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Leadership Cobb Announces its 2026 Class

Leadership Cobb, the Cobb Chamber’s premier leadership development program, has selected 60 new participants for the 2025-2026 class. Founded in 1983, Leadership Cobb brings together diverse business and community leaders for a 10-month journey focused on personal and professional growth. The program accomplishes this through leadership training, teambuilding, and educational experiences highlighting our community’s greatest success stories and most significant ongoing challenges.

The 2026 Class:

Kimberly Allred
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

Kate Beasley
Walton Communities

Priti Bhatia
Georgia Institute of Technology

Mike Bonnette
Kennesaw State University

Nicholas Booth
O’Dell Hungerford Blanchard & Booth

Tonya Byrd
Gilbane Building Company

Carl Carlson
The Walker School

Lauren Cedor
Cobb & Douglas Public Health

Chase Clark
Brasfield & Gorrie

Vic Collins
Hounds Town Atlanta – Smyrna

Christina Cummings
Kidz2Leaders

Rodney Drinkard
The Coca Cola Company

David Esterline
CROFT & Associates

Richard Freeman
Wellstar Health

Chuck Gardner
Marietta City Schools

Jenn Garner
Papa Johns

Jessica Guinn
Cobb County Government

Jules Harper
The Four Walls Group

Gina V. Hawkins
Cobb County Sheriff’s Office

Karen Heard
Marietta Wine Market

Tim Henderson
LGE Community Credit Union

Molly Holm
Glory Haus

Amanda Hughes
Cobb Travel & Tourism

Stephanie Idland
Chick-fil-A, Inc.

Simon Janman
Nothing Bundt Cakes

Keisha Jeffcoat
City of Mableton

Kyle Johnstone
TK Elevator

Shea Konigsmark
Metro Regional Educational Service Agency, Metro RESA

Rachel Langelotti
City of Marietta

Kyoung Lee
Arcadis

Kafi London
Kafi London Intl.

Jose Lopez-Vera
Northside Hospital

Toby Mabry
Cobb EMC

Christopher McKellar
Mauldin & Jenkins

Daniel McKinney
RaceTrac, Inc.

Tomeca Mosley
Cox Enterprises

Ben Needle
Osborne High School

Scott Orr
Cetera Investors

Gina Owens
Verizon

Tahnicia Phillips
Cobb County State Court

Paul Powers
Powers Electrical Solutions

Brian Rutledge
City of Marietta

Courtney Santry
CDH Partners

Alisha Thomas Searcy
Center for Strong Public Schools

Abby Smith
Visit Marietta

Andy Stearns
Atlanta Braves

Zach Strickland
Croy Engineering

Darrell Sutton
Sutton Law Group

Jaret Usher
Cobb County State Court

Ryan Varchetti
US Air Force/Dobbins Air Reserve Base

Dan Vasquenza
id8 Agency

Heather Walker
Cobb County Tax Commissioner’s Office

Ashley West
Georgia Power Company

Anthony White
Adio Chiropractic

Megan Will
Cumberland Community Improvement District

LaTonya Williams
Vanderlande Industries

Jordan Wilson
Corporate Tax Advisors

Laurie Wong-Burns
Reflections of Trinity Inc.

Crystal Wyche
Vinsere Group

Darrell Young
Compliments Salon and Barbers

Joyette Holmes, Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, and Eddie Wade, Croy Engineering, will be co-chairs for the 2025-2026 program year. Andy Gaines, Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre, and Tricia Newton, Waterworks Atlanta, will be the vice co-chairs for the 2025-2026 program year. This year’s class theme is “Lead the Way.”

The Leadership Cobb class of 2026’s Yearlong Presenting Sponsor is Kennesaw State University Executive MBA; and Legacy Sponsors, Accounting Consultants of Cobb, CDH Partners, Cobb Travel & Tourism, Croy Engineering, Genuine Parts Company, Johnson & Alday, and Mauldin & Jenkins. For more information about Leadership Cobb, contact Kai Lawrence at 770-859-2346 or klawrence@cobbchamber.org.

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Leadership Cobb Announces its 2026 Class

Leadership Cobb, the Cobb Chamber’s premier leadership development program, has selected 60 new participants for the 2025-2026 class. Founded in 1983, Leadership Cobb brings together