As the current class of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Hall County (LHC) program prepares to graduate this week, the Chamber has announced members of the 2017-18 class.
A total of 40 participants have been named to the incoming class, according to a press statement from the Chamber.
The Leadership Hall County program was founded in 1983 and exposes current and potential leaders to the inter-related economic, government, socio-cultural and educational issues of the community. Participants develop knowledge of the community through a series of sessions covering arts, education, health and social services, city and state governments, judicial and economic development.
Class members are nominated by former participants and selected by the Leadership Hall County Selection Committee. LHC graduates continue to be involved in many areas of volunteer and civic service in the community. Each year local non-profit agencies present service project ideas to the class, and the class members then decide the project they will undertake. Currently, there are more than 800 graduates of Leadership Hall County. The 34th class is set to graduate on May 11.
Leadership Hall County 2017-2018 Class:
- Anissa Balch, Metro Appraisals
- Sarah Bell, Gainesville City School System
- Natalie Booth, Hall County Government Financial Services
- Cheryl Brown, United Way of Hall County
- Trent Brown, Carroll Daniel Construction Company
- Elizabeth Burnette, WomenSource
- Shannon Casas, The Times
- Melanie Chandler, CPA, Bates Carter
- Kit Charest, Marel, Inc
- Bruce Cutler, UGA Small Business Development Center
- Ginny Early, Enemies of the Average
- Dr. Suzanne Erickson, Brenau University
- Kristen Frame, Hall County District Attorney's Office
- Jesse Gibson, Northeast Georgia Health System Gainesville
- Jamie Green, Riverside Military Academy
- CJ Greene, The Norton Agency
- Jason Hales, Conditioned Air Systems
- Bill Hall, Murray Plastics
- Michelle Hall, Attorney & Municipal Court Judge
- Kenitra Halyard, Georgia Power
- Blythe Hammons, Gateway Domestic Violence Center
- Monica Jackson, Jackson EMC
- Michael Kelly, Signs By Tomorrow
- Joe Kennedy, Ashford Advisors
- Sam Latimer, CPA, CFE, Rushton
- Kyle Lewallen, Lew's Custom Cutting Boards & Closing Gifts
- Gracie McGarity, Fieldale Farms Corporation
- Michael Merritt, Lanier Islands
- Captain Marcus Neville, Hall County Sheriff's Office
- Lauren Nunez, Clipper Petroleum
- Deputy Chief Jay Parrish, Jr, City of Gainesville Police
- Dr. Drew Pearl, University of North Georgia
- Deuce Roark II, Lakeview Academy
- Terry Spicer, King's Hawaiian
- John Turner, NGHS - Gainesville
- Janet Walden, Hall-Dawson CASA Program
- Alston Waldrip, Whelchel, Dunlap, Jarrard & Walker, LLP
- Christen Wilbanks, Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce
- Eric Wilborn, Stewart, Melvin & Frost, LLP
- Mike Zeiler, Bitzer US, Inc.
