On Friday, June 7, 2024, the Leadership Geauga 2023-24 Signature Adult Program held its graduation ceremony at Meadow Ridge Events in Windsor. The event marked the successful completion of the Adult Program by a group of exceptional individuals.
The Signature Adult Program had 39 participants who live and/or work in Geauga County. Throughout the year, these individuals traveled 381 miles throughout Geauga County, met 134 community leaders, and visited 69 organizations. The class participants included:
Jill Adams
Stephanie Anderson, Anderson Legal Services LLC
Sue Aveni
Kelly Baeslach, Geauga County Engineer’s Office
Blaine Becker, Junction Auto Family
Kathleen Bergansky, Bergansky Team Realtors
Alex Berman, Geauga Mechanical
Tania Bertolone , The Learning Cafe
Angel Burton, WomenSafe, Inc. the Green House
Deanna Cutlip, Dee Bakes
Heidi Delaney, City of Chardon
Sr. Carol Dikovitsky, Sisters of Notre Dame
Chris Elko, Thrasher Dinsmore & Dolan
Courtney Erminio, The Middlefield Banking Company
Christie Foran, Kinetico
Valerie Gonzalez, Kent State University Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center
Lori Kaplan, Eagle Strategies, LLC
Adam Krisby, University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center
Scott Lillash, Russell Township Police Department
Larry Lopez, U.S. Coast Guard
Jim McCaskey, McCaskey Landscape & Design
Sylvia McGee, Bean’s Coffee Shop
Megan McMasters, Arms Trucking
Dawn Mighton, Smylies Commercial Cleaning
Crist Miller, Shawnee Wood Products Inc.
Heather Mountsier, Geauga County Juvenile Court
Cory Nutter, BDS Financial Network
Megan Patton, ODA Strategy, LLC
Christopher Popely, Hemly Tool Supply Inc.
Melissa Ricco, Chardon Area Chamber of Commerce
Terry Rose, Bainbridge Township
Holly Sauder, Geauga Park District
Trey Simpson, Great Lakes Cheese
Jake Smith, Geauga County Sheriff’s Office
Natalie Smith, Ravenwood Health
Bart Steigerwald III
Scott Taylor, Company 119
Michael Tomc, Geauga County Automatic Data Processing Department of Information Technology/Geauga County Auditor’s Office
Ellie Tuohey, Gatto Group, Inc.
We want to extend our heartful congratulations once again to the 2023-24 Signature Adult Program graduates, and we wish them all the best in their future endeavors. We hope to see them at future alumni events.