The Future is Bright - Welcome EVP and EVP-Elect

The Future is Bright – Welcome Executive Vice President Sam Zehnder and Executive Vice President Elect Erinn R. M. Carlson

By Carrie Starts

As we prepare to usher in our new leadership, the future looks so bright for the JLC. As part of the JLC Leadership Structure Optimization, the roles of Executive Vice President and Executive Vice President Elect have been filled. The Executive Vice President is the internal face of the League, responsible for executing against the strategic and annual plans on behalf of the membership while overseeing EMT. The role will report to the President. The Executive Vice President Elect is a position that includes a year of training to ensure a smooth transition to Executive Vice President the following year.

First, we welcome our new Executive Vice President, Sam Zehdner. Sam is currently the Sr. Product Marketing Manager at 84.51°. She joined the league in 2017 and has served on the Online Committee, Chair of the Marketing and Publicity Committee and is currently serving as the VP of Communications. Sam has big plans for her role. From a high level, she plans to lay the foundation for this new position with the goal of strengthening the core team by taking the management of the day-to-day operations off of the President’s plate to give her more capacity to focus on the strategic direction of the league. She is excited to partner with the Core Team to lay the new foundation for the JLC’s leadership for years to come.

We also welcome our new Executive Vice President Elect, Erinn R. M. Carlson. Erinn has dedicated much of her adult life to volunteerism and has a passion for the Junior League and her animal rescue work, among other things. She joined the Junior League in 2013 in Norfolk-Virginia Beach. She transferred to Dayton in 2017 and Riverside, California in 2019. She recently joined us here in Cincinnati. She has held past leadership positions as VP of Membership, At-Large Director and Fundraising Manager. Erinn looks forward to the opportunity to help the League do what they do, better. Her main goal is to take the weight off of the President and help the management team and Board operate more efficiently. Her past experience with other leagues has given her a unique perspective on how leagues can do things more efficiently and she is excited to bring that to her new role. There is no question, these two ladies are going to do big things. Welcome!

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