GHCC announces new Leadership Hall County Class

GAINESVILLE - The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) Wednesday announced the Leadership Hall County (LHC) 2013 Class .

The program seeks to expose "highly talented, motivated and potential leaders" of Hall County to the inter-related economic, government, socio-cultural and educational issues of the community. Participants develop knowledge of the community through a series of one-day sessions on topics such as arts, education, health and social services, city and state governments, judicial, and economic development.

Leadership Hall County was initiated by the Greater Hall Chamber in 1983, and since then some 700 people have graduated from the program. Class members are nominated by former participants and selected by the Leadership Hall County Selection Committee. Leadership Hall County graduates continue to be involved in many areas of volunteer and civic service in our community. Each year local non-profit agencies present service project ideas to the class - and as a whole they decide the project they will undertake. This past year the class assisted Gateway Domestic Violence Center with their annual Christmas party by securing food and cash donations and collected over 3,000 toys for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Hall County for their Christmas toy drive.

The LHC Class of 2013 Selection Committee included Chamber Vice Chair of Education Elisabeth Baldwin, BBT; Dr. Denise Funk, Animal Medical Care; Elizabeth Zamora, Jackson EMC; Neal Booth, Hamilton State Bank; Avery Niles, Hall County Correctional Institute; Chamber Vice Chair of Community Development Phillippa Lewis-Moss, City of Gainesville.

Leadership Hall County 2013 Class:

Kristi Barker - Georgia Power Company
Jeff Butler - Morton, Vardeman & Carlson
Nairika Cornett - The Arts Council
Shanna Cronic - Northeast Georgia Diagnostic Clinic
Ryan Doss - BatesCarter
Josh Everett - New Leaf Landscape Services
Laura Fowler - Red Clay Interactive
Tiffany Gillespie Turner Wood & Smith
Alyson Graham - Stewart, Melvin & Frost
Jake Green - Regions Bank
Elisabeth Kendrick - The Oaks-Limestone
Elizabeth Lattta - Forrester & Brim
Janet Lowery - ZF Wind Power
Brian Martin - Regions Bank
Kara Matter - Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce
Jake Moran - The Simpson Company
Steve Morgan, MD - Northeast Georgia Physicians Group
Steve Napier - Action Ministries-Gainesville
Kelly Norman - Hall County Parks & Leisure
Tate O'Rouke - Senator Johnny Isakson's Office
Pam Patterson - The Longstreet Clinic, PC
Angela Payne - Northeast Georgia Health System
Casey Ryals - Georgia Farm Bureau
Lauren Samples - Tillman, Bailey, & Associates, LLP
Alan Schuetze - Carroll Daniel Construction, Co
Amber Sowers - Hall County Solicitor-Generals Office
Vanessa Sykes - Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar, LLP
Shane Taylor - Highland Mountain Water & Coffee
Tonya Tucker - Rushton & Company
Staci Tunkel - Center Point
Carla Walker - Whelchel, Dunlap, Jarrard & Walker, LLP
Michael Wheeler - Hall County Extension Office
Charles White - Community Volunteer
Brandon Young - OHL Transportation Services

For more information on Leadership Hall County, Youth Leadership Hall or other Greater Hall Chamber Education programs, contact Dana Miller, Vice President of Education, 770-532-6206. Email: [email protected].