Emerging Leaders Program Graduation – Fall 2019

by Cassidy Hyde | Dec 2, 2019

YPAL is proud to introduce the twenty-nine graduates of its Fall 2019 Emerging Leaders Program. These twenty-nine young professionals were selected to participate in YPAL’s fourteenth Emerging Leaders Program presented by Nationwide Advisory Solutions. Thank you to our sponsors: Atria Senior Living, DMLO, Indiana University Southeast, and the YPAL foundation.

Over the past three months, these individuals took part in an accelerated and intensive experience designed to address the leadership development needs of young professionals. They finished the program with a clear understanding of their strengths, values, and personality in the context of being a more effective leader. Their class project revolved around leadership and the qualities that an ideal leader should possess.

Meet our graduates:

August Anderson, Fund for the Arts; Shelby Babcock, ARGI Financial; Alexa Bacon, Planet Fitness/Sun Tan City; Wesley Bain, Towne Park; RC Bascur, ARGI Financial Group; Victoria Brown, Atria Senior Living; Emily Buckman, Kentucky Farm Bureau; Elizabeth Cleary, The Chamber of St. Matthews; Sarah Collins, Make-A-Wish Foundation; Georgia Connally, Connally Law Offices; Alison Dale, Kentucky Derby Museum; Kimberly Fawbush, Nationwide Advisory Solutions; Lindsey Gumer, Norton Healthcare; Alexis Heaverlo, DMLO CPAs; Jack Hellige, Venture First; Craig Johnson, Nationwide Advisory Solutions; Amanda Kremer, MCM; Bradley Ledford, Unified Technologies; Marianna Michael, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs; Kayla Nash, Atria Senior Living; Aveena Patel, Kentucky Derby Museum; Marigrace Ragsdale, Access Ventures; Rachel Roberson, Dow Chemical Company; Alex Shearer, Humana; Woo Smith, Terracon Consultants, Inc.; Rosalind Streeter, Sister Cities of Louisville; Alana Rose Turner, Greater Louisville Inc.; Mary Witsiepe, Humana; and Dominique Shrader, Domino Partners LLC/Noble Funk Brewing.