Chattanooga Chamber Announces 2015-2016 Leadership Class

  • Friday, July 10, 2015

The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce announces the members of its 2015-2016 Leadership Chattanooga class.

 

Sponsored by the Chattanooga Chamber Foundation, Leadership Chattanooga is a 10-month program that brings professionals throughout the city together to cultivate leadership and community growth.

Class begins in August with an orientation and two day retreat, followed by monthly sessions from September to May addressing aspects of leadership and community challenges.

 

Participants also divide into small groups to complete projects addressing community needs. These projects allow participants to explore local issues and interact with community leaders as they work together toward common goals.

 

“We have another exceptional group of emerging leaders representing a cross-section of the community,” said Diane Parks, Director of Leadership and Community Development at the Chattanooga Chamber. “We are confident they will make significant contributions to Chattanooga in the years ahead.”

 

The following professionals will participate in the 2015-2016 Leadership Chattanooga program:

 

Suzy Anthony, Public Education Foundation

Brad Bingham, Unum

Katie Black, Erlanger Health System

Mendy Brooks, Chattanooga Times Free Press

Carmen Carson, Incredibly Savvy Business Solutions

April Cox, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Tamarah Daniel, Manpower

Mary Danielson, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Eliza DeLaughter, CIGNA HealthCare

Laura Dutton, Tennessee Valley Authority

Karen Estes, Tennessee Aquarium

Charles Flynn, Berke, Berke & Berke

Kenneth Goldsmith, Chattanooga State Community College

Zena Hanner-Buckley HCDE, Lakeside Academy

Katie Hanners, Mountain Education Foundation

April Holland, Miller & Martin PLLC

Tenesha Irvin, Homewood Suites by Hilton

Jeremy Jenkins, Regions Bank

Carol Johnson, Chattanooga Housing Authority

Erica Jolly, Tennessee Valley Authority

John Kerns, Preferred Care at Home of Chattanooga

Jessica McCosh, Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union

Michael McGowan, River Street Architecture

Thomas Moseley, FSGBank (Main)

Darian Paris, Paris Construction Company, LLC

Robert Parks, T.U. Parks Construction Company

Christian Patino, La Paz De Dios

Herb Pettit, SunTrust Bank

Travis Randolph, Southern Champion Tray, LP

Anjelika Riano, Ham. County Department of Education

Kevin Rose, Henderson Hutcherson & McCullough

Rex Rutledge, Cohutta Banking Company

Charlie Steinhice, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Sybil Topel, Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce

Shaun Townley, WTCI-TV

Caroline Walker, Torch

Harry White, Volkswagen Chattanooga

Albert Whiting, Baylor School

John Ying, The Crash Pad: An Uncommon Hostel

 

Nominations for the 2016-2017 class will be accepted in February 2016. Find more information about Leadership Chattanooga by contacting program director Diane Parks at dparks@chattanoogachamber.com.

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