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Previous Leadership Anson Classes
Graduates for 2026: Alecia Strawn, Angela Salazar, Hailey Cummings, Monica Wall, Eric Howell, Holly Stegall, Rebecca Berry, Emily Hasty, Katie Scarborough, Marla Barbee, Melinda Spencer, Renee Dennis, Susan Noyes, Charlotte Gardner.
Graduates for 2025: Debbie Normandia-Berrios, Patrick Crockett, Myra Thomas Dalgleish, Brian Ellerby, Kelly Holcombe, Paul Kelly, Elizabeth Rizzo, Ryan Phillips, Donna Sellers, Katie Sewell, Kelly Sheppard, and David Spencer.
Graduates for 2024: Angela Adams, Ryan Anthony, Lynn Barbee, Kurstin Clark, Randy Collins, Cristina DeAguilar, Taylor Demby, Seth Goldwire, Sandra Harrell, Deena Herrick, Morgan Kendall, W. Clifton Martin III, Melody B. Thompson
Class of 2023: Anya Alsobrook: Hampton B. Allen Library; Freda Buchanan: NC Works Anson; Kendra Buchanan: The Caraway Foundation; Russell Carpenter: South Piedmont Community College; Matthew Carpenter: Waddell Farms; Tasha Coleman: The Caraway Foundation; Debbie Cox: Town of Wadesboro; Tamara Garris: Supreme Home Care, Inc.; Alex Jamison: Loba-Wakol; Pam Lanier: Atrium Health Anson; Corey Lowery: Speckled Paw Coffee; Linc Martin: Uwharrie Bank; Ciara Melton: Caroline Title Co.; LaTricia Ratliff: Anson County Schools; Whitney Ratliff: Cobb-Vantress; Toni Rorie: Anson County Magistrate Office; Maria Shannon: Atrium Health Anson; Wendall Small: County of Anson - Parks & Recreation.Sandy Cox
Class of 2022: Katie Carpenter, Anson County Schools; Rebekah Carpenter, HOPE Pregnancy Resource Center; Tanya Chance, South Piedmont Community College; Heather Edwards, Studio 256; JF Harward, Anson County Schools; LeAnn Melton-Johnson, Anson County Partnership for Children; Amanda McFayden, Uwharrie Bank; Devin Pettiford, HOLLA & NETworX Anson; Maya Ponds, Anson County Partnership for Children; Megan Shaw, Pee Dee Electric; Daniel Tagge, Atrium Health Anson; and Elaine Wartinger, Atrium Health Anson.
photo combination of 2020 and 2022 classes
Class of 2020: Teresa Cochran, Atrium Health Anson; Wendy Dagenhart, Anson County Schools; Brandy Liles, Anson County Department of Social Services; Donna Liles, Town of Wadesboro; Priscilla Little, Anson County Child Support; John Martin, Anson County Schools; Beau Melton, Carolina Title Company; Nicole Sikes, Anson County Schools; and Kinsey Watkins, Anson County Cooperative Extension.
photo combination of 2020 and 2022 classes
Graduates for 2019: Seth Allen, Pee Dee Electric; Dave Anderson, Atrium Health Anson; Brian Blalock, Waste Connections; Angela Caraway, The Caraway Foundation; Lisa Clark, Anson County Health Dept.; Ephraim Davis, Wadesboro Police Dept.; David Edwards, Town of Wadesboro; Becky Flake, Anson County Schools; Tracy Harrington, Anson County Partnership for Children; Curtis Hayes, Anson/Union Habitat for Humanity; Leigh Hill, Anson County Schools; Debbie Jarman, Anson County Schools; Jeff Kraftson, South Piedmont Community College; Paula Lear, Hornwood Inc.; Carrissima Martin, Anson County Dept. of Social Services; Lawanda McLendon, Anson County Schools; Nicole Williams, Atrium Health
2018 Leadership Anson Class: Fourth row, left to right: Jeff Earleywine, South Piedmont Community College; Brandon Chewning, Wadesboro Police Department; Ricky Little, Anson County Sheriff’s Department. Third Row, left to right: Shelby Emrich, Chamber of Commerce; Renee Little, Hornwood Inc.; Rosemary Broadway, Cobb-Vantress; Olia Storz, Anson County Schools. Second Row, left to right: Ashley Benton, South Piedmont Community College; Megan Sellers, Anson County Chamber of Commerce/Economic Development. Front Row: Melanie Countee, The Dream Inn; Shirley Crowder, Anson County School; Karen Gerald, Anson County Partnership for Children; Kay Randall, Anson County Schools.
