Leadership Cobb Announces Class Of 2020

ATLANTA -- Leadership Cobb has selected 50 new participants for the 2019-2020 class. Leadership Cobb is a leadership development program focused on personal and professional growth through awareness, community resources and the social, political and economic needs of the community.

The 2020 class will be led by Co-Chairs Melissa Perignat, of Holt Ney Zatcoff & Wasserman, and Mike DeWitt, of Brightworth Financial; and Vice Co-Chairs, Wendy Bunch, of RE/MAX Pure, and Matt Teague, of Walton Communities. The 2020 class theme is “Focus. Insight. Vision.”

Class members have been selected from various industries, community organizations, government entities, religious organizations, volunteer programs and other organizations in Cobb County. Throughout the next year, the 50 selected participants will train and study the art of effective leadership through lectures, dialogues and retreats. The goal of their time with Leadership Cobb is to push their own self-discovery, expand upon their own pre-existing talents and skills, and to take their leadership abilities from potential to powerful.

Leadership Cobb began in 1983 and continues to this day to be one of the most respected leadership programs in the state. The Leadership Cobb class of 2020’s yearlong presenting sponsor is Kennesaw State University Coles College of Business Executive MBA Program.

Here is the 2020 class:

• Julia Ayers, Kennesaw State University
• Diane Benson-Brown, Embassy Suites Atlanta Galleria
• Kim Blass, Marietta City Schools
• Scott Cline, Ruby-Collins, Inc.
• Pam Conner, City of Powder Springs
• Nancy Couch, Graphic Vision, Inc.
• Daniel Cummings, City of Marietta
• Jason Cunningham, Croy Engineering
• Katina Cunningham, C3 Innovations LLC
• Andrew Dill, Lockheed Martin
• Matt Eyrich, LOUD Security Systems
• Fran Friedrich, Renasant Bank
• Bradley Fulkerson, Transwestern
• Andy Gaines, Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre
• Lindsay Gardner, Office of the District Attorney, Cobb County
• Carl Garner, Mauldin & Jenkins, CPAs
• Jeff Goldberg, Resurgens Orthopaedics
• Brad Gubler, Ascendia Advisors, LLC
• Kellie Hill, Magistrate Court of Cobb County
• Lindsay Hill, Southern Company Gas
• Gerlda Hines, GA Department of Human Services
• Michele Howard, Cobb Chamber
• Jon Ingram, Atlanta Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
• Christian Jacobsen, Macallan Construction
• Kristi Janman, Nothing Bundt Cakes
• Vanita Keswani, Cobb Travel & Tourism / Cobb Arts Vibe
• Gilles LaMarche, Life University
• Katie Leonard, Boyd Collar Nolen Tuggle & Roddenbery, LLC
• Juliana Lindley, Freckled & Blue Kitchen
• Barbara LoRusso, LoRusso Law Firm
• John Loyd, Crestline Engineering / Loyd Development Services
• Fallon McClure, The Law Offices of Fallon F McClure
• Billy Miles, Jr., Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers
• Rachel Miller, Georgia Southern University
• Kevin Milman, Cobb EMC
• Jamie Moody, The Bottoms Group, LLC
• Kevin Nicholas, Ingenious Med
• Rosan Petrillo, Kaiser Permanente of GA
• David Quiroga, AMB Sports + Entertainment
• LeAnne Richards, Colgate Palmolive Company
• Natalie Rutledge, Communities In Schools of Georgia in Marietta/Cobb County
• Geoffrey Schmidt, Atlanta Braves Baseball Club
• Chris Sizemore, Creative Mischief
• Joe Stockman, Raise The Bar Business Coaching & Consulting
• Brian Sullivan, St. Benedict's Episcopal School
• Bill Tanks, Cobb County Government
• Dan Timko, Timko Holdings, LLC
• Stephen Vault, WellStar Health System
• Bill Volckmann, Cobb County Government
• Carly Westcott, The Home Depot