The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce announced the 46th class of Leadership Northern Kentucky, a 10-month program that trains participants to understand and address the region’s issues.
The 2025 class consists of 51 professionals representing businesses and organizations throughout Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati. Over 1,500 alumni have participated in Leadership NKY since the program’s inception in 1979, according to a Chamber press release.
“The participants in this class will be challenged to see and experience pain points within our region, the innovative work being done to address those issues, and the vibrancy of our community,” 2025 Leadership Northern Kentucky Class Chair Andrew Schierberg said in the release.
The Leadership NKY Class of 2025 program is set to begin in August.
The following individuals have been named to the Leadership NKY Class of 2025:
- Flynn Ashley, Thomas More University
- Matt Bain, Paul Hemmer Company
- Jessica Beauchamp, Strauss Troy Co., LPA
- Thomas Belanich, Sr., EGC Construction Corporation
- Elizabeth Berk, PNC Bank
- Geoffrey Besecker, Campbell County Fiscal Court
- Karen Brandstetter, Kenton County Attorney’s Office
- Mary Burkey, Kenton County Public Library
- Tess Burns, Gateway Community and Technical College
- Stephanie Crisler, The Christ Hospital Health Network
- Kristy Dangel, The Ion Center for Violence Prevention
- Matt Distel, The Carnegie
- Kim Dube, ReFlex: Recruiting Flexibility
- Adam Duncan, City of Florence Public Services
- Nicholas Finan, CTI Clinical Trial & Consulting
- Morgan Ford, Habitat for Humanity
- Stephen Gastright, KZF Design
- Angela Hagedorn, Heritage Bank
- Karen Hargett, Gravity Diagnostics
- Jeff Hesse, Duke Energy Corporation
- John Juech, Duke Energy Corporation
- Lauren Kane, Prysmian
- Tim Kerdolff, Fifth Third Bank
- Karen Keuper, Baird
- Megan King, First National Bank of Kentucky
- W. Casey Kinosz, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
- Melissa Koester, St. Elizabeth Healthcare
- Erin Lageman, St. Elizabeth Healthcare
- Stephanie Layton, Beechwood Independent Schools
- Kristin Leadingham, Dean Dorton
- Mollie Lewis, New Riff Distilling
- Mavis Linnemann-Clark, The Delish Dish
- Charia Mam, Hue Aesthetics
- Jesse Megenhardt, Holcim
- Kristopher Milner, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
- Peggy Montgomery, Citi
- Shayna Nevermann, Strategic Advisers, LLC
- Arthur Brant Owens, Edward Jones
- Christina Perkins, Owen Electric Cooperative
- Sarah Petracco, Drees Homes
- Sara Pomeroy, Northern Kentucky University
- Erin Reardon, NKY Chamber of Commerce
- Philip Ridgell, Boone County Sheriff’s Office
- Catherine Salzman, Heartwood Strategies
- Nikki Schulte, Kroger
- David Stringer, Civista Bank
- Rachel Strunk, Republic Bank
- Andy Videkovich, Planning and Development Services of Kenton County, Kentucky
- Jamie Wagner, Truist
- Stephanie Wright, BrandFuel Company, LLC
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