Leadership Hopkinsville-Christian County has recognized the 27 graduates of its 2022-23 class, who recently completed the program that seeks to identify and develop community leaders. Their graduation ceremony was Thursday, May 18, at the Hopkinsville Community College.
The class members and the businesses and organizations they represented are:
- Nancy Askew, Hopkinsville Junior Auxiliary
- Ashley Calhoun, Christian County Sheriff’s Office
- Austin Calvert, Kentucky Farm Bureau
- Kayleigh Colley, United Southern Bank
- Sabrina Davis, Pennyrile Allied Community Services
- Richard Dixon, Restoration House
- Anna Goode, Christian County Public Schools
- Rachel Farmer, Human Rights Commission
- Sarah Francis, Jennie Stuart Health Foundation
- Mandy Guffey, Little Caesars
- Lela Hale, Christian Care Communities
- Taylor Hancock, Farm Credit Mid America
- Nichelle Hillis, Kentucky Housing Corp.
- Cliff Hines, New Work Fellowship
- Johnna Howard, Stanley Black & Decker
- Kristin Knight, Hopkinsville Electric System
- Abi Landrum, Baird Financial
- Sierra Latham, Aaron McNeil House
- David Leffard, Tenn Care
- Joey Medeiros, Hopkinsville Brewing Co.
- Jeremy Meriwether, Hopkinsville Fire Department
- Ginnie Pruitt, Skyline Animal Clinic
- Shannon Reeves, Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority
- Josh Ryan, Planters Bank
- KaDessa Snorton, Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library
- Andrew Wilson, Dreamfield Lending
- Jason Wilson, Christian County Public Schools
The Sherry Jeffers Spirit of Leadership Award, chosen by the class members, was awarded to Guffey.
The program managers for the class were Dustin Gilbert, Wende Aldridge and Ruth Lynch.
For their class project, the members decided to help renovate a house that will serve as a headquarter for Men2Be, a mentoring program for boys.
“Their goal was to raise $10,000, and they have raised so far over $12,000 for this project. Stay [tuned] for more details as the project is still under way. A ribbon cutting will be later this summer,” states a post on the Leadership Facebook page.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2023-24 Leadership class.