2017 Leadership Anson Class: Front Row Left to Right Shelby Emrich, Anson County Chamber of Commerce; Dale Rivers, Anson County Schools; April Watkins, South Piedmont Community College; Aimee Colf, Anson County Cooperative Extension; Jackie Rubio, Anson County Health Department; Anita Sturdivant, Hornwood, Inc.; Alexandra Harrington, Anson County Partnership for Children; Jennifer McLaurin, Anson County Schools; Pam Gathings, Anson County Schools; Scott Collier, Program Facilitator, South Piedmont Community College; Back Row: (Left to Right) Scott Rivers, Program Facilitator, South Piedmont Community College; Brian Tice, Anson County Sheriff’s Department; John Willoughby, Town of Wadesboro; Julian Swittenberg, Uptown Wadesboro Inc.; Kyle Eudy, Uwharrie Investment Advisors; Rashaun Durden, South Piedmont Community College; Josh Bricker Uwharrie Bank.
The 2016 Leadership Anson Class: Lewis Adams, Hornwood Inc.; Kevin Boswell, Anson EMS; Beth Diggs, Carolinas HealthCare System Anson; Devonne Gaddy, SPCC; Megan Garner, Anson County Government; Scott Martin, Town of Wadesboro; Matt Norris, Polkton Police Dept.; Sadie Shaver, Anson County Schools; Nicole Steagall, Anson County Schools; Adam Stegall, Hornwood Inc. and Stephanie Wilson, Carolinas HealthCare System Anson. Also pictured: Scott Collier, SPCC; Scott Rivers, SPCC and Shelby Emrich, Executive Director of the Anson County Chamber of Commerce
The Leadership Anson (LA) 2015 program enjoyed its 19th graduation ceremony on June 16th in the Community Room of Carolinas HealthCare System Anson.
Front Row (l-r): Katie Ingram, Anson County Wastewater Treatment Facility; Jodi Davis, Anson County Schools/Anson New Tech High School. Second Row (l-r): David Jenkins, Anson Community Hospice/Richmond County Hospice Inc.; Caroline Goins, Anson County Partnership for Children; Rob Efird, Hornwood Inc.
The Leadership Anson (LA) 2014 program enjoyed its 17th graduation ceremony held June 11th at Welika Lake Fish House. Front Row (l-r): Megan Sellers, Anson County Partnership for Children; Jennifer Ricketts, SPCC; Tammy Henry, Anson Community Hospital; Dawn McElroy, Anson Community Hospital; Ginger McLain, SPCC; Emily Trexler, SPCC;Kari Eudy, Carolina Title Company, Inc.; Sarah Hutchinson, Anson County EMS; Burnelle Sturdivant, Anson County Jail. Back Row (l-r): O’Brian Willoughby, Hornwood, Inc.; Jason Miller, SPCC; Jeremy Taylor, Plank Road Realty; S
The Leadership Anson 2013(LA) program enjoyed its 17th graduation ceremony held June 11th at Welika Lake Fish House. Front Row (l-r): Rosezetta McCray, Anson County Partnership for Children; Sharon Dawkins, Carolinas Primary Care; Lindsay Wallace, CMH Space Flooring Products; Catherine Crandell, Anson County Arts Council; Cindi Pope, Town of Wadesboro; Jennifer Tice, Anson Community Hospital
Back Row (l-r): Brian Nance, Anson County EMS; Truman Teal, API Security; Alex Sewell, Town of Wadesboro; Damer Chapman, Anson County Sheriff’s Office; Wes Stegall, Anson County EMS; Holly Mullis, Anson County Sheriff’s Office; Ashley Steele, Anson Community Hospital, Jermaine Alston (not pictured).
The Leadership Anson Class of 2012 held graduation ceremonies at Welika Lake Fish House on June 12. Front Row (l-r): Thomasina Montgomery, Open Doors Center for Children; Lily McCray-Hailey, SunTrust Bank; Jessica Anderson, NC Cooperative Extension; Emily Jarrell, SPCC; Ashley Rivers, Hornwood, Inc.; Jennifer Tarlton, Sam K. Turner Jr., CPA Back Row (l-r): Larry Diggs, Anson County EMS; Richard Flowers, Anson County Sheriff’s Department; Subrina Hough, Sandhills Community Action Program, Inc.; Tammy McCall, Anson County Sheriff’s Department; Larry Huntley, Anson Communtiy Hospital; Michelle Hamilton, Bayada Nurses; Kristy Ratliff, Anson Community Hospital
2011 Graduates, front row, left to right, are Andrea Cash, Pee Dee Electric; Lakeischa Tillman, Anson County Partnership for children; Brenda Huntley, Anson Community Hospital; Kelly Gaddy, Carolinas Primary Care; and Brett Blalock, Anson County EMS. Pictured back row, left to right, are Susan Poe, Valley Protein; Scott Rivers, South Piedmont Community College; Sam Jones, Wadesboro Police Department; Vivian Wallace, Anson Community Hospital; Toby Carpenter, South Piedmont Community College; Ginger Phillips, Anson County 9-1-1; and Traquita Little, Britt Insurance Agency and HOLLA!
