Sarasota Chamber Adult Leadership Graduates

June 6, 2022 – Sarasota

Last month, Leadership Sarasota, a program of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, graduated 46 amazing leaders from the Adult Leadership Sarasota program.  The graduates’ hard-work and perseverance throughout the ten-month program was recognized as they celebrated with friends and family at Sage SRQ.  The program focuses on identifying and inspiring current and future leaders and helping them explore different organizations and facets within the community, while also creating lifelong relationships with their classmates.  During each class, participants also complete a class project with local non-profit organizations.  This year, the class was split into five groups to spread the impact across five non-profits.  The non-profits chosen for this year were Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast, Inc., Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County, Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC), The Haven, and Teen Court of Sarasota, Inc.  Based on the number of volunteer hours made by each participant and the 2022 estimated national value of volunteer hours the Adult Leadership Sarasota Class of 2022 made $13,777 worth of volunteer impact.  Leadership Sarasota and the Sarasota Chamber continue to be amazed by the participants in the program and the overarching reach to multiple organizations within Sarasota.  We wish all the graduates continued success as they now go on as alumni of the program.  

The 2022 Adult Leadership Sarasota graduates include:

Rachel Bradley, All Faiths Food Bank
Max Brandow, REALTOR Association of Sarasota and Manatee
John Briggs, SouthTech
Maria Buitrago, Children First
Cody Carson, Tandem Construction
Tami Caruso, Tidewell Hospice
Helena Cauchon, Willis Smith Construction, Inc.
Stevan Collins, Professional Benefits, Inc.
Laura Conaboy, Junior League of Sarasota
Larry Cuervo, Truist
Ginger Diegert-McLean, AlongSide U and Fill the Need Staffing
Joseph Dunn, WWSB- ABC 7
Chelsea Garner-Ferris, Ringling College of Art and Design
Roscelyn Guenther, Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties
Melinda Haney, Aviva- Senior Living
Jamie Kahns, Bank of America
Jamie Kattrein, Community Foundation of Sarasota County

Demetri Konstantopoulos, City of Sarasota
Rafael Labrin, Observer Media Group
Amber Lamerson, The Bay Park Conservancy, Inc.
Rhonda Leiberick
Will Luera, Florida Studio Theatre
Kelli Maldonado, Van Wezel Foundation, Inc.
Taylor Marini, Make-A-Wish Southern Florida, Suncoast Region
​Bradley Marner, Ameris Bank
Kathleen Martin, Kerkering, Barberio & Co.
Laura McCann, Animal Rescue Coalition
Craig McGonigal, The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce
Michelle Mitchell, Core SRQ
Jared Motzenbecker, Gulfside Wealth
Brittany Nielsen, State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
Lucia Panica, City of Sarasota
George Parpas, Williams Parker Attorneys at Law
Daniel Paulling, U.S. Masters Swimming
Samantha Phillips, Kerkering, Barberio & Co.
Justin Senior, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
William Skaggs, The Players Centre for Performing Arts
April Smith, Fifth Third Bank
Mark Smith, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Jennifer Storch, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Lauren Tominelli, Sarasota County Government
Brie Tulp, Ian Black Real Estate
Lashelle Williams, Teen Court of Sarasota
Thomas Williams, Education Foundation of Sarasota County- PLANit Sarasota
Greg Wood, Sarasota Scullers Youth Rowing Program Inc.