Leadership Cobb, a leadership development program of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, announced on Monday its Class of 2022-23.
They include elected officials and community and business leaders who will spend the next 10 months involved with “leadership training, teambuilding, and educational experiences highlighting our community’s greatest success stories and most significant ongoing challenges,” according to the Cobb Chamber.
The program began in 1983, and the new group includes 54 individuals:
- Val Akopov, Wellstar Health System
- Alex Almodovar, City of Acworth
- Tiffany Barney, Cobb County School District
- Megan Benvenuto, Northwest Family YMCA
- Chris Britton, Brasfield & Gorrie
- Flynn Broady, Cobb District Attorney
- Daniel Browne, Georgia Tech Research Institute
- Ann Burris, Georgia Department of Human Services
- Stacey Chapman, CROFT & Associates,
- Robin Cheramie, Kennesaw State University
- Braxton Cotton, Cobb County Sheriff’s Office
- Stephanie Cox, Cobb Chamber | SelectCobb
- Michael Cunningham, Deputy Chief, Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services
- Chad Curry, 41 South Creative
- Ross Dicken II, Cobb EMC
- Joy Doss, The Doss Firm, LLC
- Corey Ferguson, Dallas Smith & Company
- Lara Ferreira, The Third Door & Temperance Trailers
- Marla Ferrell, Genuine Parts Company
- Jordan Fessehaie, Delta Air Lines
- Lynn Flanders, Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority
- Matt Giddens, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Joseph Goldstein, Goldstein’s, Inc. and Marietta City Council
- Michael Gordon, Mauldin & Jenkins
- Tim Gould, City of Smyrna
- Christopher Hansard, Superior Court of Cobb County
- Ashley Jenkins, Gas South
- Bobby Johnson, Johnson & Alday, LLC
- Sheree Knowles, HRKS
- Jessica Lee, Atlanta Braves
- Joseph Malbrough, The UPS Store Smyrna
- Taneesha Marshall, Federal Aviation Administration
- Felicia McDade, Salesforce
- Tamie Montgomery, Walton Communities
- Komal Patel, Lockheed Martin
- Drew Raessler, Director, Cobb County Department of Transportation
- Taylor Rambo, Sew Dreams Come True
- Amy Reeves, Wellstar Medical Group Pediatrics at Brookstone
- Adam Ross, Cumberland CID
- Mike Schroeder, 1885 Grill
- Monique Sheffield, Cobb Board of Commissioners
- Jennifer Stanley, Northside Hospital Cherokee
- Falecia Stewart, MUST Ministries, Inc.
- Sean Stewart, Kaiser Permanente
- Lydia Stinson, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- Lisa Sunday, SouthState Bank
- Andrea TheoJohn, The ADS Agency
- Chris Thomas, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
- Dennette Thornton, Arthur M. Blank Sports & Entertainment
- Hillary Thrower, The Home Depot
- Aimee Turner, Croy Engineering
- Michael Urbina, Urbina Law Firm, LLC
- Bobby Van Buren, The Insurance Gurus
- Chris Young, Accenture LLP
The theme of the new class, according to the Cobb Chamber, is “Together We Can. . . . In addition to learning about all the great things happening in Cobb County and beyond, Leadership Cobb wants to confront inequities that exist and provide the class opportunities to step up as leaders to address these challenges.”
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