AG Hospital Foundation, 5cities Homeless Coalition, SLO County Behavioral Health and Avila Bay Athletic Club. 

This last month, Leadership South County Class V kicked off with a retreat at the Oak Creek Lodge in Santa Margarita. Facilitated by our friends at CultureStoke, it is a time for reflection and connection.

SOUTH SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY—Local community members, public servants, city managers, and business leaders are invited to apply for Class V Leadership South County.