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Leadership DeSoto to Host Sixteenth Class
Leadership DeSoto, now in its sixteenth year, will begin the 2006-2007 program on Thursday, November 16, with a two-day team-building session in which participants will get to know each other through a series of group activities, including Parkwood’s ropes course. The class will then meet for one full day each month to learn about challenges and opportunities facing DeSoto County in the areas of economic development, education, local and state government, health care, and the court system.
A change coming to this year’s Leadership DeSoto program will be the addition of a bus tour of DeSoto County. Many participants in Leadership DeSoto are new to the area, so the countywide tour will give them an overview of the county. Even those who have been in DeSoto County for many years will get a new perspective of the county, and they may even see areas they are not familiar with. The tour will take a similar route taken by legislators who came to DeSoto County in 2004 for “Rockin’ & Rollin’ in DeSoto County.”
As always, the large group of up to 30 participants will be divided into several small groups, each of which will work on a community service project.
Those chosen to participate in the 2006-2007 Leadership DeSoto program will be announced in October.
Leadership DeSoto Announces Board Members
Leadership DeSoto announces its board members and chairman and vice chairman for the upcoming year.
Andrea McNeil of Baskin McCarroll McCaskill and Campbell will serve as chairman, while Snay Patel of Comfort Suites will serve as vice chairman.
Board members serve a three-year term and are all graduates of Leadership DeSoto.
Board members whose terms expire in 2007 are the following: Brad Evans, Atmos Energy, class of 2001; McNeil, class of 2004; Ford Moore, Community Bank, class of 2004; and Darlene Regan, Sherwin Williams, class of 2006.
Board members whose terms expire in 2008 are the following: Bobby McRee, BancorpSouth, class of 2002; John Pankey, Fisher & Arnold, class of 2005; Patel, class of 2005; and Dan Williams, First Tennessee Bank, class of 2005.
Board members whose terms expire in 2009 are the following: Johnnie Cheatham, Kawneer, class of 2006; Ryan England, Specialized Medical Concepts, class of 2006; John Allen Ferguson, BankPlus, class of 2006; and Casey Myers, Brannon Professionals, class of 2006.