The members of Leadership Arlington’s Signature Program Class of 2015 met for the first time at the opening retreat held on Sept. 1819 at the Deloitte Arlington Office.
The Class of 2015 is comprised of 53 leaders from the private, public and nonprofit sectors. They will meet over the next 10 months to immerse themselves in the issues facing Arlington while enhancing personal and professional leadership skills. Topics covered during the next year will include economic development, Arlington neighborhoods, health and human services, the arts, education, and justice, crime and public safety.
The members include: Colette Bounet, Arlington Public Schools; Carolyn Carlson, Carlson Political Consulting LLC; Nalani Cates, JumpBunch; Susan Cherney, Phoenix House of the Mid-Atlantic; Mike Chessnoe, Gambatte Ltd; Linda Cogburn, Carr Properties; Craig Cressman, U.S. Marine Corps; Matt de Ferranti, Rebuilding Together; Hugo Delgado, NovaSalud, Inc.; Donna Fleming, College Summit; Andy Fuhrmann, Clark Construction Group; Michael Geary, Geary-O'Hara Family Foundation; Jade Gong, Health Dimensions Group; Donna Hamaker, Buck & Associates Realtors; Jen Harris, Arlington Public Schools; Tim Hawkins, LTBD, PC; Shari Henry, Arlington Public Library; Merrick Hoben, The Consensus Building Institute; Claudia Hogle, Freddie Mac; Cameron Hutchings, Alliance Leadership Coaching, LLC; Michael Jewth, Dominion Virginia Power; Christian Lapham, Bean, Kinney & Korman; Jonathan Lee, HNTB Corporation; Robert Martinson, Wells Fargo; Cindy May, Keller Williams Arlington; Jennifer Mulchandani, Arlington Strategy; Jen Mullett, Mullett Dove Meachem & Bradley, PLLC; Koube Ngaaje, Arlington Food Assistance Center; Rosie O'Neil, Northern Virginia Community College; Kim Plaugher, Arlington Community Federal Credit Union; John Pulley, The Pulley Group; Omar Quintero, Encentric, Inc.; Rick Reinsch, Digital Recollections; Lucinda Robb, Community Activist; Kate Roche, Arlington Chamber of Commerce; David Rowley, Minuteman Press; Jane Rudolph, Arlington County, Department of Parks & Recreation; Steve Simmons, TASC, Inc.; Russ Snyder, Volunteers of America Chesapeake, Inc.; Gene St. Clair, Humanproof, LLC; Katy Steinbruck, Offender Aid and Restoration; Richard Stephenson, Arlington County, Department of Management & Finance; Pantea Stevenson, PF Stevenson Law; Lois Stover, Marymount University; Rick Strobach, Arlington County, Juvenile Court Services Unit; Johnathan Thomas, United Bank; Marjorie Varner, Encore Learning; Lauck Walton, Westwood College; Michele Werner, Virginia Hospital Center Foundation; Kristine Wood, Core Skills LLC; Sheila Yosufy, Cardinal Bank; Wanda Younger, Arlington County Sheriff's Office, and Chris Zinner, Accenture.