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NAME: Katie Deierlein
YEAR: Sophomore
MAJOR: History with Adolescent Education, Studio Art minor
HOMETOWN: Deerfield, NY
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: Casework in Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Secretary in History Club, High School Mentoring Program, RA in Genesee Hall
LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Judith Shapiro (President of Barnard College, Board Member of the Fund for the City of New York, Partner in the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce, member of the Executive Committee of the Board of New York Building Congress, New York State Leadership Council, member of the Advisory Committee of Save the Children, Partner of the New York City Women’s Commission, President of Morningside Area Alliance.)
LEADERSHIP QUOTE: “Leadership…a relational process of people together attempting to accomplish change or make a difference to benefit the common good” –Komives, Lucas, McMahon

NAME: Sehar Khalid
YEAR: Sophomore
MAJOR: Biology
HOMETOWN: Corning, NY
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: SHAKTI
LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Dr Martin Luther King Jr. (leader of Civil Rights movement)
LEADERSHIP QUOTE: “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." – John F. Kennedy
GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE…
It gives us the confidence we need to find the leader within ourselves.

NAME: Chad Salitan
YEAR: Junior
MAJOR: International Relations
HOMETOWN: Gananda, NY
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: SA Exec, Red Cross Club, Intramurals
LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: FDR
LEADERSHIP QUOTE: “Politics is doing the popular thing, leadership is doing the right thing.”
GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE…
You learn things you wouldn’t have in a classroom.

NAME: Brendan See
YEAR: Senior
MAJOR: Physics and Political Science; Economics and Mathematics minors
HOMETOWN: Lockport, NY
LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Ronald Reagan
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: Physics Club President, College Senate, Physics Lab Instructor
LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant." –Max De Pree, “Leadership Is an Art"
GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE…
It offers every participant the opportunity to learn, develop, and refine leadership skills that leads to a personal leadership model that is uniquely their own.

