Leadership Thurston County will honor recent graduates on Wednesday

Leadership Thurston County, a leadership training program, will recognize the class of 2016 during a luncheon on Wednesday at the Red Lion Hotel Olympia. The event starts at 11:30 a.m.

Here is the class of 2016:

Shari Aldrich, Body Mechanics School of Myotherapy & Message; Susan Bowe, Washington State Department of Transportation; Kelsey Browne, LOTT Clean Water Alliance; Amanda Carroll, Tiburon Systems; Donovan Cathey, Tumwater Firefighters Union; Maria Chiechi, Adult Family Home Council; Sam Costello, Olympia Police Department; Steve Craig, City of Tumwater.

Leatta Dahlhoff, Washington Department of Ecology; Tina Davis, TwinStar Credit Union; John Duerr, Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty; Shawna Dutton, Habitat for Humanity; Len Faucher, Port of Olympia; Anthony Ford, Capitol City Press; Sytease Geib, Thurston County Chamber of Commerce; Joy Gerchak, Intercity Transit; Kasandra Jaquez, Thurston First Bank; Joshua Johnson, Brown & Caldwell.

Karen Johnson, Sunset Air; Ron Jones, City of Olympia; Matthew Klifman, US Bank; Jim Ladd, Evergreen Christian Community; Jennifer Lamont; Meryl Lipman, local public relations professional; Jennifer Lord, Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office; Tanya Mote, South Puget Sound Community College Foundation; Teri O’Neal, City of Lacey; Sonia Ramirez, Yelm Municipal Court; Ryan Reynolds, Weichert Realtors, Reynolds Real Estate.

Chris Richardson, Chehalis Tribal Enterprises; Scott Sawyer, SCJ Alliance; Tyler Schmitt, Puget Sound Energy; Barbara Soule, AAA Washington, Olympia Office; Mark Steepy, KPFF Consulting Engineers; Heidi Thomsen, Thurston County Sheriff’s Office; Bridget Vidonne, Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council; Daniel Vining, Thurston First Bank; Kyle Wiese, Thurston Economic Development Council; Kim Young, Wolf Haven International.

Leadership Thurston County is a 10-month training program of the Thurston County Chamber Foundation. For more information about the program, call 360-357-8515. For more information about Wednesday’s luncheon, call 360-357-3362.

This story was originally published June 5, 2016 at 8:47 AM with the headline "Leadership Thurston County will honor recent graduates on Wednesday."