Meet the 2008 Rising Leaders Jim Valentas   Company: Corna/Kokosing Construction Co. Title: Project Manager Years in Construction Industry: 10 Rising Leader Comments: “The Rising Leaders program is a unique opportunity to gain knowledge along with our peers that will help better the whole industry, not just our companies.  We all face the same challenges on a daily basis and together many of those challenges can be overcome.”

The Rising Leaders Institute (RLI), supported by a grant from the Builders Exchange Foundation, is an intensive, 12-session program focused on building management skills and business knowledge of high potential individuals, and preparing them to serve as the future leaders in the construction industry.

Participants in the Rising Leaders Institute are required to have a champion from their company, a manager who acts as their mentor throughout the program. Valentas’ mentor is Josh Corna, vice president of Corna/Kokosing Construction Co.

With a curriculum developed for the Builders Exchange by The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, the sessions are taught by OSU faculty members.

For more information on the Rising Leaders Institute, contact Paula Hammer at the Exchange.

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