Forty-five emerging young leaders selected for nine-month business leadership institute  

Gwinnett County (METRO ATLANTA) GA – August 2, 2022 – Gwinnett Young Professionals (GYP) announces the Journey Class of 2023. Forty-five emerging young leaders have been named to this year’s cohort, making 2023 the largest Journey class to have been selected since the program’s inception in 2020.

“Personal and professional growth is a journey, not a destination and the Journey Leadership Institute was founded on this premise,” said Chase Meeder, Senior Program Manager for GYP at the Gwinnett Chamber. “We congratulate the members of this year’s class on being selected for this institute and look forward to watching them grow over the next nine months.”

Journey was established to support the growth and development of young professionals within their places of work. Backed by the Gwinnett Chamber, GYP cultivates next generation leadership through core initiatives like the Journey Leadership Institute that enable young professionals to grow, connect and impact the greater Gwinnett region.

Members of this year’s class include:

Adonis

Bradford

Boy Scouts of America

Ansley

Brewer

Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

Chris

Burroughs

Price Industries

Sharon

Castellanos

price industries

Leslie

Clark

Amazon

Andrew

Clark

Hite Digital Atlanta

Cameron

Coan

City of Sugar Hill

Lauren

Diaz

Gwinnett County Government

Koby

Dudley

BECA Inc

Joseph

Fitzsimmons

Junior Achievement of Georgia

Jessica

Gardner

Blueprint To Success

Alexcis

Gonyea

Renasant Bank

Alison

Greer

Gas South District

Morgan

Harris

Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale County Health Departments

Alex

Herring

Price Industries Inc

Trey

Hiller

BECA, Inc.

Janiece

Jenkins

Latrina Walden Exam Solutions

Amber

Kasselman

Partnership Gwinnett

Sydney

Lowe

Gwinnett Sports Commission

Charlene

Marsh

City of Norcross

Calvin

Mauldin

Gwinnett Technical College

Jessica

McGinnis

Mosaic Georgia

Alec

McMiller

Gas South

Ansley

Mitchell

Gwinnett Stripers

Derrion

Mitchner

Rocket IT

Jake

Morris

Price industries

Nikki

Mote

NEMA, Inc.

Billqeece

Naqawe

City of Suwanee

Jenny

Ortega

Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries

Jason

Paredes

Northwestern Mutual

Emily

Petruska

Gas South District

Hailey

Powell

Explore Gwinnett

Christopher

Reed

Real Estate Appraising

Brett

Reeves

Price Industries

Race

Roberts

Explore Gwinnett

Blandy

Roblero

GBC

Rachel

Sakala

Martin Brower

Courtney

Spencer

Gwinnett County Government

Ashley

Thomas

Making Money Matter, LLC

Alaina

Tullis

City of Lawrenceville

Nathan

Tullis

City of Lawrenceville

Elizabeth

Turner

Price Industries

Morgan

Wanamaker

Gas South District

Matthew

White

Boy Scouts of America

Aurielle

Williams

Family Essence

Pamesha

Young

Cargill

 

The Journey Leadership Institute begins with a combination of training on core values, emotional intelligence, and self-awareness. After developing a deep understanding of self, Journeyers will continue to grow and develop as they participate in each of the 8-monthly topic-based workshops. Each Journeyer will also be assigned to a Crew which will be composed of 5-8 Journeyers and a Crew Leader who will lead them into deeper discussions.

For more information on the Journey program, please visit GwinnettYoungProfessionals.com/Journey. To learn more about the Gwinnett Chamber and other key initiatives like GYP, go to GwinnettChamber.org.

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About the Gwinnett Chamber
The Gwinnett Chamber serves as the voice for businesses, facilitating quality job growth opportunities while enhancing the community’s vitality and quality of life. The Chamber offers the metro Atlanta business community a wealth of growth opportunity by collaborating with regional partners to drive economic and community development initiatives throughout Georgia. Through its fundamental objectives to help create quality jobs and wealth, strengthen the community, and grow business, the Chamber serves more than 2,000+ member companies in metro Atlanta while delivering innovative programs to connect businesses locally, regionally, and globally. www.gwinnettchamber.org