Leadership Cherokee Graduates 27th Class

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Leadership Cherokee, a program of the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, on Friday graduated its 27th Anniversary Class.

With this year’s class now in the history books, the alumni count for the initiative exceeds 550 graduates, the Chamber said.

Members of the Leadership Cherokee Class of 2015 selected two of their peers to receive special annual recognitions.

The Cristal Stancil Leadership Award honoree was Greg Erdely of Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services. The Bob Frongillo Magic Spark Plug Award was presented to Shane West, also with Cherokee County Fire.

Outgoing 2015 Leadership Cherokee Chair, Jeff Mitchell with South State Bank, was recognized by Incoming Chair, Katie Wise of LGE Community Credit Union.

The Leadership Cherokee program kicked-off with a retreat where the group participated in both indoor and outdoor team building exercises that enabled them to learn not only about each other, but themselves through a look at personality types and communication styles.

Over the course of nine months, Leadership Cherokee exposed the group of existing and emerging leaders to a broad range of sessions that focused on topics such as economic development, infrastructure, government, justice, arts, education, recreation, tourism, public safety, healthcare and social and human services.

The nomination deadline for the Leadership Cherokee Class of 2016 is Oct. 1st. For information on the Leadership Cherokee Class of 2016, contact the Chamber office at 770-345-0400 or visit the Chamber’s website.

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Photo 1: Shane West (l) with Cherokee Fire & Emergency Services, received the Bob Frongillo Magic Spark Plug Award while Greg Erdely (r) with Cherokee Fire & Emergency Services was named the Cristal Stancil Leadership Award recipient. Jeff Mitchell, South State Bank, (center) served as 2015 Chair of the Leadership Cherokee program.
Photo 2: The Leadership Cherokee Class of 2015 includes: Front Row (l to r): Shane West, Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services; Rachel White, WellStar Health System; Jeremy Smith, City of Holly Springs; Jennifer Simonis, Healing Hands Youth Ranch; Lindsey Roberson, Southeast Restoration Group; John Black, 1 Man Geek, LLC; Tracey Satterfield, Live Clean, Inc.; Jenny Wood-Harris, Goshen Valley Foundation; Abby Roach, Roach, Caudill & Gunn, LLP; Angela Reece, Mauldin Body Shop; Brittany Duncan, City of Woodstock; Kathy Lambert, Chart, Inc.; Ginger Fowler, Georgia Probation Management; Jennifer Davo, Studio 5 Salon; Kendall Jones, MUST Ministries. Back Row (l to r): Bill Sebring, Cherokee County School District; Jeffrey Pourchier, Reinhardt University; Greg Erdely, Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services; Kelly Geiken, Edward Jones; Kim Whatley, Cherokee Recreation & Parks Agency; Scott Rule, Chattahoochee Technical College; Chad Atkinson, Cherokee FOCUS