Jessica Wagner Interview

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Interview and Related Essay Women in Leadership Erika Langford September 25, 2012 The interviewee I chose is Jessica Wagner. I chose her because she is a part of some leadership roles that interest me. She is involved in many things here at Wesleyan, past and present. In the past, she was the finance vice president (FVP) of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, a role in which she completed all the budgeting, dues collection, fines, and worked with every other officer to set personal officer budgets, financial goals, and fundraising methods. Jessica was also “Sweetheart” for Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. In this role, she created a supportive environment for the fraternity boys, assisted with hosting events, provided a woman’s point of view in goal setting discussions, and assisted with relations between fraternity and sorority life. Upon admittance into college, Jessica was accepted to the Bonner Scholar program. The program focused on community service and she was required to complete 10 hours…show more content…
Leadership is not just for people of wealth or people with family in leadership positions. Leadership is for those who choose to be a leader. If you don’t chose, you will be left on the surface of leadership”. The things that Jessica and I talked about during our interview were extremely close to the things that we talked about in class with the text. The stories of things that she had been through as a leader were also very similar. I found it very interesting how similar these things were. I learned a lot from this interview, and I greatly enjoyed talking with Jessica. I learned that I should always be open to new things, and I need to stay optimistic for more successful personal leadership achievements. A lot of the things that she told me during this interview I feel will greatly benefit me in my future endeavors of leadership

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