The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that our latest Leadership Waco class has completed the program. This week, we hosted a luncheon to celebrate the graduates.
Class XL includes business and civic leaders representing a variety of industries throughout the Greater 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, Georges Restaurant & Catering
- Felix Chiota, Chiota Aviation
- 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, Kelly, Realtors
- Rafael Medina, Leal’s Snacks
- Ethan Moore, Moore & Company, PLLC
- 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
- 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
During graduation, class representative, Iyan Laylor, Texas Farm Bureau, remarked that participation in Leadership Waco gave him the opportunity to build lasting relationships with other community leaders. This year, the Leadership Waco class project raised $20,000 to build a basketball court and playground at Isaiah 117 House. In addition to fundraising, the class volunteered their time and spent a day assembling patio furniture, organizing the supply closet and more!