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Leadership Cobb, the Cobb Chamber’s premier leadership development program, has selected 60 new participants for the 2026-2027 class.
Founded in 1983, Leadership Cobb brings together diverse business and community leaders for a 10-month journey focused on personal and professional growth.
The program accomplishes this through leadership training, teambuilding, and educational experiences highlighting our community’s greatest success stories and most significant ongoing challenges.
The 2027 Class:
- Coleman Alford, Atlanta Braves Baseball Club
- Rhonda Anderson, Cobb County Sheriff’s Office
- Tee Anderson, Capstone Communities, LLC
- Norman Barnett, Magistrate Court of Cobb County
- Kayla Bedwell, CROFT & Associates
- Trevor Beemon, Cobb Landmarks & Historical Society, Inc.
- Cole Blackwell, Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority
- Tara Boockholdt, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- Barbie Brown, The Brown Agency
- Cassandra Brown, City of Mableton
- Patina Brown, City of Marietta
- Shaneak Brown, Comcast
- Keynun Campbell, Marietta Sixth Grade Academy
- Cory Chipman, Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP
- Jessica Coane, Cobb Travel & Tourism
- Natalie Dale, Georgia Department of Transportation
- Naceo Denney, Georgia Power
- Alice Dondelinger, Pinnacle Financial Partners
- Jason Doss, The Doss Firm, LLC
- Anita Douglas Murphy, Status: Home
- Chandler Fincher, Southeastern Engineering, Inc (SEI)
- Barbara Garner, Circles Cobb
- Anna Goolsby, Cobb Chamber
- Edrick Harris, Prestwick Development Company
- Matt Heather, Savant Technologies
- Zephaniah Horton, Lockheed Martin
- Chaundra Johnson, TK Elevator
- Michelle Jorda, United Way of Greater Atlanta
- Solomon Jordan, Gas South
- Lisa-Ruth Karnes, Cobb Community Foundation
- Jonathan Kemp, Cobb & Douglas Public Health
- Jennifer Kilgo, Cox Communications
- Natalie Knight, Impact Public Affairs, LLC
- Kim Kranzlein, Cobb County School District
- Laura Kraus, Marietta Schools Foundation
- Audrey Lewis, Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun and Rogers
- Drew McCollum, Ameris Bank
- Scott McNally, Croy Engineering
- Anand Mehta, Stand Up Family Medicine
- Eric Mohrman, Smyrna Fire Department
- Amy Mollohan, Ansley Real Estate
- Matt Moore, Atlanta United FC
- Nwakaego Nkumeh Walker, Kennesaw State University
- Heather Pence, Chattahoochee Technical College
- Ben Perkins, Propylaeum Systems, LLC
- Ben Peterson, Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC
- Terrance Pryor, Pryor Innovations, LLC
- Tara Riddle, Cobb County Probate Court
- Carlos Rodriguez, Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC
- Karl Sadler, Northside Hospital
- Miranda Sanders, Walton Communities
- Carlos Searcy, The Los and Lisha Legacy Foundation
- Slade Sellers, Sterling Seacrest Pritchard
- Angie Smith, Mission 1:27
- Jodi Taylor, Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
- Kristen Trice, Wellstar Health System
- Fred Tull, JE Dunn Construction
- Brent Turner, Calvary Children’s Home
- Amy Welchel, Welchel Enterprise
- Tim Willis, Summit Heating and Air
Andy Gaines, Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre, and Tricia Newton, Waterworks Atlanta, will be co-chairs for the 2026-2027 program year. Daniel Cummings, City of Marietta, and Rachel Rogers, Cobb Travel & Tourism, will be the vice co-chairs for the 2026-2027 program year. This year’s class theme is “Me | Us | We.”
The Leadership Cobb class of 2027’s Yearlong Presenting Sponsor is Kennesaw State University Coles College of Business MBA Programs; Legacy Sponsors, CDH Partners, Cobb Travel & Tourism, Accounting Consultants of Cobb, Mauldin & Jenkins, Johnson & Alday, Croy Engineering, and Genuine Parts Company; and Champion Sponsors, Corient, Brasfield & Gorrie, and Atlanta Braves. For more information about Leadership Cobb, contact Kai Lawrence at 770-859-2346 or [email protected].
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