Forty-five emerging young leaders selected for nine-month business leadership institute
Gwinnett County (METRO ATLANTA) GA – August 2, 2022 – Gwinnett Young Professionals (GYP) announces the Journey Class of 2023. Forty-five emerging young leaders have been named to this year’s cohort, making 2023 the largest Journey class to have been selected since the program’s inception in 2020.
“Personal and professional growth is a journey, not a destination and the Journey Leadership Institute was founded on this premise,” said Chase Meeder, Senior Program Manager for GYP at the Gwinnett Chamber. “We congratulate the members of this year’s class on being selected for this institute and look forward to watching them grow over the next nine months.”
Journey was established to support the growth and development of young professionals within their places of work. Backed by the Gwinnett Chamber, GYP cultivates next generation leadership through core initiatives like the Journey Leadership Institute that enable young professionals to grow, connect and impact the greater Gwinnett region.
Members of this year’s class include:
| Adonis | Bradford | Boy Scouts of America |
| Ansley | Brewer | Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce |
| Chris | Burroughs | Price Industries |
| Sharon | Castellanos | price industries |
| Leslie | Clark | Amazon |
| Andrew | Clark | Hite Digital Atlanta |
| Cameron | Coan | City of Sugar Hill |
| Lauren | Diaz | Gwinnett County Government |
| Koby | Dudley | BECA Inc |
| Joseph | Fitzsimmons | Junior Achievement of Georgia |
| Jessica | Gardner | Blueprint To Success |
| Alexcis | Gonyea | Renasant Bank |
| Alison | Greer | Gas South District |
| Morgan | Harris | Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale County Health Departments |
| Alex | Herring | Price Industries Inc |
| Trey | Hiller | BECA, Inc. |
| Janiece | Jenkins | Latrina Walden Exam Solutions |
| Amber | Kasselman | Partnership Gwinnett |
| Sydney | Lowe | Gwinnett Sports Commission |
| Charlene | Marsh | City of Norcross |
| Calvin | Mauldin | Gwinnett Technical College |
| Jessica | McGinnis | Mosaic Georgia |
| Alec | McMiller | Gas South |
| Ansley | Mitchell | Gwinnett Stripers |
| Derrion | Mitchner | Rocket IT |
| Jake | Morris | Price industries |
| Nikki | Mote | NEMA, Inc. |
| Billqeece | Naqawe | City of Suwanee |
| Jenny | Ortega | Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries |
| Jason | Paredes | Northwestern Mutual |
| Emily | Petruska | Gas South District |
| Hailey | Powell | Explore Gwinnett |
| Christopher | Reed | Real Estate Appraising |
| Brett | Reeves | Price Industries |
| Race | Roberts | Explore Gwinnett |
| Blandy | Roblero | GBC |
| Rachel | Sakala | Martin Brower |
| Courtney | Spencer | Gwinnett County Government |
| Ashley | Thomas | Making Money Matter, LLC |
| Alaina | Tullis | City of Lawrenceville |
| Nathan | Tullis | City of Lawrenceville |
| Elizabeth | Turner | Price Industries |
| Morgan | Wanamaker | Gas South District |
| Matthew | White | Boy Scouts of America |
| Aurielle | Williams | Family Essence |
| Pamesha | Young | Cargill |
The Journey Leadership Institute begins with a combination of training on core values, emotional intelligence, and self-awareness. After developing a deep understanding of self, Journeyers will continue to grow and develop as they participate in each of the 8-monthly topic-based workshops. Each Journeyer will also be assigned to a Crew which will be composed of 5-8 Journeyers and a Crew Leader who will lead them into deeper discussions.
For more information on the Journey program, please visit GwinnettYoungProfessionals.com/Journey. To learn more about the Gwinnett Chamber and other key initiatives like GYP, go to GwinnettChamber.org.
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About the Gwinnett Chamber
The Gwinnett Chamber serves as the voice for businesses, facilitating quality job growth opportunities while enhancing the community’s vitality and quality of life. The Chamber offers the metro Atlanta business community a wealth of growth opportunity by collaborating with regional partners to drive economic and community development initiatives throughout Georgia. Through its fundamental objectives to help create quality jobs and wealth, strengthen the community, and grow business, the Chamber serves more than 2,000+ member companies in metro Atlanta while delivering innovative programs to connect businesses locally, regionally, and globally. www.gwinnettchamber.org
