Throwing for Change: Ultimate Leadership for Middle School Girls combines the sport of Ultimate with the leadership skills of Lean In Girls, an empowerment program designed for youth who identify with the girlhood experience. Through fun and interactive sessions, girls will build confidence, learn to re-frame failure, and tackle stereotypes, all while exploring important topics like taking positive risks.

This program will connect girls with local female professionals and is made possible by a generous grant from the Shoreview Community Foundation.

Each session includes:

• Ultimate Frisbee Coaching and Skills Instruction*

• Leadership Development Activities 

• a Connection Session with Diverse Female Professionals

• Snacks and New Friends

*no experience necessary

For more information including schedule and location, visit our Summer Registration page.

Session Topics and Speakers

• 6/17/2025: Redefine Leadership. Wendi Dunford, LICSW, LCSW, MSW |Psychotherapist | Private Practice | Psychoeducation Business Owner | Educator | Speaker

• 6/24/2025: Put Your Values Into Action. Shirley Morillo, Manager of Identity and Access Management

• 7/1/2025: Challenge Stereotypes. Maria Eyberg, MPT Physical Therapist, Team Health Care Clinic in Champlin

• 7/8/2025: Lean Into Your Strengths. Diana Turco, MS, CGC, Oncology Medical Director AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals

• 7/15/2025: Reframe Failure. Sarah Kinsella, MD CAQ, Sports Medicine Physician, M Health Fairview Orthopedics | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of

  Minnesota

• 7/22/2025: Find the Win. Nikki Clemson, English Teacher, Irondale HS

• 7/29/2025: Embrace Risk-Taking. Karla Leis, President and CEO of PAR Systems

• 8/5/2025: Bold and Healthy Goals. Sarah Anderson, Associate Professor and Section Head of Foot and Ankle at the U of MN Orthopedic Surgery Department