The following people have been selected to participate in the 2014-2015 Leadership Savannah program:

Chad Barrow                 Coastal Logistics Group, Inc.

Charisse Bennett           The Creative Coast, Inc.

Anna Berwitz                 Jewish Educational Alliance

Mays Boyd                    Thomas & Hutton Engineering

Kelly Brown                   Gulfstream Aerospace

Dave Burkoff                 HunterMaclean

Jennifer Burns               County Attorney's Office

Matt Cail                       Seacrest Partners

Brian Dart                     Bank of America

Ryan Dew                     Brasseler USA

Matt Dowling                 The Pinyan Company

Jonathan Drew              165th Airlift Wing - Georgia Air National Guard

Shannon Dulin               Comcast

Joseph Ervin                 Select Mortgage Group, Inc.

Jamey Espina                Hospice Savannah

Tamala Fulton               Chatham County

David Gay                     City of Savannah

Emily Goldman              Georgia Ports Authority

Blake Greco                  Oliver Maner LLP

Christopher Haigler        U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

Steve Hart                    U.S. Army

Dale Holloway               Georgia Power Company

Drew Hunt                    Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce

Anne-Marie Jones          First Citizens Bank (formally Atlantic Bank & Trust)

Jeff Kenney                   Georgia Emergency Associates (GEA)

Chris Kirkpatrick            Fifth Third Bank

Cristy Lawrence            City of Savannah

Nick Lee                       JCB, Inc.

Wanda Lloyd                 Savannah State University

Quentin Marlin               Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP

Todd Martin                   Martin Financial Group, LLC

Eric McManus               Cogdell & Mendrala Architects

Melissa Memory            National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument

Suzanne Moseley          BB&T Insurance Services, Inc.

Jeff O'Connor                First Citizens Bank

Wesley Olliff                  Colony Bank

Heather Peloquin           Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

Tammy Perkins              Savannah-Chatham County Public School System

Allison Schuster Jones    Savannah Chatham County Board of Education

Greg Sewell                   Bouhan Falligant LLP

Michael Solomon           SunTrust Bank

Mark Sprosty                 Savannah Economic Development Authority

Molly Swagler                Tourism Leadership Council

Lesley Taylor                 Savannah Public Schools

Molly Taylor                  Telfair Museums

Paul Teague                  Atlanta Gas Light

Lynn Tootle                   TideWater Landscape Management/Gro-Masters, Inc.

Zeb Treece                    Elkins Constructors, Inc.

James Wilburn               Georgia Institute of Technology

Adria Wilkes                  Pediatric Associates of Savannah

Lisa Wilkes                   Optim Healthcare

These leaders and potential leaders are chosen because they are active in business, education, the arts, religion, government, community-based organizations and ethnic and minority groups, which reflects the diversity of the community. The program is a one-year commitment, which focuses on developing the leadership skills of the group to improve the community.

By the end of the year, the participants should have:

• A better understanding of themselves and their individual leadership styles;
• Improved leaderships skills;
• A deeper knowledge of the Savannah community and how it fits in the regional, state, national and global economy;
• Identified the major challenges facing Savannah;
• Built relationships with other class members and existing community leaders;
• Used their leadership skills to provide service to Step Up, Savannah’s Anti-poverty Initiative (www.stepupsavannah.org) or another community challenge;
• Developed a deep commitment to making the Savannah community a better place to live and work.

The programs consist of monthly interactive sessions led by top community experts within their fields. For the 2014 - 2015 Leadership Savannah class, sessions begin in September 2014 and conclude in June 2015 with graduation. In 2014, Leadership Savannah graduated 48 people at a ceremony held in June for the 2013-2014 class.