Shown at the Leadership Vance Graduation are, from left; Pictured front row: Annette Roberson, HVCC Membership Director; Antonia Pedroz, Vance County DDS Director; Felicia Dunston, Wal-Mart DC; Emilee Johnson, Maria Parham Medical Center; Ruth Brummitt, Triangle North Healthcare Board member; Erin McIntyre, Maria Parham Medical Center; second row: Pastor Ron Cava, First Baptist Church; Morris White, NC Cooperative Extension, Vance County Center; Vanessa Shortley, The Daily Dispatch; Angela Pugh, Vance County Schools; Joretha Johnson, Triangle North Healthcare Board member; Kristi Salmons-Ellenberg, VGCC; Pam Norwood, Magnolia Management; Pastor Randy Mann, Central Baptist Church; Earl Walker, CenturyLink. Not Pictured: Mario Moore, P&G Pet Care; Pat Pearson, City of Henderson.
Leadership Vance Class of 2014 graduated 16 business leaders on Monday, July 14th, 2014. The graduation ceremony took place in the Fellowship bldg. at Central Baptist Church with Chamber Board Chair Jenny Hester and Chamber Membership Director Annette Roberson on hand to congratulate the leadership graduates. Hester on behalf of the Chamber’s Board and staff welcomed and congratulated the participants on completing the program. Roberson commended the graduates for enriching their awareness of Henderson and Vance County’s community and business resources. She encouraged each of the participants to take the next step and get involved, taking an active leadership role, in the community.
Leadership Vance is a proactive program designed to help its participants learn about the infrastructure that drives our city. Under the direction of the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Vance has been formed to develop year after year a pool of leaders that share a common knowledge and vision for the city.
The participants visit organizations and institutions across Henderson and Vance County. This allows them to seek a mutual understanding of the priorities and problems facing the community. Program participants will gain a broader understanding of the complexities that our diverse community represents. Participants will leave the program prepared to use the information and skills they will gain from this experience to be a leader in the community.
From our first meeting to our Graduation Ceremony, students are informed, engaged and encouraged to make a difference in their own personal, individual way. We visit organizations and institutions during the five-months, challenging participants to listen, learn, teach, think and do with an expanded, broader vision of the paths to take to move our community forward and to better the quality of life for all its citizens.
The goal of each session is to open the mind of each participant to the perspectives that surround the issue and, through thoughtful consideration of those perspectives, to enable participants to become visionary leaders in the community. For more information about Leadership Vance, please contact the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce at 252-438-8414.