Golden Triangle Leadership Class Selected

COLUMBUS, MS – The Columbus Lowndes Chamber of Commerce is currently leading its 2016-2017 Golden Triangle Leadership (GTL) class. GTL is sponsored by the Columbus Lowndes Chamber of Commerce, Greater Starkville Development Partnership, and the West Point Growth Alliance. This program is designed to bring leaders of the Golden Triangle together in order to strengthen the bond and development between all three regions

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The 2016-2017 class consists of Anna Kathryn McGill of Express Pros Employment, Ben Upton of Cadence Bank, Brad Jones of Renasant Bank, Christee Holbrook of Graham Roofing, Colin Krieger of REMAX, Cory Lucius of Shelter Insurance, David Vega of Bancorp South, DeLorean King of Community Couseling Services, Deloris Doss of City of West Point, Emily Ferril of Palmer Home for Children, Hannah Nail of Curtis Optometry Clinic, James Hazard of BankFirst Financial Services, Jennifer Miles of MUW, John Jefferson of Community Counseling Services, Jory Tally of WCBI, Julie Goodin of Waste Pro, Joshua Carroll of East Mississippi Community College, Mathew Dowell of GTR Airport, Robert Greathree Jr of Columbus Housing Authority, Sherman Berry of Cadence Bank, Saunders Ramsey and Zach Foster of Neel-Schaffer, and Zack Plair of the Commercial Dispatch.

GTL will have one session each month from October through June. These sessions are designed to offer a comprehensive, interactive experience for the participants and for them to learn about pertinent issues with our region, have networking opportunities with business leaders, and gain knowledge about our community. GTL is open to anyone ages 20-65 who want to get involved in their community and the cost of the program is $500, which is normally covered by the employee’s business.

A new initiative this year is that the GTL class will be charged with completing a sustainable, regional, service project throughout their year in the program. Each class member had to present a leadership proposal and the top five were selected to be finalists for the class to vote on which project they wanted to work on.

The candidates met at the first event, Meet and Greet at Anthony’s Good Food Market in West Point. “I enjoyed meeting the class, said David Vega of Bancorp South. “There are so many new connections I look forward to forming relationships with in the coming year.”

The first leadership session is focused on team building and will have personality typing workshop lead by the Director of Outreach and Innovation at MUW as well as a ropes course challenge at Plymouth Bluff. For more information, please contact ljames@clchamber.org or at (662) 328-4491.

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