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Leadership Metro Richmond is proud to announce the Leadership Quest Class of 2010

Kal Abed
Vice President
CHA, Inc.

Steve Alloway
Police Major
Henrico County Division of Police

David Baker
Vice President, Development
United Methodist Family Services

Ali Bayler
Sr. Manager of Marketing and Client Services
Troutman Sanders LLP

Rachel Beanland
Director of Communications, School of Arts & Sciences
University of Richmond

Sean Beard
Attorney/Partner
Hunton & Williams, LLP

Pam Bell
Educator/Senior Executive Assistant to the Superintendent
Henrico County Public Schools

Ram Bhagat
Educator/Science Teacher
Richmond Public Schools

Frank Blake
District Manager
The Home Depot

Allison Bogdanovic
Director of Housing Development
Virginia Supportive Housing

Tricia Branch
Insurance Broker, Long Term Care Insurance
Bullock Financial Services, Inc.

 
Cynthia Cecil
Senior Manager, Stakeholder Relations
Altria Client Services, Inc.

Shekar Challa
Chief Operating Officer
Challa Law Offices

Angela Chiang
Director of Operations
Virginia Department of Minority Business Enterprise

Debbie Coats
Hanover County Board of Supervisors
Mechanicsville District Representative
Hanover County

Christy Coleman
President & CEO
American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar

Rich Conti
Director / CEO
Science Museum of Virginia

Charla Cordle
Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources
Hanover County Public Schools

Don Creach
Assistant General Council
Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Robert Creecy
Fire Chief
Richmond Fire and Emergency Services

Barry Cromuel
President
PEAC Consulting, LLC

 
Paul Dickinson
Senior Manager; Systems and Process Assurance Richmond Practice Leader
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Casey Emery
Executive Director/CEO
YWCA of Greater Richmond

Michael Fibison
Interactive General Manager Central Virginia
Media General, Inc.


Bennett Fidlow
Founding Partner/Entertainment Attorney
Schroder Fidlow & Titley, PLC

George Forsythe
CPA/Partner
Wells, Coleman & Company, LLP

Seth Ginther
Lawyer/Partner
Hirschler Fleischer

Mark Gordon
Executive Vice President / Administrator
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center

Stephen Hayes
General Sales Manager
WTVR-TV CBS 6

Michael Heaton
Specialty Investments
Markel Corporation

Chin Henshaw
CEO
Kim Enterprises, Inc.

Daniel Herr
Executive Director
Gateway Homes

Sam Highfill
Senior Regional Group Manager
First Market Bank

Scott Hippert
President
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation

Melissa Hough
VP, Workforce Readiness, Business and Community Engagement
Corporate Voices for Working Families

Mary Kay Huss
Vice President, Property Management
Better Housing Coalition

Jamie Jackson
Director of Fulfillment
Astyra Corporation

Christine Jaeger
Finance Leader
Genworth Financial

Penny Johnson
Vice President/Community Development Officer
Wachovia “A Wells Fargo Company”

Dwight Jones
VP Finance
MeadWestvaco

Usha Koduru
Attorney/Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General

Denise Kranich
Executive Director
Innsbrook Foundation

Kate Lim
Director of Quality Management
Sheltering Arms Physical Rehabilitation Center

Bess Littlefield
Vice President of Institutional Advancement
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

Steve Malone
Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Bruce Matson
Attorney
LeClair Ryan

Trish McCullagh
Lawyer/Director
McCandlish Holton, P.C.

Linda McElroy
Public Relations Manager
Richmond Metropolitan Authority

Paulette McElwain
CEO
Virginia League for Planned Parenthood

Mary Katherine McGetrick
Attorney/Shareholder
Williams Mullen

Rebecca Neale
Director of Employee Communications
Dominion Resources

Caroline Nowery
Director, Women’s Business Center
New Visions, New Ventures

Thomas Raper
Marketing Manager
Health Management Corporation

Ariadne Reiman
Principle Partner
Nizhny

Greg Sager
Director of Parks and Recreation
Hanover County

Lisa Schaffner
Public Relations & Marketing Director
UNOS, United Network for Organ Sharing

Loy Senter
Chief of Chesterfield County Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Chesterfield County Government

Vilma Seymour
Language Services Program Coordinator
VCU Health System

Rajesh Sharma
Planning and Logistics Manager
Alloy Polymers Inc.

Mira Signer
Executive Director
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Virginia

Randy Silber
Deputy County Manager for Community Development
County of Henrico

Jason Snook
Lead Consultant / User Experience Architect
CapTech Ventures, Inc.

Haywood Spangler
Rector
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church

Ford Stephens
Lawyer/Partner
Christian & Barton, LLP

Sarah Swope
Director of Development
The Faison School for Autism

Chris Vinyard
Lawyer
Troutman Sanders LLP

Dianne Watkins
President
Bells for Peace, Inc.

Adrienne Whitaker
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Director
SunTrust Bank
 

Leaders as Champions

"Embedded in the leverage points that all smart communities do – investing right the first, working together, building on strengths, practicing democracy, preserving the past, growing leaders, inventing the future – are champions that made them a reality."

So says Suzanne Morse, the president of the Pew Partnership for Civic Change. To read more of her speech, "Leaders as Champions" download it here. For more of Suzanne's thoughts, check out her blog here.

Be sure to check out the Resources page for additional leadership news!

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