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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.
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