Leadership Waco, with presenting sponsor Pattillo, Brown & Hill, LLP, is a Greater Waco Chamber program designed to identify and develop emerging area leaders and encourage them to become more involved in the community.
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Class 40 includes 38 business and civic leaders representing a variety of industries throughout the Waco area:
- Melinda Adams, Extraco Events Center
- Tracy Adcock, Pattillo, Brown & Hill, LLP
- Mark Benning, Central National Bank
- Karen Boyd, Community Bank & Trust
- Christopher Cady, George’s Restaurant & Catering
- Felix Chiota, Chiota Aviation
- Michelle Cornelissens, Greater Waco YMCA
- Cameron Curry, Extraco Banks
- Sunny Deeds, Ascension Providence
- Lauren Dickson, Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick & Dickson, PLLC
- Terri Doss, Baylor Scott and White Health – Hillcrest
- Cooper Dukette, Milestone Community Builders
- Riley DuPuy, DuPuy Oxygen
- Kristen Ford Saenz, Texas Dynasty Cheer & Gymnastics
- Carlie Gause, Pakis, Giotes, Burleson & Deaconson, PC
- Gillen Graves, City Tire and Battery
- Nancy Gupton, Greater Waco Chamber
- Khristian Howard, Baylor University
- Alleigh Kazanas, Disciplined Investors, LLC
- Iyan Laylor, Texas Farm Bureau
- Marlayna Massey, Waco Foundation
- Jennifer McCaslin, White Label Realty
- Rafael Medina, Leal’s Snacks
- Ethan Moore, JRBT
- Yamel Perera, Capstone Mechanical
- Stephanie Rhodes, TFNB Your Bank for Life
- Michael Ruiz, Pegasus Flight School
- Rachel Sarmiento, Greater Waco Sports Commission
- Amanda Simpson, Haley & Olson, PC
- Hunter Slocum, Dunnam & Dunnam, LLP
- Andrea Smedshammer, The Bentley Team- Greater Waco Realty
- Scott Snyder, American Bank
- Chief Gregory Summers, City of Waco Fire Department
- Africa Tarver, City Center Waco
- Timothy Urbanek, The First National Bank of Central Texas
- Chief Sheryl Victorian, City of Waco Police Department
- Stacey Voigt, Baylor University
- Heather Wheeler, ESC Region 12
Leadership Waco informs, educates and motivates class members through a series of monthly meetings on topics from healthcare to economic development and philanthropy. Applications for the next class will open next spring.