Opening Retreat (The Center for Creative Managment, Arroyo Hondo)

Purpose:
Team-building & networking

Focus and Activities:
Introductions & orientation; group processes; brainstorming issues pertinent to Santa Fe; discussion of 'personal best' leadership experiences and a scavenger hunt

Leadership Skills Training:
Storyboarding, Ideawriting, Nominal Group Technique

Day 1- History & Culture (The New Mexico Museum of Art)

Speakers:
Bill Baxter – Ancient Cultures in Galisteo Basin
Tom Chavez - Former director of The Palace of the Governor's Museum of New Mexico History and Former Director of the Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque.

Study Tour of the of the New Mexico Museum of Art - “How the West was One” - with Joe Traugott

Skills Training with Mediator David River (A Skilled Response to Anger – A Workshop)

Day 2 - Economic Development (New Mexico Dept. of Economic Development)

Speakers:
Donnie Quintana – Community Development Team Leader for the State of New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Economic Development Division.
Bill Enloe – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Los Alamos National Bank
Stephanie Spong – Principal at EPIC Ventures
Kathy McCormick – Director, Housing & Community Development Department, City of Santa Fe

Panel:
Cultivating Santa Fe’s Future Economy: A discussion on Santa Fe Economic Development
Ike Pino - General Manager & Vice President of Rancho Viejo de Santa Fe Inc.; President of SunCor New Mexico,
Clare Fenton – Assistant Vice President Overseeing the Division of Continuing Education and Customized Training at Santa Fe Community College,
Zane Fisher – Freelance culture critic and award-winning columnist for the Santa Fe Reporter,
Dr. Camille Bustamante – Environmental Scientist and Board Member for SCZ (Sustainable Communities Zeri NM)

Skills Development and Group Interaction – Visioning (with Suzanne Otter & Carl Moore)

Day 3 - Justice & Immigration (Santa Fe Community College)

Speakers:
Robert Schwartz, Ethicist & UNM Law Professor – An Ethical Perspective on Social Justice
Maria Christina Lopezm, Somus Unidos on The Immigrant Experience in Santa Fe
Ed Zendel, NM Municipal League, Risk Services Director on The Immigrant Impact
Gregg Bemis, Leadership Santa Fe Board Member

Panel:
Kristen Krell, ENLACE - GEAR UP Collaborative Manager
Gaile Herling, Santa Fe Public Schools Adelante Program
Gary Johnson, Santa Fe Police Department
Dan Burke, El Centro Family Health Chief Planning Officer

Class/Panel Interaction & Leadership Skills Training with Carl Moore - Stereotyping

Day 4 - Education (Santa Fe High)

Skills Training – Gregorc assessment of learning styles; Drawing the Ideal Child; Explore Factors that Affect a Child’s Life Chances; Envision the desired future of the Santa Fe public schools (Facilitated by George Otero)

Panel :
Discussion of what is working and what is not working well in the Santa Fe public school system; Recent and current initiatives for further improvement in effectiveness; and restraints that confront improvement efforts:
Dr. Melville Morgan, Deputy Superintendent, Santa Fe School District,
Mary Ellen Gonzales, Santa Fe School Board member,
Dr. Webb, Santa Fe High School Principal

Speakers:
Taylor Selby, Earth Care International
Miguel Angel Acosta, Santa Fe Community Partnership

Day 5 - Health (Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center)

Speakers:
Dr. David Gunderson, CSVRMC Board Chair & Leadership SF Alumnus
Dr. Karen Armitage, Chief Medical Officer for the State of the New Mexico and Public Health Department on the current State of New Mexico’s Healthcare Strategic Plan
Karen Stumpff, BSN, Director for Clinical Education-CSVRMC - CSVRMC Health Education Exploration Program

Skills Training: Life Directives & Making Difficult Decisions – Caroline Burnett & David River

Study Tour: Dr. Frantz Melio – President of Northern New Mexico Emergency Services: Tour of New Emergency Department.

Panel:
Health Care Professionals Shortage: A National Dilemma:
Kevin McMullan & Melissa Candelaria from NM Health Resources, Inc
Dr. Mark Wightman, Medical Director for CSVRMC,
Wenoah Veikley (Southwest Care Clinic)
Dr. Gary Harris Medical Director from LFMC.

Panel:
What is it like to be a Health Care Provider in Santa Fe?
Dr. Richard Lieberman, (Family Practitioner)
Dr. Leslie Garson (Anesthesiologist).

Day 6 - Growth (The Santa Fe Complex)

Study Tour of Santa Fe Railyard Development with Bryan Drypolcher

Leadership Exercise with Mark Bennett, Facilitator

Speakers:
Roy Roth (new urbanism planning)
Jack Kolkmeyer (County growth management planning)

Panel:
Specific development in Santa Fe area:
Carmichael Dominguez – City Councilor
Ted Harrison – President, Commonweal Conservancy

Day 7 - Youth (Warehouse 21)

Study Tour of the Youth Detention Center, Warehouse 21, and Alvord Elementary School

Panel:
Dr. Craig Pierce, Teambuilders Counseling
Tita Gervers, Santa Fe Public Schools
Tommy Rodriguez, Juvenile Probation

Leadership Skills – Mary Louse Romero and students of SFPH: Restorative Justice

Speakers:
Lynn Hathaway, Children & Youth Commission
Ana Gallegos y Reinhart, WH21

Day 8 - Government (The Santa Fe Convention & Visitor's Center)

Speaker:
Senator-elect Peter Wirth

Panel:
County Government Roundtable Discussion
Roman Abeyta, County Manager
Virginia Vigil, County Commissioner

Lunch with Mayor David Coss

Leadership Skills Exercise - Overview of LSF Skills with Suzanne Otter, Facilitator: “What one leadership skill was meaningful to you and how have you applied it, or how do you plan to apply it in the future?”

Graduation & Alumni Appreciation Event (Santa Fe Community College)

A gathering of eighty past and current participants and prominent members of the community with the inaugaural Leadership Santa Fe 'Distinguished Leadership Awards' ceremony'. The awards went to Mary Ellen Gonzales, Sarah Noss, and Charlotte Roybal. Mayor Coss presented the graduation certificates to the participants of Class of 2008.