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2015-2016 Leadership Harrisonburg-Rockingham participants announced

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hrchamberlogo2The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce announced the 2015-2016 Leadership Harrisonburg-Rockingham program.

  • Ana Aceituno – Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community
  • Sheena Armentrout – Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce
  • Casey Armstrong – Rockingham County
  • Samantha Bosserman – DuPont Community Credit Union
  • Quinton Callahan – Clark & Bradshaw, P.C.
  • Sarah Connor – Dynamic Aviation
  • Jeffrey Deavers – Lantz Construction Company
  • Wesley Dove – The Frazier Quarry
  • Sara Embree – May Supply
  • Martha Gooden – City of Harrisonburg
  • Lydia Heatwole – Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community
  • Jason Hensley – City of Harrisonburg
  • Jim Hershberger – Church World Service Harrisonburg
  • Jacqueline Hieber – The Collins Center
  • Colby Horne – Bridgewater College
  • Stephanie Hutchens – RMH Sentara Medical Center
  • Molly Jackson – Big Brothers Big Sisters
  • John Langhans – City of Harrisonburg
  • Jennifer Mongold – Rockingham County
  • Glenn Myers – TSSi
  • Hans Nelson – Camp Up With People
  • Jacob Ottman – Dynamic Aviation
  • Leandra Ottman – Riner Rentals
  • Susan Pinnell – McClung Companies
  • Jason Ropp – Park View Federal Credit Union
  • Grady Ruckman – CrossFit Harrisonburg
  • Phillip Scheible – TSSi
  • Daniel Shickel – Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community
  • Kristi Strang – TSSi
  • Ashley Summers – PBMares, LLP
  • Tammy Warren – Union Bank & Trust
  • Jay Webb – WHSV-TV3
  • Emily Weller – Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community
  • Jessica Williams – City of Harrisonburg
  • Elizabeth Williams – United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County
  • Arianna Williams – WHSV-TV3

The program is designed to develop future community leaders through a series of information and training sessions held over a 9 month period. Beginning in September and concluding in  May, the sessions cover both economic and social facets of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.

With topics ranging from Community Development and Education to Public Policy and Arts and Entertainment, participants are encouraged to engage in Team Building, Leadership and Workplace Communication. To further enhance the participant’s experience, each session is held at a location relevant to specific session topics and conducted by session leaders, who are mostly alumni of the program, and experts in various fields.

Leadership Harrisonburg-Rockingham is overseen by a Steering Committee made up of Leadership alumni and administered by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce.

“This is one of the largest classes we have ever had, which speaks volumes about the Leadership program’s continued improvement and it value to our community” according to Beth Bland, Committee Co-Chair. The program has been in existence since 1979 and has produced more than 930 graduates, many of whom hold key positions in local business, government and the community today.

 
 

 




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