Cobb Young Professionals (CYP), the Cobb Chamber’s networking and development group for professionals in their 20s and 30s, today named the winners of the 2022 Next Generation Award at the Chamber’s August Marquee Monday event: Dr. Melissa Wikoff and Jon Ingram.
CYP recognizes the county’s top young professionals with the annual Next Generation Award. Award winners are selected from a pool of nominees who can be admired, learned from and celebrated within the Cobb community. Nominees are all in their 20s or 30s, active within their community, demonstrate leadership ability in the community and in their current role, and offer a unique perspective. Two winners of the Next Generation Award are named each year.
Dr. Melissa Wikoff, Founder and Director of Audiology Peachtree Hearing
As Founder and Director of Audiology at Peachtree Hearing, Dr. Wikoff handles all aspects of the business and leads not only her team, but other audiologists’ nationwide. As one of the foremost audiologists, she not only helps patients in the Cobb community, but teaches other licensed audiologists how to help those suffering in their own communities.
Dr. Wikoff serves on the board of directors on the national level for the American Tinnitus Association (ATA) and at the local level for Aloha to Aging. On behalf of the ATA, Dr. Wikoff has given lectures nationally to help train other audiologists on how to help treat tinnitus and start their own private practices. She mentors students at Washington University School of Medicine and is a frequent guest lecturer in their practice management course.
Dr. Wikoff founded a program called Hearing Aids for Holocaust Survivors. She donates hearing aids and services to survivors in metro-Atlanta. She was recently honored with the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s Jewish Abilities Alliance: Very-Inclusive- Person award for her work with and advocating for our local hard-of-hearing community.
Jon Ingram, Director of Corporate Relations The Woodruff Arts Center
Ingram currently serves as the Director of Corporate Relations at The Woodruff Arts Center and is well-known as an established young professional in Cobb County and the Metro Region. He is sought out regularly to serve on various boards such as Leadership Cobb Alumni Association Board, the Cobb Chamber Board of Directors, The Earl & Rachel Smith Strand Advisory Board, the Mairetta Arts Council, and the One Cumberland Board. He is also a proud graduate of Leadership Cobb Class of 2020.
“Jon is one of the most dedicated, hardworking, and innovative people I have had the pleasure of working with in any capacity” said Secret Holland, vice president of human resources and community affairs for Gas South. “He is compassionate, kind and never misses an opportunity to help others. Most importantly, Jon is a true relationship builder.”
Before joining the Woodruff Arts Center, Jon hired, onboarded, and mentored young professionals in his District Executive with the Boy Scouts of America. He reached out to volunteers and local business leaders to arrange mentors for these new, young people to help them be successful in their first corporate role.
Cobb Young Professionals is proudly supported by Yearlong Presenting Sponsor, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The Next Generation Award is presented by The Mazloom Law Firm LLC. For more information about Cobb Young Professionals or the Next Generation Award, contact Rebecca Chadwick at rchadwick@cobbchamber.org or 770-859-2368.
