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Leadership Southeast Georgia
LSEGA 2017 Graduating Class
Leadership Southeast Georgia Class of 2017. - photo by Photo provided.

Four Bryan County residents are among the 28 graduates of the 2017 class of Leadership Southeast Georgia.

The five-month program, held annually, is designed to prepare community leaders to effectively promote positive growth and improve the quality of life in the Southeast Georgia Coastal Region.

Each of the graduates lives or works within Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh and Screven counties, which collectively make up Georgia’s Coastal Region.

Participants spent one weekend a month traveling to surrounding counties to learn about the impact of local issues such as healthcare, education, economic development and transportation.

Listed by county, the 2017 graduates are:

BRYAN: 
Brad Brookshire, Ameris Bank and county commissioner
John Petrino, Georgia Ports Authority 
Gary Sanchez, AT&T 
Christy Sherman, Richmond Hill CVB

BULLOCH:
Lori Grice, Lori Grice Photography 
Kendria Lee, Georgia Southern University

CAMDEN:
Terry Landreth, Camden Bicycle Center

CHATHAM: 
Charles Bowen, The Bowen Law Group 
Carol Coppola, Sun Trust 
Alfred McGuire, Woodville Tompkins Technical & Career High School 
Chris Nowicki, Gulfstream 
Lynn Tootle, Gro-Masters 
Mike Tucker, Coastal Workforce Services 
Mark Wilcox, Seacrest Partners 
Jennifer Abshire, Abshire PR

EFFINGHAM: 
Sheila Burtz, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems 
Phillip Scroggin, Hargray 
Ryan Thompson, Thomas & Hutton

EVANS:
Randy Mayfield, Georgia Power

GLYNN: 
Heard Galis, Phillipps Galis Insurance 
Tonya Miller, Glynn County 
Joey Strength, Hunter Maclean 
Rick Townsend, College & Career Academy 
Shauntia Lewis, Habitat for Humanity

LIBERTY:
Chuck Moss, U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield 
David Southerland, U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield

MCINTOSH: 
Mandy Harrison, Darien-McIntosh County Chamber

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