Meet our Emerging Leaders Program Spring 2020 Cohort!

Thirty young professionals were selected to participate in YPAL’s 15th Emerging Leaders Program presented by Nationwide Advisory Solutions.

Over the next three months, these individuals will take part in an accelerated and intensive experience designed to address the leadership development needs of young professionals. They will finish the program with a clear understanding of their strengths, values and personality in the context of being a more effective leader.

Their class project revolves around leadership and the qualities that an ideal leader should possess. Keep an eye out on YPAL’s social media for their project findings!

Participants in the program are:

Tyler Brightwell, Republic National Distributing Company

Thomas Clark, University of Louisville

Devon Cowherd, University of Louisville College of Business

Samantha Del Pozo, The Brown Hotel

Emily Donovan, Atria Senior Living

Jerry Englehart, Americana World Community Center

Scott Franklin, Patient Research Group

Jeff Henderson, Fifth Third Bank

Alex Houlton, Clayton & Crume

Nick Hughes, Atria Senior Living

Jeb Jarrell, Encore Wealth Management Group

Austin Johnson, PNC

Caitlin Johnson, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.

Vanessa Koenigsmark, Render Capital

Mollie LaFavers, Fund for the Arts

Erica LaMarche, University of Louisville (TRIO Student Support Services)

Ashlie Mercado, Bellarmine University

Lena Muldoon, Louisville Forward

Tim Nicolazzi, The Department of Housing and Urban Development

Himati Patel, Humana

Jane Rudnick, Guardian Owl

Liz Taylor, GE Appliances

Mendell Taylor, US Census Bureau

Price Thompson, The Kleingers Group

Emily Trujillo, ARGI

Sherita Vernon, Humana

Jillian Waitkus, Louisville Bats

Tyler Whobrey, Bright Spring Health Services

Lucy Wolff, Nationwide Advisory Solutions

Luke Woolbright, Nationwide Advisory Solutions

The program is facilitated by Lenae Price, President and Founder of Mindset Collaborative, LLC. A big thank you to all of Emerging Leaders Program Sponsors: Nationwide Advisory Solutions, Atria Senior Living, Fifth Third Bank, IUS, and the YPAL Foundation.

More information on YPAL’s Emerging Leaders program can be found here.

Applications for the Fall 2020 class will open this summer.