MARK MATTHIAS TO KEYNOTE LEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTY GRADUATION

Leadership Clark County will hold the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2009 at 7:00 pm on June 12, 2009 at Washington State University Vancouver. There are 35 members of this year’s class representing private and public businesses, non-profit groups and organizations and governmental agencies. Leadership Clark County will have graduated more than 460 local residents from the program in its 16 years of training new leaders for our community. The keynote speaker at this year’s ceremony will be Mark Matthias, owner of Beaches Restaurant and First Citizen 2008. Michael Bomar from the BIA is the Class of 2009 speaker.

The graduates have successfully completed a ten month program which included the completion of a group project designed to benefit various public sectors and non-profits throughout Clark County. The 2009 Leadership Clark County graduates are:

Darcy Altizer, Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce

Jeanie Ashe, Columbia River Economic Development Council

Steve Bacon, Clark Regional Wastewater District

Rich Bailey, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Kate Benson, Cascade Pacific Council, Boy Scouts

Mike Bomar, BIA of Clark County

Katy Brooks, Port of Vancouver USA

Sharif Burdzik, First Independent

Lisa Costa, Keller Williams

Scott Deutsch, Evergreen Public Schools

Jaci Erickson, iQ Credit Union

Eric Golemo, Sturtevant, Golemo, and Associates

Ryan Golze, Van Mall Retirement

Antonio Gomez, Hewlett Packard

Ron Gompertz, Hewlett Packard

Meredith Green, Iron Mountain

Jeff Groff, Clark Public Utilities

Jennifer Halleck, Vancouver School District

Susan Hartman, First Independent

Steve Hogan, City of Camas

Rob Katsuno, Ameriprise Financial

Steve Korn, RSV Construction Services, Inc

Melissa Kreuder, ESD 112

Temple Lentz, Proof Communications

Cherylee Mircovich, Clark County Title

Ken Moody, Norris, Beggs, Simpson

Shyla Nelson, Camas Police Department

Rob Palena, MacKay & Sposito, Inc.

Ahmad Qayoumi, City of Vancouver

Linda Reid, West Coast Bank

Travis Smith, Clark County Fire & Rescue

Jeff Taylor, Pacific Continental Bank

Travis Tormanen, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Pamela Weatherspoon, Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest

Paul Wienecke, Clark Public Utilities

Those interested in learning more about Leadership Clark County, including how to apply to be a part of next year’s class as well as those planning on attending are asked to contact Executive Director Kathy Scott at (360) 567-1085 or by email at director@leadershipclarkcounty.com; see also www.leadershipclarkcounty.com.