Established in 1976 by the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Dayton selects a class from a cross-section of the community and represent the diversity of the region’s business and nonprofit leaders. The program focuses on leadership, education, economic development, diversity, justice, the arts, government, health, and human services. With more than 1,500 alumni, the mission of the program is to identify, educate, and motivate a network of community leaders, to increase the individual’s capacity to serve the Dayton region, and to advocate continual engagement in support of the Dayton region.
Having just finished up the opening retreat, Laura Rapoch, a member of the class of 2020 shared, ” I can undoubtedly say that we are all committed to bringing hope and healing to our city that has faced so much in such a short time.”
Members of the Leadership Dayton Class of 2020 are:
Jim Ahrns Think Patented
Mary Bane Dermatologists of Southwest Ohio (DSWO)
Denise Banks Verso Corporation
Timothy Bement App Architecture
Ashley Bielefeld Messer Construction
Chadwick Bocook Dayton Power & Light
Jyllian Bradshaw Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
Mary Butts PSA Airlines
Erin Davis Taft Stettinius & Hollister
Beth Duncan LIZard Apparel & Promotions, LLC
Cory Earl Dayton Business Journal
Nick Eden Danis
Susan Edwards Wright State University
Jenni Frazer Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cincinnati Branch
Cindy Garner Clothes That Work
John Garrity Brixey & Meyer, Inc.
Patrick Gill The Dayton Foundation
Sarah Hackenbracht Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association
Timothy Henry Premier Health
Jesse Edel University of Dayton
Erin Kunkle JJR Solutions, LLC
Andy Lehman Kettering Health Network
Beth Ling CareSource
Carol Lundin Front Street Building Co. LLC
Mark Lyle Wright-Patterson AFB
Lindsay Maxam Junior League of Dayton
Joshua Nalls Dayton Public Schools
Michelle Niedermier Montgomery County JFS
Michael Osborn Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A.
Michael Pabst Flagel Huber Flagel
Kunal Patel Coldwell Banker Heritage Realtors – Kunal Patel Group
Cory Paul American Red Cross, Dayton Area Chapter
Kayleigh Pratt Girls on the Run of Dayton
Laura Rapoch Crayons to Classrooms
Pamela Rath LexisNexis
John Schuermann Fifth Third Bank
Samantha Sommer Morris Dayton Daily News/Cox Media Group
Michael Stemen Rieck Services
Devon Stinson
Amy Thorson Dayton Children’s Hospital
Tracey Tomme Dayton Society of Natural History
Lee Lauren Truesdale The Foodbank, Inc.
Graig Tuschong Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley
Mariah Vogelgesang City of Centerville
Monica Walker The Dayton Art Institute
Terra Williams Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County
Janet Wirth Wright Patterson AFB
Brian Yeakley Miami Valley Financial Partners
