NEW LEADERS Class of 2009

Leadership Mahoning Valley welcomed its Class of 2009 at a press conference Friday:

Karen Ambrose, executive director, Senior Independence

Jerry Anderson, service office manager, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation

Jill Avery, director of telemarketing, InfoCision Management Corp.

Summer Barker, project manager-architect, MS Consultants

Molly Burdette, coordinator, general studies program at Youngstown State University

Cheryl Bush, public relations manager, Warren-Trumbull County Public Library

James Carchedi, financial adviser, Merrill Lynch

Lavern Carrera, vice president of support services, Forum Health

Carmen Codjoe, associate, Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell

Christopher Colella, vice president of commercial banking, First National Bank

Diane Drissen-Shamrock, wealth management and financial adviser, Smith Barney

Jason Gray, supervisor of attendance, Trumbull Career & Technical Center

Lisa Johnson, vice president of human resources, Forum Health

Charles Joseph, broker associate, Routh-Hurlbert Real Estate

Amber Kocher, private banker, First Place Bank

Susan Kondos, business manager, Northeast Ohio Correctional Center

John LaPlante, executive director, ACCESS

Patricia Matthews, president, Comprehensive WorkLife Solutions

Yulanda McCarty-Harris, director of equal opportunity and diversity, YSU

Jill Metheny, treasury management-business product specialist, Huntington National Bank

Evelyn Olenick, chief nursing officer, Forum Health

Ryan Pastore, assistant vice president and client adviser, National City Bank

Lynn Roman, public relations, Multimedia Farms

Sarah Rowney, economic development specialist, Regional Chamber

Leigh Samargia, program service manager, Mahoning & Columbiana Training Association

James Schultis, president, HMHP Foundation

Beth Smith, director of marketing and public relations, Akron Children’s Hospital

Craig Steinhoff, quality control manager, Hill, Barth & King

Butch Taylor, business agent, Local 396 Plumbers & Pipefitters

Shelley Taylor, vice president of sales, accounting and technology, Paige & Byrnes Insurance

Mark Williams, demolition inspector, City of Youngstown