Leadership Albany, Inc. held its annual alumni reception and orientation Thursday evening at the Albany Museum of Art. The 24 members of the Class of 2016 were honored with a reception hosted by alumni, followed by an orientation focusing on their imminent experience over the next 9 months. These class members will:
- Develop deeper self awareness
- Build relationships with other community leaders
- Gain understanding of community assets, issues and institutions
The mission of Leadership Albany is to develop effective community leaders working together for the common good.
Leadership Albany’s Director, Mary Ligon says “through team building, retreats, experiential activities, small group discussions as well as hearing from a variety of other community leaders, participants begin to know more about themselves, others, and the community. These shared experiences and respectful discussions with diverse perspectives develop relationships where participants care about one another and our community. Serving with others to address issues in our community is a result of knowing and caring thus the theme – knowing, caring, serving.”
Ligon believes “You cannot lead a community you don’t love and you cannot love a community you don’t know.” With this premise, class members are exposed to a variety of organizations and issues facing our community.
Leadership Albany’s vision states “Albany is a diverse community; full of leaders all working together to address issues that enable the community to be the good life city for everyone.”
Members of the Leadership Albany Class of 2016 are:
- Tina Battle – Georgia Legal Services
- Karen Baynes-Dunning – Attorney/Consultant
- Michele Coney – Mars Chocolate NA
- Jeffrey Cooley – Government Accountant
- Tonya Curles – Darton State College
- Hal Gobin – Marine Corps Logistics Command
- Dominique Hall – Dougherty County
- Reedi Hawkins – Albany Dougherty Economic Development Commission
- Jay Montgomery – Prime Tech International
- Charlice Noble-Jones – Dougherty County School System
- Damali Orozco – Procter and Gamble
- Milan Patel – Indusa Investments
- Jeretha Peters – SunTrust Investment Services
- William Peterson – Phoebe Putney
- Steven Ramey – Albany Area Primary Health Care
- Matt Reed – Georgia CEO
- Heidi Roe – Marine Corps Logistics Command
- Izzie Sadler – SOWEGA Council on Aging
- Gary Sanders – First Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church
- Daniel Stone – Synovus
- Geoffrey Sudderth – Deerfield Windsor School
- Jackie Teemer – City of Albany
- Denise Ward – MillerCoors
- Nicole Williams – Albany Area Arts Council
Brief bios of the 2016 class members can be found on the news tab at LeadershipAlbany.org. Connect with Leadership Albany through Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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