Pensacola, Fla.- The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce announces the 2012 Leadership Pensacola (LeaP) class.
LeaP’s mission is to develop and foster community minded leaders. The program is designed to help participants acquire an understanding of the issues facing the Pensacola area and the leadership skills necessary to resolve them.
Participants accepted into LeaP are involved in a balanced combination of retreats, day long seminars and community projects. The program is refined annually by a committed group of LeaP alumni. Area decision-makers offer their time and expertise, and tours and interactive exercises are built into each day. The class of 2012 is expected to graduate in May of next year.
LeaP Class of 2012
Kim Aderholdt - Greenhut Construction Company, Inc.
Nigel Allen - Covenant Hospice
Autumn Beck – Attorney at Law
Judson Brandt - Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond & Stackhouse
Jason D. Broxson - Hiles-McLeod Insurance, Inc.
Cyd Cadena - Baptist Hospital
Mike Craney - E.W. Bullock Associates
LaRitza Crear - Ascend Performance Materials, LLC
Ed Cronley - Neal & Company
Mark B. Davidson - Gulf Power Company
Bradley 'BeeJ' Davis, Jr. - American Cancer Society
Courtney Dell - Ballet Pensacola
Eric Doelker - Greenhut Construction Company, Inc.
CMDCM (SW/AW) Michael Dollen - U.S. Navy / NAS Pensacola
W. Lee Elebash - Beggs & Lane
Lisa Esser - Gulf Power Company
Elizabeth Fayard - Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida
Whitney Fike - Fiesta of Five Flags
Dion Guest - Baptist Health Care Foundation
Pamela Hatt - Regions Bank
Marla Hecht - Dignity Memorial
Rosanna Henley - Hilton Garden Inn Pensacola Airport
Samantha Hill - Junior League of Pensacola/Pensacola State College
D.Keith Hoffert, Jr. - West Florida Hospital
Kevin Hoffman, PhD - Beck Property Company, J.G.Buehler and Company, Pfizer Inc.
Brian J. Hooper - Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon
Kristin Hual - Escambia County Attorney's Office
Erin Hynek - O'Sullivan Creel Wealth Advisors
Mari Josephs - Wine World Wine Bar
Garrett P. Laborde, JD - Idea Launch Partners, LLC
Robbie Lofty - Santa Rosa Island Authority
Kristin Longley - Cox
Chad McCammon - West Florida Medical Group
Steve Ooms - Jackson's Steakhouse
Julie Orr – Landrum Staffing
Raisa Overstreet - Merrill Lynch
Perry Palmer - BB&T
Justin Pierce - City of Pensacola
Creagh Proctor - Skin Beauty Boutique
Terri Ramos - Global Business Solutions, Inc.
Sunny Ricks - O'Sullivan Creel, LLP
Chris Ritchie - Liberis Law Firm
Kevin Robbins - Pensacola Fire Dept
MaryEllen Roy - Pensacola State College
Ted Roy - Escambia County Sheriff's Office
Kelly Russ - University of West Florida
Blake Schaeffer - EPA
Steve Schickel - Bloomer Geri & Company
Holly Smith - H2 Performance Consulting Corp.
Kathy Summerlin - Saenger Theatre
David L. Tuyo II - Pen Air Federal Credit Union
Andy Waltrip - Lean Energy Partners
Benjamin J. Zimmern - Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr and Smith
Jack Zoesch - Beggs & Lane RLLP
About Leadership Pensacola
Leadership Pensacola, a 501(c)(3), was founded in the fall of 1982 with the first graduating class in 1983. The Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce established the program with a goal of ensuring the community's pool of talented leaders would be continually renewed. For more information, call the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce at 850.438.4081.
To date, more than 1100 people have completed the Leadership Pensacola program and have acquired the skills, passion and connections to work effectively as community trustees.
About the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Founded in 1889, the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce's primary goal is to create a climate of growth and success in the community. Through five focus areas, membership, economic development, government and community affairs, armed services and tourism, the Chamber is committed to promoting, improving and enhancing the Pensacola Bay Area through responsible unity of private and public sectors.
In 2010, the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce launched the Vision 2015 initiative, the five-year plan for job creation in the Pensacola Bay Area. Vision 2015 focuses on recruiting new businesses, helping local businesses expand and strengthening the partnerships between the military and the private sector. For more information, visit www.pensacolachamber.com |
