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Wells College President Lisa Marsh Ryerson has announced that Gwen Webber-McLeod, founder and owner of Gwen Webber-McLeod, Inspiring People to New Levels of Leadership, will be keynote speaker at this year’s Commencement exercises. Commencement will be held on Saturday, May 29 at 10:00 a.m. Barring inclement weather, the ceremony will take place on the lakeside lawn immediately behind the Aurora Inn.

An entrepreneur who has created two businesses (Treble Associates, and, more recently, Gwen Webber-McLeod, Inspiring People to New Levels of Leadership), Ms. Webber-McLeod has 30 years of experience in leadership development, professional facilitation, and motivational speaking.  Throughout her career she has received numerous awards, including the New York State Governor’s Award for African-Americans of Distinction, and the New York State Woman of Distinction Award.

Her past professional experience includes positions as director of communications for Wells College; communications/development director of the Seven Lakes Girl Scout Council; executive director of the National Women’s Hall of Fame; executive director of the Booker T. Washington Community Center; and coordinator of human services for the Cayuga/Seneca Community Action Agency.

Webber-McLeod also has an active civic life, and she serves as a trustee of numerous organizations that aim to enhance and improve people’s lives. Her current affiliations include work as the team advisor to the CNY Health Fellows teams (a project of the Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York) and membership on the Auburn’s YMCA board of directors, as well as service as board chair for Auburn’s Booker T. Washington Community Center.

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