After 10 months of intensively studying all the factors that make Coweta County a great place to live — and exploring its current and future challenges — 15 members of the Leadership Coweta Class of 2007 celebrated their graduation at the Newnan Utilities Cabin in Newnan.

The 2007 graduates are: Stephanie Bolton, Human Resources Manager, Bobby Dodd Institute; Terri L. Buckland, Kindergarten teacher-Poplar Road Elementary, Coweta County Schools; Anna Chambless, Assistant Operations Officer, Bank of Coweta; Wendy Danford, Property Manager, Overby Park Town Home Apartments; Thomas J. Dombrowski; Nina Fanning, Administrative/Human Resources, Genesis Business Solutions; Jennifer R. Fritz, Commercial Lender, Southern Community Bank; Dee Glazier, Financial Center Manager/Business Development Officer, First Choice Community Bank; Kenneth M. Grace, Vice President, J. Smith Lanier & Co.; Todd C. Hall, Banking Officer/Commercial Lender, Southern Community Bank; Clayton W. Hicks, Commercial Lender, Neighborhood Community Bank; Betsy Jackson, Employee Health Director, Piedmont Newnan Hospital Employee Health; Deborah Simmons, Mortgage Banker, HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation; David Thomas, Sales Manager-Power Services, Georgia Power; and Richard A. Zechiel, Executive Director, Wesley Woods of Newnan-Peachtree City.

Designed to foster the community’s future leaders and provide exposure to the way Coweta’s government, nonprofit, and business entities operate, Leadership Coweta has been a program of the Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce since 1995.

“This year’s class was particularly engaged and not afraid to ask some hard questions of their presenters throughout the year,” said Vicki Kaiser, Director of Business Development for VistaCare of Newnan, Griffin & Douglasville and chair of the Leadership Coweta program. “For the first time, their 11 class modules were aligned with the community’s Vision 2020 focus areas: land use, culture and recreation, government, community development, economic conditions, healthcare, education, infrastructure, environmental improvement, daily life and convenience, public service and community safety. That gave even more depth to their understanding of what our community cares about most and where we can go in the future. The Chamber board was particularly helpful in putting this year’s program together.”

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