Leadership Class Named

Leadership is the most important element in the development of a community.

Cities and regions across the country are able to establish and maintain strong communities through the leadership of key citizens. Chambers across the country take leadership very seriously, to the point of identifying up-and-coming individuals that could potentially be key leaders in the future, or even today. Manhattan is one of the Chambers that does this.

For?28 years, the Chamber has held leadership sessions over a period of several months. Many of our top civic leaders are graduates from the Manhattan program. The mission of Leadership Manhattan is to ensure the vitality of our community by providing a continuous source of motivated leaders who are educated about the region, its challenges and opportunities, as well as are trained and inspired to assume leadership roles in the Manhattan area at all levels.

We are thrilled to announce the 2022 Class. They are as follows: Jared Bixby, Sunset Zoo; Ross Bugbee, ESB Financial; Maria Chavez, Exchange Bank; Emily Dixon, The Trust Company; Aaron Dyck, BBN Architects; Benjamen Flowers, McCownGordon; Andrew Gerth, BHS Construction; Kendahl Goetzmann, Dierks Law Firm; Natalie Gordon, Anderson Knight Architects; Casie Hartwich, Rockhill Real Estate Group; Adrienne Hayes, Varney and Associates; Braden Hynek, Maximum Performance Physical Therapy and Fitness; Brad Jager,?Riley County Police Department; Erin Olson, kstate CREDIT UNION; Craig Poe, Pawnee Mental Health Services; David Renberg, Foundation Realty; Salena Sauber, K-State Alumni Association; Martina Schomaker, Advanced Property Management; Kara Titus, Kansas Gas Service and Jared Wasinger, City of Manhattan

Congratulations to all of these new class members. We are thrilled you have chosen to be part of our program and look forward to seeing you become great Manhattan leaders.

If you want to learn more about the program, we were excited to have Kiley Moody, Managing Director, Scholar Services Academic Achievement Center at Kansas State University and current Leadership Manhattan Board Chair?on our ThinkMHK podcast. You can hear the episode here.

On another note, I would encourage you all to once again check out the Spirit of the Holidays website to see what exciting holiday events are being planned for the week in the Little Apple. We appreciate our Visit Manhattan team for putting all of these events together in an easy to find resource. Hopefully you are having a great holiday season and are shopping local.