Meet Leadership North Texas Class 9

This August, the North Texas Commission welcomes the 9th class of Leadership North Texas, a graduate-level leadership program aimed at recruiting, developing and supporting leaders who have a commitment to civic engagement, to learning, to collaboration, and to the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

The 9th class of Leadership North Texas (LNT) will consist of 33 regional leaders from across North Texas, learn best practices in regional stewardship from regions that have successfully addressed regional issues and challenges relevant to the region; and participate in the development of appropriate strategies for North Texas.

Meet LNT Class 9 below:

Judith Allen, President and CEO, Communities In Schools, Dallas Region

Geoff Bailey, Director of Communications, Oncor Electric Delivery

Harper Bateman, Associate Principal, Corgan

Kristina Brevard, VP, Strategic Planning & Development, Denton County Transportation Authority

Jeri Chambers, Junior League of Collin County

Drew Dietrich, Economic Development Manager, Town of Addison

Matt Foster, Regional Director of External Affairs, AT&T

Klint Guerry, General Manager, Sewell Automotive Companies

Deborah Helton, Emergency Management Administrator, DFW International Airport

RaDonna Hessel, CEO, Grapevine Chamber of Commerce

JoAnn Jensen, Agent, New York Life

Tammy Korns, Development & Outreach Manager, Plano Public Library

Mike Land, City Manager, City of Coppell

Valerie Landry, General Manager, The Sanford House Inn & Spa

Martin Lujan, Director, Government Relations, UT Arlington

Sean Madison, President, Trinity River Campus, Tarrant County College

Steve Mason, President, Mayor Pro-Tem, City of Cedar Hill, MAS-TEK

Wendle Medford, Assistant City Manager, City of Forney

Cory Montfort, Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor, The Montfort Group

John Mulcahey, Director, State Farm Insurance Companies

Erica Mulder, Vice President, Governmental Relations & Communications, Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce

Archie Nettles, Jr., Veteran Liaison, The University of Texas at Dallas

Ajith Pai, Professional & Support Services Officer, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman

Andrea Russell, VP, Reliant Retail, NRG/Reliant

Jeff Schnick, Editor-in-Chief, Dallas Business Journal

Sushma Sharma, Director, DFW Hospital Council Foundation

Shelli Siemer, Assistant City Manager, City of Allen

Tom Siems, AVP and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Mike Smiddy, Vice President, United Building Maintenance

Charmaine Solomon, Founder & Chairman of the Board, My Possibilities

Steve Stoler, Director of Media Relations, City of Plano

Rona Stringfellow, Assistant City Manager, City of Lancaster

Cordelia Tullous, Managing Director, Step Up

Learn more about Leadership North Texas here. Questions about the program? Email Kimberly@NTC-DFW.org

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