Leadership Shelby County Begins its 2018 Class

PELHAM, AL - The 2018 class of Leadeship Shelby County kicked off this week, as 40 civic and business leaders gathered during a kickoff breakfast at Jefferson State Community College’s Hoover-Shelby campus off Valleydale Road. This is the 24th class of Leadership Shelby County.

According to the Shelby County Reporter, after completing an opening retreat in September, the class members will attend one class day per month focused on aspects of Shelby County such as health care, quality of life, schools and government. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Birmingham Patch morning newsletter.)

The class of 2018 members are:

• -Bruce Andrews, Shelby County Arts Council
• -Dr. Jeff Atkins, Alabaster City Schools
• -Virtie Ford Bell, town of Harpersville
• -Brian Binzer, city of Alabaster
• -Jason Bookout, Southern Company Services
• -Fran Butterworth, Dixie Decorations Inc.
• -Clay Carr, Boardman, Carr, Petelos, Watkins and Ogle, P.C.
• -Pat Cheatwood, Pelham Police Department
• -Julius Cook, Shelby County Community Corrections Corporation
• -Jan Corbett, Shelby County Drug Free Coalition
• -Kirk Cuevas, Dollar Associates, LLC
• -Stephen Dawkins, Shelby County Reporter
• -Daniel Dempsey, Bryant Bank
• -Cindy Edmunds, ARC Realty
• -Jennifer Ellison, The Arc of Shelby County
• -Trey Gauntt, Shelby County Commission
• -Julius Godfrey, Shelby County Board of Education
• -Grace Graham, Ellis, Head, Owens and Justice
• -Allison Howell, Alabama Power
• -Laura Joseph, city of Helena
• -Brandi Kellis, Kellis Vegetation Management Inc.
• -Phyllis Kelley, Central Alabama Community College
• -Matthew Kilpatrick, Southern Craft Consulting
• -Kristy Lee, University of Montevallo
• -Bill Lewis, Lewis Lake Vineyards
• -Dawn Makofski, University of Montevallo
• -Krissie Masters, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office
• -Ryan Matson, A.C. Legg Inc.
• -Dana Meginniss, St. Vincent’s Health System
• -Ryan Miller, Leeds City Schools
• -Alicia Mooney, Cutstone Company Inc.
• -Jane Ann Mueller, city of Chelsea
• -Michael O’Kelley, CMH Architects
• -Karen Pendleton, Shelby Emergency Assistance
• -Joe Prokop, Regions Investment Solutions
• -Julie Smitherman, Bradford Real Estate Group LLC
• -Jill Tomassetti, Shelby Baptist Medical Center
• -Matt Walker, city of Montevallo
• -Audra Weber, America’s First Federal Credit Union
• -Cole Williams, Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood Inc.