Leadership class named
Posted on Sunday, September 17, 2006
BENTON COUNTY — The Steering Committee of Leadership Benton County recently announced the members of the fifth class for 2006-2007. A reception for class members was held on Aug. 3 at Northwest Arkansas Community College followed by an overnight retreat held at the Wingate Hotel in Bentonville.
The community leadership development program provides leadership training specific to the regional issues facing the county. Leadership Benton County is a joint project of the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce, the Bentonville / Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce, and the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce.
The program serves as the chamber’s training ground for future leaders in Benton County, offering awareness and understanding of all facets of the community. Goals of the 11-session program include identification and motivation of individuals with leadership potential; acquainting participants with community needs, challenges and opportunities; offering a forum for dealing with community issues; and challenging future leaders to become involved with local issues and the process of decision-making. The program is sponsored by The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas.
Participants will meet monthly from August to May 2007. Sessions will focus on local and county government, education, economy, human services and nonprofit agencies, state government, regionalism, and leadership skills and theories.
Simmons First Bank provided the fifth Marvin Griffin Memorial Scholarship to one of the participants in remembrance of Griffin’s outstanding leadership in the community.
Class members include the following: David Adair, Live Light Media Services, Inc.; Ricardo Ballesteros, sponsored by the Rogers Community Support Center; Kathy Bannister, Benton County; Bo Bittle, Signature Bank; Debi Buckley, NWACC; Diane Byram, Benton County Sunshine School; Mike Campbell, Fellowship Bible Church of NWA; Koh Siong Chai, CEI Engineering, Inc.; Brent Clark, Parkway Bank; Olivia Clawson, Arkansas Support Network; Jennifer Cook, The Morning News of NWA; Jeremy Cox, Rogers Insurance Agency; Nancy Desler, Bentonville / Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce; Jim Dotson, Digital Printing Solutions, Inc.; Amy Duke, Member Services, Inc.; Boot DuPre-Milner, La-ZBoy Arkansas; Ida Fineberg, sponsored by the Rogers Community Support Center; Mary Goldsbary-Schopp, Beall Barclay & Company; Jake Haak, Farm Credit Services; Ty Hampton, First Western Bank; Al Hatcher, Bekaert; Betty Johnson, Moss Financial Group; Mike Jones, Benton County Daily Record; Tom Jones, Harris McHaney Realtors; Tracy Krack, Pinnacle Bank; Gretchen Laffoon, Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce; Greg Lindley, Simmons First Bank; Rhonda Martin, Bank of Siloam Springs; Scott Mc-Collum, Arvest Bank - Siloam Springs; Paul Morris, Wright, Lindsey & Jennigs LLP; Bob O’Neal, Arvest Bank – Rogers; Nancy Pair Clark, Peoplelink Staffing; Greg Perry, CEI Engineering, Inc.; Terry Pool, Kutak Rock; Grace Reed, Arvest Bank - Siloam Springs; Mary Schuster, Lenders Title Company – Rogers; Bill Seeger, First Security Bank; Julie Shearin, Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital; Chris Shimer, Boys & Girls Club of Western Benton County; Shellie Smith, La-Z-Boy Arkansas; Rose Jackson Sparrow, Arkansas Workforce; Kristin Strickland, Outdoor Cap Co.; Amy Tabor, Arvest Bank – Bentonville; Gail Thorp, Cobb-Vantress, Inc.; Jason Trenary, Liberty Bank of Arkansas; Laura Turner, Metropolitan Bank; Brad Ward, First Western Bank; and Quentin Worthen, St. Mary’s Hospital.
For more information on the Leadership Benton County program, contact Patti Eiland at the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce at 524-6466, Krista Khone at the Bentonville / Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce at 273-2841, or Dana Mather at the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce at 619-3182.
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