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Delta Regional Authority Announces 2023 Delta Leadership Institute Executive Academy Fellows

Selected this year from a competitive field of applicants are 40 community leaders from throughout the eight DRA states. They will receive executive education through the extensive, nine month leadership program that brings together public, private, and nonprofit sector leaders and empower them with the tools, experiences, and networks needed to address local and regional challenges.

The 2023 DLI Executive Academy fellows include:

  • Dori Bigler, City Administrator, City of Anna

  • Terri Bryant, Illinois State Senator, Illinois General Assembly

  • Josh Downs, Mayor, City of Du Quoin, Deputy Director of Outreach & Community Affairs, Illinois Comptroller’s Office

  • Quianya Enge, Research Assistant/Small Business Advisor, Illinois Small Business Development Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  • Terance Henry, IT Director, City of Marion

 

Visit the Delta Regional Authority to learn more about the program

 

Delta Leadership Institute Past Graduates 

 Robyn Laur Russell Graduates from Delta Leadership Institute

Robyn Laur Russell

Robyn Laur Russell graduated from the 2013-2014 Delta Leadership Institute class sponsored by the Delta Regional Authority on Thursday, September 9th, 2014, in Little Rock, Arkansas, at The Old Statehouse Capital.  Russell is serving as the Director of the Center for Delta Studies at SIU and serves as Director of Business Development and International Trade in SIU Carbondale’s Office of Economic and Regional Development.

Russell is a two-degree graduate of SIU and an ardent Saluki.  She works intensively with small businesses and entrepreneurs in the region and oversees the International Trade Center.  A native of Du Quoin, Illinois, she represents OERD on the Du Quoin Chamber of Commerce and the Perry County CEO program.

Delta Leadership Network at SIU

Kim Sanders

Kim Sanders, Director of the Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development with the SIU School of Medicine, graduated in the class of 2011-2012.