Class of 2010 – Gerald Cannon, Lewis McLendon, Kevin Mullis, Ryan Teal, Nichole Cox, Donna Liles, Frances Moore, Carrie Bunn, Caroline Hightower, Teresa Downer, Merri Privett and Joyce Cox
Class of 2009 – Dusty Moser, Natalie Barbour, Melissa Garrison, Susan Thomas, Gordon Jackson, Gary Garrison, Robert Mims, Shane Drake, Joyce Burns, Jennifer Nichols, Angela Newton, Joyce Ingo. Not pictured: Holly Hammonds, Jonathan Phillips and Lillie Templeton
CLASS OF 2008 – Tracie Boone, Bettie Broadway, Derita Cox, Christie Dutton, Tommy Jarman, Jenny Lafave, Zana Lambert, Pam Layfield, Jeanette Little, Jeff McCormick Sr., Shana Peale, Dana Roberts, Lauren Sellers and Ellen Stephen
CLASS OF 2007 – Denise Cannon, Brenda Carpenter, Brandis Chewning, Erin Dempsey, Joy Drake, Emily Eckersley, Sharon Grooms, Saerica Hamilton, Sharon Little, Megan Martin, Shemetra Melton, Matthew Morgan, Tabatha Shields, Tony Sturdivant, Terry Swails and Annie Teal
CLASS OF 2006 – Stephen Athens, Vance Bennett, Joel Briley, Brook Crider, Jilla Gathings, Misty Harris, Jennifer Horne, Tracy Lamonds, Melanie McLarty, Crystal McLendon, Chuck Nix, James parks, Jackie Robinson, Melody Sikes, Sylvia Tillman, Carol Tucker and Joyce Williams
CLASS OF 2005– Crystal Bennett, J.D. Bricken, Carri Brock, Allison Cross, Anne Flynn, Anita Henry, Dawn Hildreth, Alicia Huntley, Jeania Martin, Andy Pigge, Shelia Spencer, Cindy Springer, Kim Wilson and Amanda Goodwin
CLASS OF 2004– Lynn Burr, Theodore Carr, Stacie Cato, Lynn Edwards, Lisa Glenn, Heather Horne, Steve James, Allison Kennington, Sarah King, Terry Landis, Wes Martin, Donna McAllister, Chris Reisinger, Sherika Staton, Zac Tarlton and Robert Thomas
CLASS OF 2003 – Tracy Baynard, Brenda Broadway, Brenda Brooks, Anne Trexler Hyatt, Bonnie Huntley, Jennifer Huntley, Charlotte King, Bobbie Little, Phyllis Lowe, Dana Maness, Crystal McIntyre, Todd Moore, John Nassef, John Ratliff, Steve Teeter and Deborah Wright
CLASS OF 2002 – Steve Adams, Renee Bethea, Wendy Brazill, Robin Brown-Cook, Carolyn Cox, Odessa Cox, Todd Daly, Mary Beth Gaddy, Jeffrey Howe, Sylvia Jeter, Becky Jordan, Calvin Lambert, Alicia Molaro Parker, Doris Pegues, Kris Poplin, Kristi Phifer, Joy Pope, Lori Ross, Tannis Steele, Tommy Tice, Lavon Tyson and Jeff Waisner
CLASS OF 2001 – Ann Black, Susan Bridges, Herman Byrd, Nicole Capel, Sam Cash, Onnie Gregory, Jim Kiser, Heather Thomas Lear, Beverly Livington, Donna McCormick, Michelle Meredith, Bonnie Morgan, Johnie Pettiford and Latonia Wright
CLASS OF 2000 – Frances Bowman, Robert Burr, Tangra Carpenter, Rebecca Christian, Betty Jean Dockray, Leon Gatewood, Mitchell Hendrix, Randy Henry, Joanne Larsen, Bryan Leggett, Jennifer Privette Leggett, Ginger Nance, Steve Natoli, Gwendolyn Robinson, Helen Sellers, Drema Simpson, Debbie Smith, Johnny Townsend, Cathy Treadaway, Stephanie Williams, Jeremy Wilson and Kimberly Wilson
CLASS OF 1999 – Collier Burns, Frances Burris, Robert Colf, Scott Dutton, Frank Hyatt, Mary Liles, Vickie Molaro, Sue Newton, Sharon Rushing, Reno Smith, Vancine Sturdivant, Jennifer Tucker Sweezy, Debbie Taylor, Ben Tillman, Lynette Wallace, Nancy Willingham and Michael Wise
CLASS OF 1998 – Rev. Priscilla Durkin, Steve Erdmanczyk, Carolyn Gatewood, Linda Griffin, Kimberly Harrington, Tiffany Harris, Misty Haithcock, Janette Horne, Vivian Huntley, Sharon Knotts, Gaius McLendon, Chris Morton, Jamie Parker, Fannie Ratliff, Carol Smith and Myla Warfel
CLASS OF 1997 (the charter class) – Don Adams, Benjy Brasington III, Michelle Brock, Jane Cauble, Sharon Cousar, Deborah Davis, Rosemary Greene, Michael Freeman, Ericka Johnson, Elizabeth Kersey, Antinia Marshall, Tiffany Chewning Medford, Mary Little, Keith Rhinehardt, Kandie Sparger, Ellen Hanson Vaught, Donnie Wall, Lisa White and Carol Williams