2020 Leadership Knoxville Class Announced
The Leadership Knoxville Class of 2020 marks 35 years of established community leaders selected to spend ten months in an active learning experience – diving into our
community’s history, assets and challenges to ready them to create positive change
with a passionate network of fellow influencers and decision-makers.
Meet the Leadership Knoxville Class of 2020! |
(Top row L-R) Ying Ayliffe , Associate General Counsel, TVA;
Justin Bailey , Principal Broker | Owner, Bailey & Co. Real Estate;
Tanisha Fitzgerald-Baker , College & Career Access Team Leader, Project GRAD Knoxville;
Leah Berry , Division Manager – Business, Strata-G, LLC;
Rick Blackburn , President, Blackburn Development Group, LLC;
Katy Brown , Protocol Officer, UT-Battelle/ORNL;
Cassius Cash , Superintendent, U.S. National Park Service;
Ashleigh Christian , Director of Membership Development, Knoxville Chamber;
Chelly Clayton , Proprietor, Salubrious Farms;
Brian Cole , Bishop, The Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee;
Annie Colquitt , Proprietor, The Swag;
Meg Counts , Community Relations & Event Manager, Pilot Flying J;
Todd Cramer, President/Owner, RFC Company dba Johnstone Supply;
(Second row from top L-R) Denise Dean , Director, East TN Freedom Schools;
Aram Demirjian , Music Director, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra;
Allison Easterday , Partner, Bernstein, Stair & McAdams;
Scott Elmore , Managing Member, Elmore, Stone & Caffey, PLLC;
Drew Everett, Chairman, Bush Brothers & Company;
Ron Fuchs , Partner, Boldsquare;
Bob Fuller , CFO Operations, TeamHealth, Inc.;
Alyson Gallaher , Executive Director, Volunteer East Tennessee;
Erin Gill , Director of Sustainability, City of Knoxville;
Rusty Harmon , Senior Vice President & Private Banker, FirstBank;
Sterling Henton , President/CEO, Rev It Up LLC;
Heath Hildreth , Principal, The Hildreth Agency;
Alisha Hinton, Principal, Knox County Schools/Sequoyah Elementary;
(Third row L-R) Mike Honeycutt, Regional President, SmartBank;
Stan Johnson, Executive Director, SEEED Inc.;
Ben Kowalski, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Cirrus Aircraft;
Thomas Krajewski, Principal Broker, National Land Realty;
Kyle Lang, Senior Director, Contracts & Performance, Constellis;
Allison Lederer, Vice President/Wealth Advisor, Regions Private Wealth Management;
Terri Lee, Dean, College of Arts & Science, University of Tennessee;
David Manderscheid, Provost and Senior Vice-Chancellor, University of Tennessee;
Bart McFadden, President & CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley;
Gwen McKenzie, Executive Advisor, CVS Health and City Council, City of Knoxville;
Dationa Mitchell, Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy;
Sien Moon, Managing Director, Knoxville Children’s Theatre;
Todd Morgan, Executive Director, Knox Heritage;
Jack Neely , Executive Director, Knoxville History Project;
(Bottom row L-R) Nancy Nevader , Business Development Manager, Trane – Energy Services;
Mike Odom, President & CEO, Knoxville Chamber;
Alizza Punzalan-Randle, CEO, YWCA Knoxville & the Tennessee Valley;
Jen Roche, Governmental Affairs Director, Knoxville Area Association of REALTORS;
Debby Saraceni, VP Marketing & Physician Services, Covenant Health;
Julie Simpson, VP, Human Resources/CHRO, UT Medical Center;
Tommy Smith, President, Johnson University;
Tom Spangler, Sheriff, Knox County Sheriff’s Office;
Sylvia Turner, Associate Director/Haslam Scholars Program, University of Tennessee;
Clarence Vaughn, Executive Director, City of Knoxville/PARC;
Karen Walker, Chief Financial Officer, The Trust Company of Tennessee;
John Williams, III, Vice-President, Knoxville Utilities Board;
Keith Wilson, Director of Career and Technical Education, Knox County Schools;
Patrick Wilson, President, Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority
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