On January 9, the Class of 2020 experienced Healthcare in Southern Maryland.  The day began with a panel discussion on healthcare issues and challenges in Southern Maryland with representatives from CalvertHealth System, University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center, and MedStar St. Mary's Hospital.  The panel was facilitated by John Greely LSM'11 and Mary Hannah LSM'17, Susan Vogel LSM'09, and Lori Werrell LSM'13 were among the participants.

The group next visited Sagepoint Senior Living Services where they were welcomed by Joyce Riggs LSM'11.  They heard about the memory care services at Sagepoint and had the unique opportunity to participate in a dementia exercise that demonstrated the challenges faced by those coping with memory loss and sensory issues.  

Walden’s Anchor facility in Charlotte Hall was next on the agenda.  The class received an overview of the facility and its addiction treatment programs and heard from a former program participant who shared her personal story and her path to recovery.

The healthcare session also included presentations from Health Partners, Inc’s Chrisie Mulcahey LSM’18 on medical resources for the underserved and an overview of services offered by Maryland Coalition of Families from Amy Young, a family peer support specialist.  Tours of Health Partners and the Charles County Sheriff’s Office HOPE (Heroin Overdose Prevention Effort) trailer rounded out the day.

The nomination season is now open for Leadership Southern Maryland's Class of 2021!  As a graduate, sponsor, or supporter of LSM, you are encouraged to submit nominees and help LSM to build the next "best class ever!"

As a reminder, a nominee must be:

--a mid to senior-level leader with significant career and community achievements; a resident or employee of Calvert, Charles, or St. Mary's County
--willing to commit the time, energy, and resources necessary to actively participate in and complete the nine-month executive program
--volunteering time and energy to their community, giving back and paying forward, recognizing the personal and professional benefits of doing so
--ready to make a significant contribution towards shaping our great Southern Maryland region
--willing to continue supporting the efforts of the organization after completing the program

Don't forget to encourage your nominee to attend an informational session to learn more about the program and application process.  Nominees can view the session schedule and register at https://www.leadershipsomd.org/programs/executive-program/

 To nominate a candidate for the Class of 2021, click HERE

Does your organization, company, other nonprofit have an avenue for posting news (i.e. publication, newsletter, employee intranet, employee digital chatroom, etc.)? LSM would like to gather a list of possible resources that we could use to grow LSM’s awareness in our communities.

Please send us:

1. your resource(s)

2. the publication deadline (if there is one)

3. to whom we should submit info

Thanks for helping to spread the word about LSM!

LSM Board President Sam Baldwin LSM'16 has devoted six years to his work on the John Hanson Briscoe Historical Project and is pleased to announce its completion.  The final chapter to this project has just been published online at https://www.baldwinbriscoe. com/the-john-hanson-briscoe- historical-project/ . Entitled “New Leadership”, it is relevant to members of the LSM family in that it tells the story of how leaders, such as John Hanson Briscoe and Senator J. Frank Raley, used their leadership skills to modernize St. Mary’s County.  

The John Hanson Briscoe Historical Project is a historical project relating the life and times of John Hanson Briscoe (1934-2014), St. Mary’s County lawyer, judge, and former Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. Through 60-plus interviews conducted with his friends and contemporaries, and through hundreds of separate primary and secondary documents, the John Hanson Briscoe Historical Project gives readers, researchers, and history enthusiasts detailed and personal accounts of John Hanson Briscoe’s life, as well as on topics such as law and politics in Maryland, the development of St. Mary’s County and Lexington Park, and of life in Maryland and St. Mary’s County in general during the twentieth century.

LEAP 2020 class member John Houser and 2019 Teen Leadership Academy ambassador Jordan Beaton both contributed their time and efforts to the project.  

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Do You Have News?

We know our 300+ graduates are doing great things in the community and we’d like to know about them so we can publicize it (another way of spreading the LSM word). Please send us a quick email if you or another LSM classmate or colleague have participated in any community events or organizations in the past several months.

Please join members of LSM's Class of 2020 and Major David Trick LSM'19, assistant deputy commander for cadets, at this year’s Civil Air Patrol open house!

Civil Air Patrol’s St. Mary’s Composite Squadron is hosting an open house at the St. Mary’s County Regional Airport in California, Maryland on January 29, 7 pm to 9 pm.

Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a national organization with regional chapters that carry out its mission of supporting America’s communities with emergency response, diverse aviation and ground services, youth development, and promotion of air, space, and cyber power. In St. Mary’s County, CAP programs currently involve nearly 100 community youths, aged 10-17. The St. Mary’s Composite Squadron recently earned its 10th consecutive Quality Cadet Squadron award for commendable cadet program performance.

CAP was selected to participate in LSM's Nonprofit Connections program and will have a project completed by the Class of 2020.  The goal of the project is to bring public awareness to CAP’s programs, particularly those that benefit local teens.

Chesapeake Potomac Healthcare Alliance

The Chesapeake-Potomac Healthcare Alliance was formed in 1994 by Calvert Memorial Hospital, Civista Health, Inc. (now University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center), and MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital with the goal of providing the very best in health care for every person in Southern Maryland. One year later, the Alliance collaborated successfully to create the Chesapeake-Potomac Home Health Agency. In 2006, they developed the Chesapeake Potomac Regional Cancer Center. The center, which has locations in Waldorf and Charlotte Hall, represents a major milestone for cancer care in the tri-county area.

Chesapeake-Potomac Home Health Care is a full-service agency that provides nursing, physical, speech and occupational therapy, medical social work and home health aides to patients recently discharged from the hospital. Its services are licensed and certified by Medicare and Medicaid. Chesapeake Potomac Regional Cancer Center provides patients with access to the highest quality in radiation therapy. The center’s sophisticated technology gives doctors the ability to target and track tumors with superior precision.

Thank you for your Gold level sponsorship!