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New Leadership Birmingham Class Announced
A group of 50 business and civic leaders from the Birmingham area were chosen for the latest class for Leadership Birmingham.
BIRMINGHAM, AL — The 2019-2020 Leadership Alabama class was announced this week, with a new crop of business and civic leaders in the city on the roster.
The purpose of Leadership Birmingham is to ensure that leaders in the community are educated about current issues and challenges in the Birmingham area. This is accomplished by bringing together a group of 50 leaders each year from diverse backgrounds.
Through a series of monthly programs, these leaders come to know and understand more about the community and one another as they explore issues and exchange ideas. The goal is that they are better equipped with information and networks to be more effective as leaders.
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The program objective is to present to the participants a series of issue-oriented forums based on the belief that knowledge is a key element and prime motivator of leadership. They are further designed to elicit differing points of view regarding these issues.
The Leadership Birmingham Class of 2019-2020:
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- Dr. Carlos Aleman; Hispanic Coalition of Alabama
- Steve Ammons; Jefferson County Commission
- Johnqueta Bailey; Cahaba Medical Care
- Jenna Bedsole; Baker Donalson Bearman Caldwell Berkowitz
- Pam Benoit; University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Melanie Bridgeforth; Women's Fund of Greater Birmingham
- Mary Andrews Carlisle; Vulcan Materials Co.
- Todd Carlisle; Sirote & Permutt
- Kelly Caruso; Shipt
- Rev. Jon Chalmers; Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School
- Pooja Chawla; Pooja Chawla, PC
- Susan B. Comensky; Alabama Power Co.
- Ernie Cowart; Economic Development Partnership of Alabama
- Dr. Sherri Davis; Lawson State Community College
- Walton Doster; Doster Construction Co.
- Jay Ezelle; Starnes Davis Florie
- Francine Fenderson; Jefferson County Department of Human Resources
- Jessica Findley; Neowaste
- Scott Goldberg; Atlas Senior Living
- Tashauna Goldsby; City of Birmingham
- Rita Goyal; VirtualMDVisit
- Daryl Grant; KPMG Advisory Services
- Abby Guerin; Venture for America
- Joe Hampton; Natural Gas Utility
- Wade Harrison; Protective Life
- Leigh Haver; IberiaBank
- Andy Hernandez; Regions Bank
- Dr. Lisa Herring; Birmingham City Schools
- Amanda Keller; Birmingham AIDS Outreach
- Yolanda Lawson; City of Birmingham
- Niki Lim; Big Communications
- Barbara Luckett; Legal Services Alabama
- Bacarra Mauldin; Clastran
- John McDonald; Integra Water
- Darlene Negrotto; Vulcan Park Foundation
- Buddy Palmer; Create Birmingham
- Lauren Pearson; Hightower Somerset Advisory
- Ashley Reitz Peinhardt; Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton
- Amy Rauworth; Lakeshore Foundation
- Stephanie Rebman; Birmingham Business Journal
- Bill Segrest; Williams Blackstock Architects
- Steve Smith; Southpoint Bank
- Bryson Stephens; EBSCO
- Michael Streety; 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama
- Lora Terry; Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
- Keith Thompson; Canterbury United Methodist Church
- Anita Turner; Corporate Realty Associates
- Michael Velezis; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
- Tom Walker; Sloss Real Estate
- Tommie Watkins, Jr.; St. Andrews Episcopal Church
- Katrina Watson; Literacy Council of Central Alabama
- Ben Weisman; REV Birmingham
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