Leadership Sandy Springs Announces Class of 2016 Members

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Leadership Sandy Springs is pleased to announce 35 men and women have been selected for the incoming Class of 2016 and will officially launch their year on Sept. 10.

Representing diverse backgrounds and industry sectors such as large and small business, government, faith-based, healthcare, nonprofit, education, and other professional fields, class members will begin their leadership development training with an intensive team-building retreat in north Georgia later in September.

Class members include: Paul Barton, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School; Toshia Battle, Northrup Grumman Corporation; Mike Bivone, Juice Analytics; Kelly Bogner, city of Sandy Springs; Gene Brody, University of Georgia; Kathleen Campbell, Troutman Sanders; Will Clay, BB&T; Bill Cole, Georgia Blinds and Interiors Sandy Springs; Jennifer Cruce, Sandy Springs Hospitality & Tourism; James Curry, Sandy Springs Fire and Rescue; Bill Dracos, Emory University; Matt Dranove, NCR; Mark Durbin, PBD Worldwide; Kathy Ellis, Intercultural English Services; Imann Fahmy, Northside Hospital; Mark Ferris, Hines Corporation; Angela Forrester, Bank of Sandy Springs; Stephanie Graham, Riley McLendon, LLC; Douglas Hunter, Holder Construction Company; Sandra Jewell, community volunteer; Gonzalo LaCava, Ed. D., Fulton County Schools; Mike Lindstrom, Fulton County Police; Marian Macleod-Elliott, Henssler Financial; Rebecca Parker, Jabian Consulting; Melissa Patterson, Yummie; John Purrington, St. John United Methodist Church; Robert Shaw, Riverwood International Charter School; Lake Sheetz, Hammock’s Trading Company; Mary Beth Spence, Emory Health Care; Mike Stacy, Kaufman, Miller & Forman, P.C.; Victoria Strange, Chapman Hall Realtors; Melissa Swindell, Heritage Sandy Springs; MySha Whorley, TalentQuest; Glenn Woodruff, WorldPay; and Jennifer Wright, ExecuWright.

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Photo credit: Leadership Sandy Springs