The Columbia County Chamber of Commerce has recently announced the Leadership Columbia County class of 2025.
This is a nine-month program that exposes business leaders to opportunities and challenges within the community so that they can learn and grow to further positively shape Columbia County’s future.
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The Leadership Columbia County class of 2025 includes the following people with their business:
- McKenzie Beech, John Deere
- Allie Bentley, KAMO
- Brooks Blumenthal, McKnight Construction Company
- Kristen Carroll, Columbia County School District
- Jeremy Dent, Zaxby’s
- Jason Douglas, SME CPAs
- Bernadette Fortune, CSRA Habitat for Humanity
- Mark Gilliam, Keystone Homes Inc.
- Ryan Gordon, ADP
- Amy Graci, Edgar’s Hospitality Group
- Barbara Kelley, Doctors Hospital of Augusta
- Julie Kelly, Headway Collision
- Jae Kroger, Southeast Restoration
- Kristin Ludwig, Augusta Preparatory Day School
- Paul Lynch, U.S. House of Representatives
- Terrence Mabry, BioWound
- Anitra McManus, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
- Jennifer McQuillan, John Deere
- Jennifer Miller, Wellstar MCG Health
- Justin M. Mullis, Augusta District Attorney’s Office
- Blair L. Mutimer, Mutimer Custom Homes
- Mary Myers, PeachTree Planning Corp.
- Olivia Pieczynski, Columbia County Chamber of Commerce
- Chris Pierson, Brandon Wilde
- Jen Phommachanh, Piedmont Augusta
- Benjamin Prijatel, Shepeard Community Blood Center
- Angela Roberts, Savannah River National Laboratory
- Erin Slade, Silverton Mortgage
- Tangela Smalls, Savannah River National Laboratory
- Dean Smith, Veterans Pressure Washing
- Nick Snellings, TaxSlayer
- Alfred Vizzari, SD Clifton Construction
- Danielle Williams, Day One Fitness
- Rich Wyatt, Columbia County
Participants learn and experience different parts of the community such as county operations, education and workforce, and healthcare among many others.
Logan Banks with Cumberland Village is this year’s chair. Banks is a graduate of the Leadership Columbia County class of 2021. His vice chair is Rhonda Banks with Dental College of Georgia, and she is a graduate of Leadership Columbia County class of 2010.
