|  The Capital Area United Way Young Leaders Society serves to engage, inspire, and empower young professionals in the community to make a positive and lasting impact through education, volunteering, and philanthropy. The YLS targets passionate, emerging leaders in the hopes of building a strong future for the Tri-County Community of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties. The YLS program is designed around a leadership skills curriculum and select community events offering a variety of engaging intellectual and personal development activities to best equip these young leaders to stand out and make a difference in their community.
Steering Committee
Josh Hovey, Steering Committee Chair
Nicole Johnson
Abby Marshall
Phil Mitchell
Shavonne Singleton
Tom Stewart
Linda Wilson
CAUW Staff
Pat Hemingway, Vice President - Community Investment
Amanda Masters, Associate Director - Resource Development
Brennan McBride, Associate Director – Finance
For more detailed information on the program, click on the links below.
 Nomination and Application Form
General Young Leadership Program Information
YLS Brochure
Frequently Asked Questions
For questions contact: Amanda Masters at
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or 517-203-5020
Meet some of the 2009/2010 Members of the CAUW Young Leaders Society…..
Tom Curtis
I recently started cultivating a "rockin' skill" by taking vocal lessons at Marshall Music.
On the home front, I live with my girlfriend, Jessica, and my yellow Labrador, Louie.
My first job was operating a curbside vegetable stand at the age of six, selling cucumbers grown in my parents' backyard garden.
Nicole Johnson
Best Advice – Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful
Rockin’ Skill – Multitasking!
First Business Card Title – Business Analyst
Abby Marshall
Best advice (received/given)- “Put your future in good hands, your own” My mentor Felix Brooks, taught me more about life, work and decisions than I ever expected. Over long talks with him, I will contemplated my future ideas of law schools, starting my own business, running for political office or moving across the world. It seemed as if each day I had a new path or idea of how I was going to change the world, he always pushed me to dream bigger and believe in myself, he would end each conversation with “put your future in good hands, your own.”
Favorite book/author: It’s a toss-up “Freakonomics” by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner and “Come On People” by Bill Cosby
Favorite pie: Most definitely pumpkin with lots of whipped cream
Karima Porter
Best advice (received/given) – My advice is my motto, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”.
Favorite pie – My Mulberry pie.
First job – Treasury Controller for the French Government.
Rockin' skill – I love to drum.
Nickname - Kari
Self proclaimed – Portrait painter
Stress reliever – My cats
S/he comes to work b/c... She is committed to make a difference.
Shavonne Singleton
Best advice (received/given): If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Stress Reliever: Reading magazines back to front (that's where the actual stories are!)
Self proclaimed: Laugh-a-holic!
Tatanisha Worthy
Favorite pie: Peach cobbler or sweet potato pie
First business card title: Assistant Director of a Homeless Shelter
First job: Worked at an ice-cream parlor
Pet peeve: People that have excuses about everything!
Nickname: Tat
Stress reliever: Shopping, massages, music
What wakes you up in the morning: My active 4 year old!
S/he comes to work b/c... I go to work because I love what I do. My job is not a job, but a professional career where I am making a difference for our community and society.
Other 2009/2010 Members include …..
Patrick McAlvey
Carla McWherter
James Mills
Alicia Guevara Quintero
Khadija Swims
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