Leadership Augusta Names 2017 Participants

Staff Report From Augusta CEO

Monday, June 27th, 2016

Leadership Augusta, an affiliate of the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce, has selected 36 area businesspeople to be in the 2017 adult class.

The organization’s selection committee announced the following participants:

Freda Baker, branch manager, Region’s Bank

Ben Braxton, senior tax accountant, SME CPAs

Aliegha Brigham, executive assistant, Richmond County Tax Commissioner’s Office

Trip Brown, general manager, Press Rentals

Stephen Chaney, senior cyber technologist, Geeks and Nerds Corp.

Tom Clark, executive director, Alliance for Fort Gordon

Linda Diebel, operations director, Meybohm Realtors

Sabrina Dillman, director of events, Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce

Susan Everitt, director of alumni affairs, Augusta University

Charles Garrett, professional learning facilitator, Richmond County Board of Education

Felicia Gibbs, operations manager, ADP

Keith Johnson, attorney/juvenile court judge, Keith B. Johnson LLC

Wil Kacos, listing partner, Jim Hadden Real Estate

Nichole Kennedy, vice president for student affairs, Augusta Technical College

Benny Knox, sales director, Textron Specialized Vehicles

Huon Le, judge, Chapter 13 Trustee

Denise Mie Lucas, deputy director, Augusta-Richmond County Emergency Management

Joseph Jay Markwalter III, director of sales, Augusta Convention & Vistors Bureau

Kendra Martin, senior team lead, Cerner Corp.

Johnica Mitchell, associate vice president for strategic initiatives, Augusta Technical College

Teri Mobley, director of outreach, Augusta University Health

Brett Montroy, associate legal advisor, Augusta University

Katrell Nash, assistant public defender, Law Office of the Public Defender

Titus Nichols, associate, Bell & Brigham Law

Jeff Pooser, agency administrator, Aiken County Housing Authority

Keith Purvis, implementation manager, ADP

George Robertson, attorney, Hull Barrett PC

Scott Rountree, senior property appriaser, Augusta-Richmond County Board of Assessors

Jamie Rutledge, vice president of human resources, Textron Specialized Vehicles

Scot Seabolt, director of revenue, WJBF News Channel 6-Media General

Adam Sellers, account executive, J. Smith Lanier & Co.

Rebecca Sibley, architect, Overland Partners

Kathryn Sterba, program manager, Club Car

Kelly Tabor, director of mission business development, Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia & the CSRA

Brent VonAlmen, operations manager, Unisys Corp.

LaTray Walker, owner/speech language pathologist, Signature Speech Services & Consulting LLC