The 42nd class of Leadership Odessa will commence Thursday with a Welcome Reception from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Odessa Chamber of Commerce, 700 N. Grant, Suite 200. The Odessa Chamber of Commerce had to postpone Leadership Odessa last year due to COVID-19, so we are so pleased to offer this program again this year.
The 2021-2022 class has a total of 37 participants from all segments of Odessa businesses and non-profit organizations that were selected to be a part of this long-standing program. The Leadership participants make a nine-month commitment to the program to develop leadership skills and learn about the community first-hand through monthly sessions.
“We are thrilled to meet the new Leadership Odessa participants this year,” said Lynn Van Amburgh, director of Chamber Operations. “This program challenges the participants to apply their talents throughout the community while making life-long friendships, and it really helps to mold strong leaders within Odessa.”
The welcome reception will serve as an opportunity for the leadership participants to network and meet one another before heading to Prude Ranch on Saturday for the annual retreat. Chamber President/CEO Reneé Earls and incoming Chamber Board Chairman Jimmy Cox will address the incoming class and congratulate them on being selected.
The members of the 2021 – 2022 Leadership Odessa class are:
Jeff Ashley, Ector County Appraisal District; Blas Campos, SouthWest Bank; Jason Cotton, Odessa Fire/Rescue; Alexa Dunson, UT Permian Basin; Jim Dyal, Odessa Regional Medical Center; Jonathan Edwards, Permian Basin Metallurgical Laboratories; Bobby Florez, Frost Bank; Ruben Florez, Sparklight; Nicole Forbess, Complex Community Federal Credit Union; Cammie Foreman, SouthWest Bank; Mandy Hinojos, Ector County Independent School District; Sara Hinshaw, Permian Basin Regional Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Elise Hutson, Sewell Family of Companies; Laura James, The James Firm; Michaela Johnson, Medical Center Health Systems; Brian Jones, Young Professionals of Odessa,
Also, Dan Jones, City of Odessa; Lulu Juarez, First Basin Credit Union; Scott Lapinski, UT Permian Basin; Erika Lay. Discover Odessa; Beatris Mata, Ector County Independent School District; Derek Matthes, United Supermarkets; Carlos Molinar, Sparklight; Heather Patton, Young Professionals of Odessa; Monica Quintero, Odessa Police Department; Gerardo Ramirez, Ector County Independent School District; Ivette Ramirez, Ector County District Attorney’s Office; Reno Ramos, CVA Advertising & Marketing; Marissa Rossell, Sewell Family of Companies; Vicky Ruiz, City Bank; Chad Sandell, PrimeLending; Nidia Soriano, Boys & Girls Club of Odessa; Rob Turner, Odessa College; Wayne Wagner, Ector County Independent School District; Kourtney West, Sewell Family of Companies; Kristin Whittenburg – Ector County Independent School District; and Kortney Williams – Ector County District Attorney’s Office.
