DAYTON, Ohio – The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce has named the 2023 Leadership Dayton Class. Class members of Leadership Dayton are chosen from a cross-section of the community and represent the diversity of the region’s business and nonprofit leaders. The program focuses on leadership, education, economic development, diversity, justice, the arts, government, health, and human services.
Leadership Dayton is one of the oldest community leadership programs in the country, formed in 1976. With nearly 2,000 alumni, the mission of the program is to identify, educate, and motivate a network of community leaders, to increase the individual’s capacity to serve the Dayton region, and to advocate continual engagement in support of the Dayton region.
Members of the Leadership Dayton Class of 2023 are:
Greg Allen | First Financial Bank |
Emilee Ambrose | Junior League of Dayton, OH, Inc. |
Kaleesa Archer | Hollywood Gaming At Dayton Raceway |
Zachary Beck | Sinclair Community College |
Caitlin Bortolotto Krebs | PNC Bank |
Elliot Boyd | Northwestern Mutual Dayton |
Jeremy Bryant | CareSource |
Adam Carpenter | National Air & Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) |
Ashley Christian | Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services |
Mallory Coakley | LexisNexis |
Anne Cybenko | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) |
Andrew Detling | Brixey & Meyer, Inc. |
Shelli DiFranco | Five Rivers MetroParks |
Pamela Ellis | Compass Education Strategies |
Tara Feiner | Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton, Inc |
Chad Fifer | Dayton Society of Natural History Dba Boonshoft Museum of Discovery |
Martin Foster | Economy Linen & Towel Service, Inc. |
Juliet Fromholt | WYSO |
Rich Gillette | Dayton Daily News / Cox First Media |
Bryan Greene | Champlin Architecture |
Sara Harrison | University of Dayton |
Fred Hatton | Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP |
Eric Henderson | Dayton Police Department |
Erin Holden | Parallax Advanced Research |
Deena John | Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations |
Lori Kershner | LMK Advocacy |
John Kopilchack | Mills Development LLC |
Jennifer Leen | Henny Penny |
Barbara Marsh | OneFifteen |
Ashley Marshall | Preschool Promise, Inc. |
Dan Mazza | altafiber |
Michael Mewhirter | Kettering Health |
Alisha Murray | Daybreak Inc. |
Lisa Nicolosi | WilmerHale |
Patrick Nugent | Dayton Performing Arts Alliance |
Diane Pleiman | Premier Health |
Jordan Reed | Levin Porter Architects |
Tina Rezash Rogal | Montgomery County Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services (MCADAMHS) |
Paul Richter | Messer Construction Co. |
Ann Rotolante | Think TV Network Greater Dayton Public Television |
Jessica Salisbury-Copper | Thompson Hine LLP |
Deb Scheetz | Dayton Children’s |
Kimberly Spurgeon | The Dayton Art Institute |
Abi Sullivan | Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Office |
Latisha Taylor | First Financial Bank |
John Theobald | Wilderness Agency |
Amanda Thompson | JJR Solutions |
Thomas Webb | Wright State University |
About Leadership Dayton
Leadership Dayton is a program of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, established in 1976. The mission of the program is to identify, educate and motivate a network of community leaders, to increase the individual’s capacity to serve the Dayton region, and to advocate continual engagement in support of the Dayton region. The program is being chaired by Jessica Salem, Dayton Children’s Hospital/.
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