Leadership Symposium 3/13/2026

Day of Agenda
11:00am    Free Professional Headshots for attendees
11:30am     Check In, Networking, Lunch - Yurtchuk Social Room

12:10pm     Program Start & Welcome

• Opening Remarks by A.J. Baynes, President/CEO Amherst Chamber of Commerce
• Welcome
  • Lynsey Zimdahl Weaver & Sarah Just, EBL Co-Chairs
  • Kaylynn Billups, Director of Graduate Admissions Daemen University

12:15 - 1:45pm     Session 1: From Fog to Focus: Making Sense of Messy Problems

• Facilitator: Christina Coyle-Lenz, Director of Leadership & Innovation, Daemen University
• Session Description: Problem resolution begins with clarity.  In this interactive session, participants will be introduced to tools that can be applied individually or in groups to untangle the complexities of problems we face in our everyday lives. 

1:45 - 2:00pm     Break 

2:00 - 3:00 pm     Session 2: Improving Performance by Strengthening the Weakest Link 

• Facilitator Dr. Tito Rodriguez, Chair, Alfiero School of Business, Daemen University
• Session Description: This session demonstrates how the Theory of Constraints (TOC) can be applied in project management to improve schedule, cost, and team performance by identifying and managing the primary constraint affecting project execution. Participants will analyze a project scenario to identify a critical bottleneck and develop targeted mitigation strategies aligned with PMI concepts such as critical chain and resource optimization.