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.
Dame Chiropractic LLC emerged as the new name of Harshman Chiropractic Clinic LLC with the purchase of the business; Leo Kim added a second venture, Keikeu LLC, to 14 Mill Market; and Mercy Springfield Communities opened its second primary care clinic in Ozark.
