NEXUS Leadership Experience

The need to encourage and equip the next generation of community leaders in Memphis is obvious to those who know our city best. To meet this demand, our young leaders need a place where they can learn proven leadership skills in a mutually challenging environment from top-flight coaches and mentors. Such a place is now available in Memphis. It is called NEXUS: A Proven Experience in Leadership.

Second Presbyterian Church and MPACT Memphis jointly developed NEXUS in 2003 as a vehicle for the development and improvement of leadership skills, as well as a means for participants to make valuable connections with leaders in the Memphis community. Relationship is the key component of the NEXUS experience. NEXUS is unique in that it seeks to duplicate the experienced leader and develop the young, emerging leader through mentorship and relationship.

We are excited to announce our Class of 2013 Speaker's Schedule!

Over the course of the program year, August through May, NEXUS covers leadership topics that we believe every leader must master.  Each month, the featured speaker addresses a topic that is also covered in the assigned monthly reading.  NEXUS' curriculum is accredited by the University of Memphis and Christian Brothers University.

August 18, 2012 / Opening Retreat / For the Kingdom Camp / Memphis, Tennessee; 8:30am-4:30pm

September 6, 2012 / James Armfield / President & CEO / Memphis Athletic Ministries &  Larry Jensen /  President & CEO / Commercial Advisors, LLC                                          

October 4, 2012/ Bobb Biehl / Executive Mentor / Masterplanning Group

November 1, 2012 / PANEL / Sally Pace / Senior Vice President of Marketing / FTN Financial / Douglas Scarboro / Executive Director / Office of Talent and Human Capital and Education Liaison to the Mayor / City of Memphis / Tomeka Hart / President & CEO / Memphis Urban League, Inc.

December 6, 2012 / Sandy Willson / Senior Minister / Second Presbyterian Church

January 3, 2013 / Mei-Ann Chen / Music Director / Memphis Symphony Orchestra

February 7, 2013 / Ken Edmundson / Founder / Chairman and CEO / Edmundson Northstar Business Research and Training Institute                                

March 7, 2013 / Gary Shorb / President & CEO / Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

April 4, 2013 / Susan Stephenson / Co-Chairman & President / Independent Bank

May 2, 2013 / Graduation / A.C. Wharton / Mayor / City of Memphis

All sessions meet at Second Presbyterian Church, 4055 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111, 5:30-8pm.



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NEXUS Class of 2012 Graduates!

Friday, May 04, 2012 - Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Congratulations to the NEXUS Class of 2012!

The NEXUS Class of 2012 recently graduated on May 3. This ended the ten-month NEXUS experience for those Mentors and Protégés who dedicated their time and energy in making this year a success!  University of Memphis Coach Josh Pastner spoke about leadership and how he motivates his team!

We are so excited to have graduated the ninth NEXUS Class and have trained over 550 principle-centered leaders.  Recruitment is underway for the NEXUS Class of 2013, additional information and applications are online.

NEXUS CLASS OF 2012

 

PROTÉGÉS

Kyle Bennison

Paul Berryhill

Keisha L. Brockington

Tom Brown

Natika J. Calhoun

Steven Robert Coble

Nicole S. Cooper

Stephen Winton Cross

John Brantley Davidson

Billy T. DuBose

Chris G. Fussell

Jessica D. Grammer

Michael Leon Harris

ToDario A. Harris

Elizabeth Henderson

Michael David Hopping

Jennifer L. Larkin

Jessica Lotz

Edward Lee Maddox

Christian Man

Philip James O’Malley

Timothy A. Owens

Ciji Pittman

Derrick J. Puckett II

Jordan K. Stephens

Andrew K. Taylor

Patrick Adam Taylor

Matthew T. Warren

Chandler Whitman

Ford Smith Williams III

MENTORS

Dan Bellott

Michelle Blount

Thomas Bucciarelli

Dee Dyer

Blake Elliott

Carey Folk

Ed Garrison

Patricia N. Glancy

Cecil Godman III

Howard Graham

Ken Hall

Deborah Hester Harrison

Brian Kelsey

David Leake

Dr. Michael McSwain

Frances L. Paulson

Mark Petzinger

Don Riley

Bathsheba T. Sams

Brian Meredith Schneider

John Simpson

Monica S. Sonnier

Bob Stewart

Bev Pray Vitali

Beverly Wade

Shad D. Williams

Sandy Willson

C. Kemmons Wilson Jr.

Buddy Wittichen

Pat Mitchell Worley

 


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Testimonials

“I’ve had the opportunity to participate in NEXUS as both a protege and a mentor, and both experiences have challenged me personally and professionally. The sessions are timely and applicable, and the personal interaction provides a type of “support group” that is often missing within the traditional business community.”

Sally Pace - Mentor and Past Protege / Senior Vice President of Marketing, FTN Financial
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