Young Leaders Council, Williamson Chamber Graduate 29 in Training Program

January 8, 2018

The Young Leaders Council has graduated 29 participants in its 2017 class in partnership with the Williamson County Chamber of Commerce.


YLC trains young leaders to effectively participate on the boards of local nonprofits.


The graduates of the program, all of whom live or work in Williamson County, received 28 hours of training and will now serve one-year internships on nonprofit boards. It is the fifth year for the partnership with the Williamson chamber.


The graduates are:

  • Anthony Brais, Civil & Environmental Consultants
  • Joshua Britton, Acadia Healthcare
  • Will Brown, Stites & Harbison PLLC
  • Chris Burger, CapWealth Advisors LLC
  • DeAnna Croom, Pinnacle Financial Partners
  • Jennifer Abell Douglas, Sharecare
  • Addison Folcher, Brown & Brown
  • Stacey Garcia, Williamson County Convention and Visitors Bureau
  • Liz Anthony Garza, management consulting firm North Highland
  • Elizabeth Goodwin, Doster Construction Co.
  • Chase Harper, TMA Group/VanStar
  • Kurt Jones, Williamson County Schools
  • Timothy Kirch, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.
  • Kyle Kraemer, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Ashley Larcinese, Data Blue
  • Ryan McDonald, Bank Director
  • Jessica Mizell, High Hopes
  • Hunter Moss, Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon
  • Jennifer Presley, Elliott Davis
  • Brandon Priddy, 906 Studio Architects
  • Diana Puglio, Rumbo Cultural Marketing
  • Virginia Reynolds, Sheridan Public Relations
  • Cody Schmits, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
  • Shikhar Shukla, Skanska USA Building Inc.
  • Carmen Stanek, Franklin Tomorrow
  • Zachary Ward, Libra Business Solutions LLC
  • Griffin Wilcoxon, Williamson Inc.
  • Danielle Williams, Crowe Horwath LLP
  • Brittany Wright, Pinnacle Financial Partners


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