LP 40 for 40 – Madan Goyal
The Plano Chamber of Commerce’s signature program, Leadership Plano, celebrates its 40th anniversary! For the past 40 years, Leadership Plano has been dedicated to educating, developing, and empowering current and future leaders for the community and motivating them to serve civic, charitable, and business organizations.
We are celebrating the impact of the past 40 years by spotlighting 40 Leadership Plano graduates who have paved the way for future generations, created meaningful change for the community, and continue to serve in leadership roles. This celebratory series, Leadership Plano 40 for 40, is Presented by UBS – The Kravitz Group.
Introducing our next spotlight, Leadership Plano Class 2 Graduate, Madan Goyal. Madan has been a lifelong, successful entrepreneur in Plano. He owned a wine store at the corner of Custer and Parker road, called VINTAGE with the featured slogan of, “We Make Your Good Life Better”. He then went on to operate a Passport and Visa Express business at the corner of Park and Central, where their slogan was, “When You Got To Go, You Get To Go Because We Will Get You The Passport To Go”.
Madan graduated from Utah State University in Logan, Utah and lived in Reading, PA and Rochester, NY before moving to Texas.
1. What first made you interested in participating in Leadership Plano?
Plano was a small town with plenty of opportunities to participate and volunteer for many social, cultural, educational and community non-profit organizations. But to learn more about these opportunities and to understand Plano, Leadership Plano was the catalyst.
2. What is the most memorable part of your experience (or what is something that was happening in Plano that you remember about that year)?
I joined Class 2-truly the greatest class and the trend setter. Class 1 was “Guinea-Pig” to learn the scope and refine the systems for future classes. Our class went through the program as if it had been going on for years without a hitch. Our class set the standard for others to achieve.
3. Why do you think LP is so impactful for our community?
LP provides the necessary training in a format that is conducive to learning and cultivating lifelong friendships with classmates and LP alumni.
4. What is one thing you can attribute to LP that is a success in your life or career?
It prepared me to serve on Boards of Information and Referral Center of Plano (now called Assistance Center of Collin County), ArtCentre Plano and Plano Library Board of Trustees Outside of Plano, I served on Dallas Urban League and National Board of ACLU.
5. If your class had a class project, what was it and why was it important?
Lessons learned at LP amply apply to business and life in general also. I recommend the program to everyone and have recruited many participants over the 40-year span of LP.
