Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Business Journal Q1 2015 | Page 60

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MWho has Inspired You?
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did, but people will
never forget how you made them feel.”
-Maya Angelou

By: Connie Sloan-Cathcart,
United Way Executive Director

Here at United Way, every
year, wonderful people
step into leadership roles.
I have been so fortunate
to have my inspiration and
energy renewed over and
over again because of their
leadership.

Our organization continues to
ask the question, why are we
here? What is our role in this
community? The willingness
to stretch, to change from the
traditional roles, and to forge
a path that works for Laramie
County has come from our
committed leadership.

Our Board takes a look
every year at where we are
Nicole Perez and Marsha Connour,
Who has inspired
and what we are hoping to
you and what was it accepting 2013 Campaign Coordinator of the achieve. Their willingness
Year award.
about them that was
for introspection is another
so inspiring?
point of inspiration to me. We
go forward inspiring each other to reach higher and do
Maya Angelou said; “I’ve learned that people will
better because we believe in a community where all
forget what you said, people will forget what you did,
individuals and families have the opportunity to achieve
but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
their full potential. Having a mission that is worthy of their
leadership brings
Yes, how they made me feel, how they made us
the most wonderful
feel, is what I remember most. The best leaders
people to us year
made us feel as if we were a part of something great
after year.
happening in our community.
Every leader at United Way came to us as a volunteer.
Their decision to be with us because they believed
in this work is their first point of inspiration. The best
of them spoke the truth of how it was at the moment
and then took us along toward what was possible; a
step in the right direction, toward our potential as an
organization creating real community impact.

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Expanding Your Influence

Bob Womack,
Spradley Barr Motors,
accepting the 2013 Uniting
Our Community award.