The Milledgeville-Baldwin County Chamber of Commerce honored the Leadership Baldwin Class of 2022 with a graduation celebration on Tuesday, April 26^th the Inn on North Jefferson. 

Over the course of the 8-month program, the 17 participants attended one class per month. The classes highlighted various parts of the community from higher education to healthcare to economic development to public safety. The goal of the program is to develop and foster the participants’ leadership skills, broaden their knowledge of the community as well as create networking opportunities with peers, alumni and community leaders. This class is a talented group of outstanding and motivated individuals that have emerged themselves into every aspect of our community and, upon graduation, are looking for ways to help shape the community’s future.

In addition, this Leadership Baldwin class was the first one to work with a local non-profit to complete a class project as a way to give back to our community, while simultaneously working on team-building and leadership skills. This year, the class partnered with Young Life Greater Milledgeville and assisted in providing benches for students’ use at Baldwin High School. Qarbon Aerospace also generously donated to help fund this project.   

The graduates of the 2022 Leadership Baldwin Class are: Deb Becker, Sinclair Reserve Realty; Becky Cooper, Century Bank & Trust; Jemeria Cummings, Building Readers First; Collene Dalrymple, Fellowship Home at Meriwether; Amy Duke, John Milledge Academy; Jim Fain, Fickling Company Lake Country; Derek Hay, Young Life Greater Milledgeville; Jona Hollinshead, Wilkinson County Bank; Jesse Law, Baldwin County Fire Rescue; Amy Lee, Georgia Military College Prep School; Ian McMullen, Foshee McMullen Law Group; Jennifer Minshew, Citizens Bank of the South; Jessica Murray, Georgia Military College; Jean Pursley, Cornercap Investment; Allen Simmons, Georgia Military College Prep School; Donna Wall, Exchange Bank and Victor Young, Baldwin County Fire Rescue.

Leadership Baldwin was created out of the Milledgeville-Baldwin County Chamber of Commerce in 1981 to cultivate the talents and knowledge of civic-minded citizens who aspire to participate in shaping the future of their community. The Leadership Baldwin Class of 2022 is the 18^th class for the program, and they are among over 200 Leadership Baldwin alumni.

For additional information, please contact Kara Lassiter at 478-453-9311 or email at [email protected].