Chamber’s Leadership Fredericksburg program announces 2016 Class
Media Release
Date: Aug. 03, 2015
Media Contact: Dawn Haun, Communications Manager
(540)373-9400, dawn@fredericksburgchamber.org
FREDERICKSBURG – The Chamber’s Leadership Fredericksburg program is pleased to announce the
2016 Class, which runs from September 2015 through May 2016.
Sessions occur throughout the Fredericksburg Region and include in-depth leadership skills development
and meetings with various industry and community leaders. In addition, each Fellow will be paired with a trained
mentor from the business community who will support his or her progress through the program.
The participants will divide into teams to partner with an area nonprofit on an Action Learning Project. Each
team will present “deliverables” – concrete results – to the nonprofits next May. Upon graduating in May,
members of the 2016 Class may join the Leadership Fredericksburg Alumni Association and have opportunities
to serve on the Leadership Advisory Board, mentor future participants, take a leadership role in the Alumni, and
help implement future programs.
The Chamber will partner with Dr. David Corderman with Academy Leadership Associates and Dr. J.R.
Flatter with Flatter and Associates to plan and implement the program. Mary Washington Healthcare is serving
as the program’s Title Sponsor. The Chamber congratulates the following individuals who were selected as 2016
Fellows and wishes them success as they begin their leadership journey:
Leadership Fredericksburg 2016 Fellows
Kyle Allwine, University of Mary Washington
Chris Barker, PermaTreat Pest Control
Charles Baxter, Baxter & Co. LLC
Michelle Beverage, Germanna Community College
Kevin Breen, Coldwell Banker Elite
Cullen Brown, Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center
Jennifer Childs, Courtyard by Marriott Historic District
Richard Collawn, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
Rene Daniels, Spotsylvania County Public Schools
Kevin Dillard, LifeCare Medical Transports
Justin Farris, Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center
Alexandria Flatter, Flatter & Associates
Jim Ford, The Popcorn Bag
Courtney Fox, National University
Robin Hughart, DLR Contracting
Carolyn Irwin, Heritage Wealth Advisors
Tiffany Kelly, DanceTrance of Fredericksburg
Linda Knecht, Union Bank & Trust
Donna Morris, Mary Washington Healthcare
Meghan Murphy, Rappaport Co.
Chris Reynolds, Atlantic Builders
Michelle Ridall, Rappahannock Goodwill Industries
Sheila Roberson, Roberson’s Music
Deshawn Robinson-Chew, She-EO, LLC
Janine Sewell, Family Preservation Services
Quintin Sullivan, Stafford County Public Schools
Joe Wickens, Rappahannock Area Community Service Board
Julie Williams-Daves, Stafford County Government
Bill Yascko, Mary Washington Healthcare
The Chamber would like to thank the following sponsors, whose generosity makes possible the Leadership
Fredericksburg program:
Title Sponsor
Mary Washington Healthcare
Gold Sponsors
Atlantic Builders
Flatter & Associates
LifeCare Medical Transports
Stafford County
Union First Market Bank
Silver Sponsor
Fredericksburg Economic Development Authority
For more information about Leadership Fredericksburg, go to
http://fredericksburgchamber.org/Leadership-Home
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