The Chamber of Catawba County proudly announces the 2025-2026 Leadership Catawba Advisory Board. These individuals are graduates of Leadership Catawba, The Chamber’s longest running program. Advisory Board Members work alongside the Chamber team to develop, coordinate, and execute one month of content for the Leadership Catawba program. To learn more about Leadership Catawba, click here.
- Whitney Beck, First Citizens Bank
- Porscha Corpening, First Horizon Bank-Newton
- Rebekah Dancy, Highstreet Insurance & Financial Services
- Jeffrey Eudy, Catawba Valley Health System
- Jenny Gerami-Markham, Catawba County Library
- Jeff Helgerson, Green Park Dentistry
- Ashley Jones, Abernethy Laurels
- AJ Kerley, PACE@Home
- Stephanie Killian, HSM
- Lala Kozischek, YMCA of Catawba Valley
- Hanna Marada, CommScope
- Elisabeth Mauck, Integrity Roofing, LLC
- Christina McNally, Caroling Caring
- Kyle Mishler, City of Hickory Parks, Recreation and Sports Tourism
- Daniel Moore, NuTex Concepts
- Travis Morgan, Skyline National Bank
- Jennifer Payseur, Shurtape Technologies, LLC
- Justin Phillips, Landmark Roofing
- Sarah Prencipe, Lumin Strategies
- Kimberly Propst, Catawba County Economic Development Corporation
- Sharine Sample, Goodwill Industries of NWNC, Inc.-Workforce Development Center
- Alexandria Scarborough, Catawba County Partnership for Children
- Dr. Felicia Simmons, Catawba Valley Community College
- Phillip Stepp, Habitat for Humanity of Catawba Valley, Inc.
- Mike Stevens, Smith Leonard PLLC
- Todd Watson, Just Dump It – Dumpster Rentals and Junk Removal
- Mary Yount, City of Newton