The Leadership Tennessee program will include 14 business and community leaders from Chattanooga in the 2017-2018 class.
The Lipscomb University's College of Leadership & Public Service today announced the members of the leadership education program, which is designed to cultivate a network of business, nonprofit, education and government leaders from across Tennessee.
Among the 42 members picked for next year's class, the Chattanoogans include:
* Stephen Culp, CEO/General Partner, Delegator.com, PriceWaiter.com, Chattanooga Renaissance Fund
* Wade Hinton, city attorney/chief legal officer, City of Chattanooga
* Andrew Kean, partner/co-founder, Alderman Holdings
* Tim Kelly, president, Kelly Auto Group
* Elaine Swafford, executive director, Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy
* Roy Vaughn, senior vice president/chief communications officer, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
* Scott Neal Wilson, head of communications, Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations.
The 10-month-long program was launched in February 2013 and the new class will be the fifth for the statewide effort.
"In my view, Leadership Tennessee has set the national standard in public service leadership development," said Steve Joiner, dean of the College of Leadership & Public Service. "Since the program's inception, 135 highly influential leaders have completed the program and they are shaping the future of Tennessee, in no small part because of their experiences and the networking opportunities across regions and sectors."
In 2015, Leadership Tennessee received a $750,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand the program's offerings.