LEADERSHIP GULF COAST ANNOUNCES GRADUATION 2024-2025 CLASS
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce, Inc. has announced the 33rd Graduating class of local business and community leaders selected to participate in its Leadership Gulf Coast program.
“Leadership Gulf Coast graduated its 33rd class of business and community leaders from across South Mississippi,” said Adele Lyons, Chief Executive Officer of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce. “We’ve got an impressive class of 26 individuals who will engage in issues and opportunities facing the Mississippi Gulf Coast while building the important relationships needed to help bring solutions to some of our area’s greatest challenges.”
The Graduating 2024-2025 Leadership Gulf Coast Class are:
| Shelby Amacker | Eley Guild Hardy Architects |
| Jill Barnett | Keesler Federal Credit Union |
| Jennifer Cain | Generations Health Care |
| Cynthia Chauvin | CASA of South Mississippi |
| Caitlin Cruthird | Horne CPA, LLP |
| Courtney Cuevas | City of Long Beach |
| Jason Farve | Mississippi Power |
| Tami Foto | WXXV25 |
| Daniel Guy | IP Casino Resort Spa |
| Cole Hardin | Aladdin Construction |
| Denise Johnson | Victory Behavioral Center |
| Rebecca Kajdan | City of Gulfport |
| Amanda Ladner | Penn Entertainment-Boomtown, Hollywood GC |
| William Lehman | City of Gulfport |
| Hector Maldonado | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Guy Montella | Coast Roast Coffee & Tea |
| Kendyll Palermo | MS Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce |
| Courtney Peterson | Community Bank |
| Lindsey Richard | Coldwell Banker Alfonso Realty |
| Eddie Rivers | Roy Anderson Corp |
| Oliver Tallyn | Gartman Insurance Agency |
| Valeri Underwood | Harrison County |
| Stacy Wadsworth | Roy Anderson Corp |
| Katie Weldon | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Danyell Wietbrock | Memorial Health Systems |
| Stacey Wynne | Singing River Health Systems |
Leadership Gulf Coast, a division of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce, Inc., is a program designed to prepare the area’s current and potential leaders for the future. The program’s goal is to understand real problems and opportunities in the local community, and to create a communication network between present and emerging leaders dedicated to the improvement of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. More than 1,000 leaders have graduated from the program since its inception in 1990.
