The Chamber of Catawba County announces the 2022-23 Leadership Catawba cohort.
Leadership Catawba, the longest running program at the Chamber of Catawba County, has educated and equipped hundreds of Catawba County residents with information about the social, economic, and political dynamics of our community.
Over the next 8 months, participants will be immersed in community issues and challenges that our organization positions ourselves to directly address in the areas of Reinventing Community, Telling our Story, Serving our Community, Building for Jobs, Work Force Connectivity, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The program will challenge each of these participants to be an effective and influential leader within our great community through personal commitment and involvement.
2022-23 Leadership Catawba class:
Alison Alexander, Catawba County
Louise Atkinson, Cintas Corporatin
Anne Bogen, Carolina Caring Foundation, Inc.
Timothy “Darren” Chewning, Conover Fire Department
Jennifer Cline, US Conec, Ltd.
Porscha Corpening, First Horizon Bank
Todd Cutter, Lenoir-Rhyne University
Chrystal Dieter, Hickory Metro Convention Center & Visitors Bureau
Jeffrey Eudy, Catawba Valley Health System
Roseann Flowers, Hickory Real Estate Group
Ashley Grindstaff, NC School of Science and Mathematics-Morganton
Seth Jarrett, Realty Executives of Hickory & Lake Norman
Ashley Jones, Abernethy Laurels
Brandon Killian, Davidson, Holland, Whitesell & Co., PLLC, CPAs
Lala Kozischek, YMCA of Catawba Valley
Michael McCourt, Atriax PLLC
Amy McGhinnis, Martin Starnes & Associates CPAs, PA
Tina McGillvary, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Catawba County
Jonathan McGinnis, HSM Solutions
Morgan McNeil, Young, Morphis, Bach & Taylor, LLP
Ann Metz, Frye Regional Medical Center
Lori Miller, Hickory Police Department
Emily Mitchell, Hickory Crawdads Baseball, Inc.
Antaijah Monroe, WestRock
Sharon (Sherry) Morgan, Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism
Vu Nguyen, Republic Services
Amy Ogle, Hickory Downtown Development Association
Kelsey Pfaff, Century Furniture
Kimberly Propst, Catawba Valley Community College
Alexandria Scarborough, Catawba County Partnership for Children
Kaitlin Sigmon, Manufacturing Solutions Center at CVCC
Todd Watson, Just Dump It – Dumpster Rentals and Junk Removal
Adam Wehunt, Vanguard Furniture, Inc.
Kelsey Williams, Safe Harbor
Ben Willis, Western Piedmont Council of Governments
Mary Yount, City of Newton
2022-23 Leadership Catawba Sponsors:
To learn more about Leadership Catawba, click here.
