A year after announcing it would launch a second class annually, Leadership Springfield released its list of participants.
A collaboration between the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, Junior League of Springfield and United Way of the Ozarks, Leadership Springfield is a comprehensive community-based leadership development program. With $1,800 tuition, participants in the nine-month leadership-training initiative focus on retreats and monthly daylong sessions on topics such as civic awareness, education and health care. They also work on a community-service projects and go on group trips to notable institutions.
Slated to launch this fall, both Class 33 and Class 34 have 33 participants each for a total of 66, according to a news release. The participants were narrowed down from a record field of 98 applications, said Leadership Springfield spokeswoman Jamie Fields.
Leadership Springfield’s Class 33, in alphabetical order:
• Allison Pilley, Springfield Public Schools;
• Jason Buschert, BKD LLP;
• Aaron Carlson, Mercy;
• Casey Chasteen, Junior League of Springfield;
• Clayton Cooper, Kingsley Group;
• Diana Day, People Centric Consulting Group;
• Emily Denniston, Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce;
• Shane Dublin, Springfield Public Schools;
• Jessie East, The Library Center;
• Charles Evans, Associated Electric Cooperative;
• Sara Fields, Ozarks Transportation Organization;
• Victoria Gorham, Grooms Office Environments;
• Steven Hamm, Systematic Savings Bank;
• Megan Johnson, 417 Magazine/Whitaker Publishing;
• Camille Knowles, Greene County;
• Karen Kroutil, Arvest Bank;
• Lisa Langley, Child Advocacy Center;
• Joy Latimer, Springfield-Branson National Airport;
• Alia Lee, Recon One/Lollie Pop Designs;
• Matthew Mastilak, Integrity Home Care Inc.;
• Ashley Norgard, Husch Blackwell LLP;
• Stacey Parton, Springfield Police Department;
• Joey Powell, Dickerson Park Zoo;
• Nathan Rapp, Insight Design Architects;
• Derek Richardson, Ollis/Akers/Arney;
• J.P. Roberts, Hotel Vandivort;
• Keith Seiwert, KPM CPAs PC;
• Matthew Simpson, Ozarks Technical Community College;
• Brandi VanAntwerp, Habitat for Humanity;
• Ashley Walden, Springfield Ballet;
• Stephanie Wan, Greene County Prosecutors Office;
• Anita Warner, Positronic Industries; and
• Paden Wilcox, Computer Recycling Center.
Class 34, in alphabetical order:
• Ben Agee, Ozark Empire Fairgrounds;
• Dana Ausburn, Commerce Bank;
• Lauren Brown, Neighbor’s Mill Bakery & Cafe;
• Jennifer Charleston, Springfield Police Department;
• Donald Chenevert Jr., SRC Holdings;
• Gretchen Cliburn, BKD Wealth Advisors LLC;
• Mike Dawson, Springfield Public Schools;
• Tammy Dixon, Junior League of Springfield;
• Grant Dorrell, Springfield Police Department;
• John Everest, Arc of the Ozarks;
• Jill Finney, United Way of the Ozarks;
• Ryan Gipson, Drury University;
• Brendan Griesemer, city of Springfield;
• Tammy Haynes, Northwest Project;
• Carmine Ingenito, Nixon & Lindstrom;
• Ryan Kruger, Walgreens;
• Sonya Kullmann, Mercy;
• Eric Lampe, The Whitlock Co.;
• Jason Aaron Leininger, Schweitzer United Methodist;
• Kaitlyn McConnell, CoxHealth;
• Nicholas Menke, Convoy of Hope;
• Darla Morrison, city of Springfield;
• Kim Nash, Great Southern Bank;
• Nick Nelson, Springfield Art Museum;
• Megan Neyer, Old Missouri Bank;
• Stephanie O’ Connor, City Utilities;
• Jay Preston, Carnahan, Evans, Cantwell & Brown;
• W. Bradley Risby, Neale & Newman LLP;
• Stacy Schneider, HM Employee Benefits and Risk Management;
• John Snider, Anderson Engineering Inc.;
• Kathryn Wall, Springfield-Greene County Health Department;
• Amy Wiley, Dake Wells Architecture; and
• Heather Zoromski, Darr Agricultural Center.
The latest classes bring Leadership Springfield’s total to 1,026, Fields said.
