Student Leadership Trainers
The Student Leadership Trainers (SLTs) are undergraduate students who serve as presenters/facilitators for various Office of Student Leadership Development programs and workshops. Each SLT has received intensive training on facilitation, presentation and leadership topics in order to provide fun, interactive, energetic and informative programs for their peers.
Most frequently, the SLTs train on the topics of public speaking, communication, conflict management, goal setting, event planning, individual and group decision making and leadership styles, but have the knowledge and ability to create workshops for any topic requested!
2011 SLT Workshop Listing
View the complete listing of 2011 SLT workshops (PDF format)
2011 Student Leadership Trainers
Emma Barnett
Senior
Caroline Couzens
Political Science and History major
Junior
Caroline is from White Plains, NY and has been involved with the Office of Student Leadership Development since she was a freshman. She has two older sisters, is an avid Sporcle player, and in her free time likes to do crossword puzzles.
Joe Joseph
Political Science major
Junior
Joseph Joseph, better known as "Joe Joe" hails from West Windsor, New Jersey. As an active leader of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, his experiences working with large organizations make him a great resource not only for the Greek Community, but for other campus organizations as well. He enjoys fishing, surfing and alternative rock music. Joe once worked as a referee at a laser tag arena where he honed his leadership skills.
Jared Lucas
Integrated Business and Engineering (IBE), Industrial Engineering major
Senior
Jared is from Lexington, Massachusetts and has been an active leader on campus since he was a freshman. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity and is interested in basketball, drifting cars and making music. Known for his sick party mash-ups that have been featured on Fratmusic.com, he is sometimes better known as KapSlap.
Christine Perndorfer
Psychology major
Senior
Christine is from Rumson, New Jersey. She joined SLTs to get more experience facilitating leadership workshops to groups on campus. She is a vegetarian and spends her summers at the beach.
Ellen Ryder
Math/Spanish major in the 5-yr Education Program
Senior
Ellen just came back from spending a semester abroad in Seville, Spain. Although she had an amazing time, she is happy to be back at Lehigh! When she has free time, which is rare, she loves to run. She can't wait to be a teacher someday, either abroad or in the United States.
Taylor Siegel
Art history major with a minor in history and communication
Junior
Taylor is from New York City, making her one of the few people on campus who have yet to get their driver's license. She is a member of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority and enjoys swimming and running.
Alyssa Vecchio
Behavioral Neuroscience major with minors in Health, Medicine, and Society and Global Studies
Senior
Alyssa is a premed student here at Lehigh and just spent a semester in South Africa studying community health. She enjoys running, visiting vegan treat on north side, playing bananagrams, and watching many shows on hulu. Her last name in Italian means old.
Thomas Zaki
Electrical Engineering major
Junior
Tom has been teaching leadership for over 5 years though the Boy Scouts and school organizations. He is a member of Phi Sigma Pi and enjoys ultimate frisbee, guitar, and origami in his spare time.