Leadership Rowan 26th Class!

(August 7, 2018) The Rowan County Chamber of Commerce has selected the 26^th Class of Leadership Rowan. The 2018-2019 class will be celebrating 26 years of the Chamber’s signature program for established community leaders. Since 1992, Leadership Rowan has ensured that the community’s most influential and esteemed leaders are knowledgeable about issues, well-networked and passionate about the success of the community. These talented leaders will spend ten months going on exclusive tours and having hands-on experiences, all with area leaders who take on our community’s biggest challenges every day. Armed with new knowledge, connections and perspectives, Leadership Rowan graduates are prepared to take their places as effective community leaders.
“We are extremely proud of the history and success of Leadership Rowan with over 550 graduates of the program,” said Bob Cartner (Chandler Concrete & Building Supply), Steering Committee Chairman.
The Leadership Rowan program will begin in August 2018 and run through May 2019. The thirty members of the 2018-19 Class are:
Lisa Altmann (Rowan Salisbury Schools ), Teen Aron (Community Care Clinic of Rowan County), Brittney Barnhardt (Rowan Salisbury Schools and Christiana Lutheran Church), Lorie Cohen (Chandler Concrete), Melinda Daniel (Atrium Health), Charles Drake (Rowan County Government), William Easterling (Novant Health Rowan Medical Center), Cristina Fein (Integro Technologies), Brent Frick (Wells Fargo), Donna Groce (Trinity Oaks), Kimberly Harrington (Livingstone College), Kendall Henderson (Rowan Economic Development), Rebecca Hooks (Rowan- Cabarrus Community College), Danielle Hough (North Carolina Transportation Museum), Terence Jamison (NSC Behavioral Concepts, LLC), Melissa Oleen (Rowan County Library),  Clark Poole (Rowan Salisbury School System), Cassandra Rankin (Prevent Child Abuse Rowan), PJ Ricks (Retired Educator), Ellen Robertson (Fisher Realty, Inc.), Stephen Ross (Walser Technology Group, Inc.), Chris Soliz (Rowan County EMS), Erin Stringer (Catawba College),  Erica Taylor (Rowan Helping Ministries), Angel Teems (F&M Bank), Shelley Tyler-Smith (Catawba College), Jenny Waisner (Salisbury-Rowan Utilities), Morgan Watts (NC Cooperative Extension), Tye Woods (Novant Health Rowan Medical Center), and Melissa Yates (Bayada Home Health Care).
Class members will go on a two-day retreat August 16-17 where they will participate in a Simulated Society (SIMSOC) exercise and get acquainted with other class members.  After the retreat, participants will attend a full-day session each month September through May to enhance their leadership skills and knowledge of Rowan County.
For more information, please contact Mary Scott Norris at the Chamber at (704) 633-4221 or msnorris@rowanchamber.com.
Leadership Rowan is a leadership development program sponsored by the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce.  The program is designed to prepare committed and qualified individuals to assume leadership roles in the county and to further enhance the abilities of existing leaders.  Persons completing the program are expected to volunteer their time and talents for community service.
2018 Leadership Steering Committee Chair Bob Cartner said, "This program has proven itself 25 years!  Graduates of Leadership Rowan can be seen serving in positions of leadership all over Rowan County.  We look forward to another great class."
Members of the Leadership Rowan Steering Committee are: Bob Cartner (Chandler Concrete), Kelly Baker (City of Salisbury), Alisha Byrd-Clark (Gemstones Academy & Compass), Danelle Cutting, (Rowan County Government/Ag Extension), Shawn Edman (Novant Health Rowan Medical Center), Deborah Johnson (Livingstone College), Nick Means (F&M Bank), Timbs Fulghum (Atrium Health), Beth McKeithan (Prevent Child Abuse Rowan), Ken Ingle ( Rowan- Cabarrus Community College).