"My favorite part of being a leader is seeing someone I have mentored, grow into a rewarding career. This year, I have seen three of my management trainees gain promotions. These were very proud moments in my career."

"“I appreciate that, as a leader, I have an opportunity to help other people grow in their career. I enjoy mentoring others and teaching, setting them up for success, sharing what I know with them. Not everyone communicates the same, and when I was in training as an aspiring leader, looking to grow, I found that there were other leaders who encouraged me to ask more questions, and repeatedly told me I was in charge of my own development, but were otherwise hands off in my development. I felt as if I was thrown to the wolves, and there were a lot of growing pains as a result. Without a map, it’s impossible not to wander off the road now and again. Well, I’ve drawn a map from my experiences of growing into the leader I am today. So I find great joy in applying all those lessons I learned, sharing that map, creating models of leadership that weren’t available to me earlier on in my career. Every time I revisit those lessons, and streamline them, I find my leadership skills growing with each person I usher along to their future success.”"

"My favorite part of being a leader is the ability to influence positive productivity within a staff group. I am constantly looking for ways to motive others, improve quality of services, and event that can be beneficial on a team level as well as individual level. The ability to look at the department on an overhead scale to influence positive change is extremely rewarding."