The MBA's Leadership Academy hosted its first "Profiles in
Leadership" training session for 21 fellows selected for 2016-17 on
Oct. 25 in Boston.
Fellows heard presentations from four prominent Massachusetts
leaders: Hon. Karyn Polito, lieutenant governor of the commonwealth
of Massachusetts; John Fish, chairman and chief executive officer,
Suffolk Construction Company Inc.; William Sinnott, Esq., Donoghue,
Barrett & Singal; and MBA Past President Valerie A. Yarashus,
Esq., Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow PC.
The speakers represented a unique cross-section of professional
experience including public service, business and commerce, the
military and the law.
MBA President Jeffrey N. Catalano, a member of the Leadership
Academy Steering Committee, provided welcoming remarks and
congratulated the fellows on being selected to the program. He also
stressed the importance of connecting not only with leaders, but
with other fellows as well.
"Part of being a great leader is hanging around with great
people. Greatness is contagious," said Catalano.
MBA Treasurer and fellow member of the steering committee
Christopher A. Kenney also noted the commitment the MBA has made to
each fellow as a future leader.
"I hope you see this fellowship as the honor and privilege that
it really is and is intended to be," remarked Kenney. "But I hope
you also see this as an investment-the MBA's investment in
you."
Lt. Gov. Polito, an attorney and former member of the MBA House
of Delegates, spoke about her experience with leadership as a
lawyer, local selectman, state senator and lieutenant governor. She
acknowledged the importance of perseverance and the notion that
many leadership skills are not developed overnight.
"Leadership is not just about one academy-it's a lifetime
experience," said Polito.
After the four presentations, a brief question and answer
session was held with the speakers that covered various leadership
topics such as finding a mentor and work/life balance.
The MBA Leadership Academy was developed to better prepare young
attorneys to assume leadership roles at the bar, in their firms or
organizations and in government. A 12-month program, which will run
concurrently with the MBA membership year, the Leadership Academy
will include five educational programs, class projects and
mentoring opportunities.
Leadership Academy Steering Committee
- Wayne A. Budd, MBA Past President
- Jeffrey N. Catalano, MBA President
- Marc A. D'Antonio, MBA Staff Liaison
- Lisa A. Ferrara, MBA Staff Liaison
- Hon. Shannon Frison
- Robert W. Harnais, MBA Past President
- Martin W. Healy, MBA Chief Legal Counsel and Chief Operating
Officer
- Hon. Timothy S. Hillman
- Christopher A. Kenney, MBA Treasurer
- John J. Morrissey, MBA Vice President
- Denise I. Murphy, MBA Secretary
- Patricia A. Olier, MBA Staff Liaison
- Christopher P. Sullivan, MBA President-Elect
- Hon. Charles B. Swartwood (ret.)
- Hon. J. Owen Todd (ret.)
- Valerie A. Yarashus, MBA Past President
The 2016-17 MBA Leadership Academy Fellows:
- Jesse Adams, Law Office of Jesse Adams (Northampton)
- Adrian Angus, Committee for Public Counsel Services
(Worcester)
- Saraa Basaria, Gordon & Rees LLP (Boston)
- Ida R. Candreva, Law Office of R. Carabetta (Revere)
- Melissa Conner, Conner Law Offices (Charlestown)
- Emmanuel Dockter, Baum & Dockter (Quincy)
- Talia Gee, Sullivan, Hayes & Quinn (Springfield)
- Katherine Guarino, Locke Lord, LLP (Boston)
- Sara Horatius, Roxbury Community College (Boston)
- Jane A. Horne, Peabody & Arnold LLP (Boston)
- Sakib Khan, Kenney & Sams PC (Southborough)
- Brigid Mitchell, Law Office of Denise Squillante (Fall
River)
- Marc Moccia, Kazarosian Costello LLP (Haverhill)
- Michael Molloy, Marcotte Law Firm (Lowell)
- Michael Rossi, Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch Ford LLP
(Boston)
- Victoria Santoro, Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow
(Boston)
- Lauren N. Schaal, Scholarship Winner, 2016 Oliver Wendell
Holmes Jr. Scholarship (Brighton)
- Samuel A. Segal, Law Offices of Samuel A. Segal (Boston)
- Courtney Shea, Peabody & Arnold LLP (Boston)
- Meghan Slack, Law Office of Meghan Slack (Cambridge)
- Damian Turco, Turco Legal PC (Newburyport)