	NAME: Vivian Cheung YEAR: Junior MAJOR: Psychology HOMETOWN: Douglaston, NY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: Geneseo Women’s Tennis Team, KASA, GCCC, & Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority, Inc. LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: My big sister LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where the is no path and leave a trail."-Ralph Waldo Emerson GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… All students are leaders and it helps bring out those qualities that some students did not know they had.
NAME: Danielle DeFranco YEAR: Senior MAJOR: Mathematics and Secondary Education HOMETOWN: Huntington, NY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: RA and RA related activities LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Ralph Nader LEADERSHIP QUOTE: “Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, “Certainly I can!” Then get busy and find out how to do it.”–Theodore Roosevelt GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… It helps students develop into more desirable, hirable, and admirable people.
	NAME: Ben DeGeorge YEAR: Junior MAJOR: Business Administration HOMETOWN: Henrietta, NY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: Notable and Newsworthy: VIP Profiles, Cross Country/Track and Field, Alliance for Business Growth of Livingston and Wyoming Counties, Democracy Matters, The Lamron LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Tom Matthews, FDR, Richard Branson, Robert E. Lee, Crazy Horse, My Father (Joe DeGeorge) LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "Respect is about how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.' – Richard Branson "I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." – Ralph Nader GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… they have a chance to obtain a leadership education equal to what professionals are willing to pay thousands of dollars for. Website: http://www.notableandnewsworthy.blogspot.com
NAME: Katie Deierlein YEAR: Sophomore MAJOR: History with Adolescent Education, Studio Art minor HOMETOWN: Deerfield, NY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: Casework in Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Secretary in History Club, High School Mentoring Program, RA in Genesee Hall LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Judith Shapiro (President of Barnard College, Board Member of the Fund for the City of New York, Partner in the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce, member of the Executive Committee of the Board of New York Building Congress, New York State Leadership Council, member of the Advisory Committee of Save the Children, Partner of the New York City Women’s Commission, President of Morningside Area Alliance.) LEADERSHIP QUOTE: “Leadership…a relational process of people together attempting to accomplish change or make a difference to benefit the common good” –Komives, Lucas, McMahon “Leadership…the art of mobilizing others to want to struggle for shared aspirations”-Kouzes and Posner GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… It promotes community involvement and enables students to hone leadership abilities.
	NAME: Jennifer Anne Delcourt YEAR: Senior MAJOR: Sociology HOMETOWN: Queensbury, NY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: Livingston County CARES, Women’s Ice Hockey Club, Sociology Department newsletter, Womyn’s Action Coalition, GOLD LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: n/a LEADERSHIP QUOTE: “ Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” - Archbishop Desmond Tutu GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… It shows us that leadership is something at which that we learn to be successful at any point in our lives; it’s not too late to start in college. It provides a friendly, supportive environment to begin exploring our capacity for leadership and implementing our ideas.
NAME: Katie Del Rosso YEAR: Sophomore MAJOR: Biology (Pre-Vet) HOMETOWN: Chicago/Seoul/Singapore CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: Friends of HORSE Rescue, GODA, Bio Club LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Oskar Schindler LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit" - Arnold H. Glasgow. GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… What you learn ends up relating to all your experiences one way or another.
	NAME: Sal Farruggia YEAR: Senior MAJOR: Psychology HOMETOWN: Floral Park, NY ( Long Island) CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: GOLD, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Mohammed Ali LEADERSHIP QUOTE: “Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion” –Christian Frederick Hebbel (German Poet) GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM BECAUSE… It gives students the opportunities and tools to realize their potential.
NAME: Sehar Khalid YEAR: Sophomore MAJOR: Biology HOMETOWN: Corning, NY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: SHAKTI LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Dr Martin Luther King Jr. (leader of Civil Rights movement) LEADERSHIP QUOTE: “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." – John F. Kennedy GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… It gives us the confidence we need to find the leader within ourselves.
	NAME: Kristin Kucharski YEAR: Senior MAJOR: Business Administration, Psychology minor HOMETOWN: Allegany, NY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: Marketing Club, GOLD, Cheering on Girls Soccer team LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Mother Teresa LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist."~Eric Hoffer GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… It teaches students important skills that will be useful in real-life. It also helps them learn what it takes to be a good leader and improve their leadership abilities.
NAME: Ashley Legenbauer YEAR: Junior MAJOR: Anthropology/History HOMETOWN: Averill Park, NY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: Anthropology Club, GOLD LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Eleanor Roosevelt LEADERSHIP QUOTE: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… GOLD gives students the opportunity to develop leadership skills and techniques that will help them succeed in life, no matter what career path they choose.
	NAME: Nicole Menarchem YEAR: Senior MAJOR: Mathematics, History, and a Medieval Studies Minor HOMETOWN: Shoreham, Long Island CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: Circle K, Newman, Orchestra LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: My Father LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership." - Dwight D. Eisenhower GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… It allows students to form a basis for the leadership roles they take in activities on campus.
NAME: Kaitlyn Piper YEAR: Senior MAJOR: Business Administration, minor in legal studies HOMETOWN: Victor, NY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: Alpha Kappa Phi Sorority LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Eleanor Roosevelt LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."–Eleanor Roosevelt GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… It is a great professional development tool that will continue to apply to our everyday lives after graduation.
	NAME: Ryan K Quinn YEAR: Senior MAJOR: Biology/Psychology HOMETOWN: Webster, NY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: UAA, GOLD, Biology Club, Rugby LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Lance Armstrong LEADERSHIP QUOTE: “Leadership is action, not position.” – Donald H. McGannon GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… GOLD allows us all to meet new people and learn valuable information that will be useful through college and when pursuing greater heights afterwards.
NAME: Chad Salitan YEAR: Junior MAJOR: International Relations HOMETOWN: Gananda, NY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: SA Exec, Red Cross Club, Intramurals LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: FDR LEADERSHIP QUOTE: “Politics is doing the popular thing, leadership is doing the right thing.” GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… You learn things you wouldn’t have in a classroom.
	NAME: Jason Schwartz YEAR: Senior MAJOR: Accounting HOMETOWN: Fairport, NY CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: UAA, Intramurals, Tutoring LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Abe Lincoln LEADERSHIP QUOTE: Leadership: "The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." - Dwight D. Eisenhower GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… Vast amount of options. Not many other programs offer so many things in so manner different categories.
NAME: Brendan See YEAR: Senior MAJOR: Physics and Political Science; Economics and Mathematics minors HOMETOWN: Lockport, NY LEADER YOU ADMIRE MOST: Ronald Reagan CAMPUS ACTIVITIES: Physics Club President, College Senate, Physics Lab Instructor LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant." –Max De Pree, “Leadership Is an Art" GOLD IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE… It offers every participant the opportunity to learn, develop, and refine leadership skills that leads to a personal leadership model that is uniquely their own.