Earlier this fall UNC Asheville's Leadership
Program kicked off its 26th year with a dynamic nine-month program
for local participants. The 49 members of Leadership Asheville 26
make up the biggest class in the program's history.
Over the past two decades, the acclaimed program has built a strong
tradition of leadership development and community involvement.
Utilizing lectures, discussions, work groups and service projects,
the participants will explore a variety of topics, ranging from the
environment to education, and from local government to economic
development.
Leadership Asheville has graduated more than 900 representatives of
the region's economic, service and governmental sectors. Drawing
from profit and nonprofit organizations, local government officials,
private industry executives, university professors, stay-at-home
parents, and school district administrators, Leadership Asheville's
graduate network covers a diverse array of interests, opportunities
and challenges inherent to the region.
The members of Leadership Asheville 26 and their employers are:
Kenet Adamson, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College; Stan
Alleyne, Buncombe County Schools; Jim Anderson, Biltmore Farms;
Sarah Benson, Asheville Police Department; Brad Blackburn, Southern
Community Bank and Trust; David Bonyun, United Way of Asheville and
Buncombe County; Tanya Bruce, Education and Research Consortium of
Western Carolinas; Heidi Campbell-Robinson, Abernethy United
Methodist Church; Tom Cassidy, Self-Help Ventures Fund; Jon Corbin,
The Buyer’s Agent of Asheville; Carolyn Coward, Van Winkle Law Firm;
Kevin Cross, The Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa; Melody Dunlop,
Mission Healthcare Foundation; Joy Flora, Merry Maids and Three Dog
Bakery; Joe Grady, Century 21 All Seasons; Johnnie Grant, The Urban
News; Lisa Grefe, N.C. Mountain Realty Group; Robert Griffin, City
of Asheville, Building Safety; W. LaVone Griffin, City of Asheville,
Parks and Recreation; Bo Harris, Christ School; Honour Hiers, Honour
Hiers Fine Arts Photography; Tamara Hubbard, BellaLuna Theater;
Jerome Hughes, Asheville High School; Chase Johnson, Asheville
Savings Bank; Cheryl Johnson, Strayer University; Tim Johnson,
Leadership 101; Barry Kampe, First Citizens Bank; Linda Lamp, WNC
Communities; Kelly Maglaughlin, NC Outward Bound; Jenny Manner, Meet
the Geeks; Sue McAdams, Community Volunteer; Mary Michael, Reuter
Family YMCA; Kelly Miller, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce;
Stephanie Monson, City of Asheville, Economic Development; Jennifer
Moore, Moore Law Office; Bill Murray, N.C. Outward Bound; Jane
Murray, Junior League of Asheville; Michelle Rabell, Mission Health
and Hospitals; Robin Smathers, Weaverville Primary and Elementary;
Amy Smialowicz, CarePartners Health Services; Jackie Stenseth,
Asheville Citizen-Times; Jaime Taylor, Medical Business Resources;
Bill Treasurer, Giant Leap Consulting; Holly Waltemyer, UNC
Asheville, Career Center; Kaye Waugh, Asheville-Buncombe Technical
Community College; Oksana Wells, The Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa;
Sharon West, Buncombe County Health Center; Lauren Williams, The
Health Adventure; and Heather Wolfe, United Services Credit Union.
Leadership Asheville 26 is supported, in part by, Southern Community
Bank and Trust and VanWinkle Law Firm.
For more information about UNC Asheville's Leadership Programs, call
828/251-6125 or visit
www.leadershipasheville.org.
