Aumni Directory

Established in 1988

Leadership Sumner was formed to educate potential and active community leaders about the history, politics and culture of Sumner County. Well over 600 participants have graduated from the program since it began more than 30 years ago.

Founders

Bill Bowen
Jim Hiett
Richard Hutchinson
Jim Moore (deceased)
Mike Moulton
Jerry Taylor

1989

Kay Brown
Linda Carver
Debora Dias
Terry Durham
Sherie Edwards
Bill Grist
Mary Howard Hayes
Michelle Haynes
Todd Hendrickson
Susan Keen
Teresa Keen
Bill Kemp
Melanie Lamb
Ladye (Kirkland) Martin
Beje Mccall
Barbara Ponce
Mark Reid
Sherry Russell
Susan Stewart
Sherry Tackett
Timothy Takacs
Grace Tomkins
Alice Walker
Ron Williams
Wanda Williams

1990

Frank Brinkley
Sallie Wade Brown
Kelly L Coley
Bea M Curtis (Deceased)
David a Doyle
Evelyn Eubanks
Tom Franklin
Teresa Fuqua
Jeannie B Gregory
Pam G Harrison
Charles Haynes  (Deceased)
Jerry Kirkman
Margaret Latham
Carol Norfleet (Deceased)
George J Phillips
Susan S. Schaeffer
Bobby L Shults
Martha B Stamper
Brenda Valentine

1991

Shelley Ames
Carolyn Brown
Wanda Cothron
Charlie Ermey
Robert Jr Goodall
Martha Grist
Leann Hale Blevins
Mike Hastings
Billy Jackson
Bob Jankiewicz
Don Jenkins
Elbert Jr Jones
Dianne (Wilson) Law
Keith Mcghee
Lynette Mckee
Sandra Murphy
Darlene Norman
Marybeth I Peake
Phillip Simpson
William T Sugg
Pam Tidwell
Lisa (Tuttle) Troutt
Anne Whiteside

1992

Doris Barnes
Connie K Bilbrey
Joe Carson
Frances Cherry
Les Downes
Jo Ann Graves
Yvonne Heady
Nancy Johns-wood
Wanda Lambert
Mary Nicoll
Barbara Parker
Robert Powers
Priscilla Richards
Baker Ring
Rebecca Rippy
Greg Slusher
Lynn Starks
Brenda Stiles
Gary M Tate
Sue Thompson
Reita Varney

1993

Darlene Bearden
Diane Black
Barbara Brennan
Lyndon Brown
Jamie Clary
Gary Driskill
Eileen George
Sheila Jenkins
Nita Johnson
Dixie Jones
​Mark Kimbell
Bob Kimber
Barbara Meadows
Stephen Plautz
Cookie Quinn
Pat Reid
Martha Ruth
Dewayne Scott
June Taylor
Charles Taylor
Tommy Whittaker
Sue Ann Woodard
Arlene Young

1994

Charlene Becker
David Black
Carl Davis
Thomas Evans
Peggy Gross
Pamela Hagy
Tamela Hayes
Mickie Hodge
Christopher Hunter
Joe Miller
John Pennington
Matt Ricker
John Iii (Matt) Steinhauer
Dave Swatzell
Nick Swift
Reba Walrond
Emily Wilson
Connie (Simpson) Young

1995

Howard C Anderson
Roy W Auge
Bryan W Bondurant
Thomas J Brennan
Cindy M Butler
Tracy L Carman
Randall P Cline
William S Craig, Jr.
Nancy King Crawford
Mary E Genung
Steven L Gore
Robert A Horner
Eugenia Kimber
Nancy Jo Martin
Rex Scot Robinson
Randall H Stamps
Thomas A White

1996

Shirley Ann Arrendale
Rosemary Bates
Joan Hinton Britt
Shirlene Campbell
Gail G Conyer
Paula C Deberry
Barbara Jean Dunn
Cynthia Albrecht Durham
Charlotte Kay Franklin
William Thomas Garrison
Sonja C Glaser
Connie W Kittrell
Eric Brian Klopfer
William Kroemer
Deborah Linson
William Doyle “Bill” Mize
Maria Moser
Brenda Moore Payne
Sharon Taylor-Carrillo
Carolyn C Templeton
Kenneth C Winter
Deborah Ann Worley

1997

Jane Birdwell
Nicole Brashear
Fred Brooks
Everton Sr Campbell
Elwanna Carpenter
Billy Cunningham
Katy B Douglass
Kathleen Dvorak
Fred O Hardcastle
Barbie Herndon
Rebecca “Jo” Kennedy
Pam Kenney
Carolyn Lame
Tammy Seals
Cecilee Tangel
Brian Taylor
Dinah Wells
Betty Williams
Richie Williams
Deborah Williams

1998

Shirlee Banning
Lywenda Black
Melody Black
Jeff Bond
Gwen Dixon
Wanda Dresser
Joyce Edwards
Dawn Elledge
Ronnie Fox
Roy Gambrell
Cindy George
John Heflin Jr.
Wanda Kirby
Margaret Lankford
Kathi Maness
Barbara Mcfarland
Paula Peck
Kecia Ray
Alison Robinson
Kay Russell
Barbara Russell
Vanessa Smith
Anne Stepback
Brenda Thompson
Joe Whitaker
Howell Wilson
Tammy Youngblood

1999

Charlotte Anderson
Anthony Anglea
Desia Batiste
Robert Bearden
Mary Ralph Bradley (Deceased)
Mike Brown
Sharon Burton
Laura Cordray
Kathy Fuller
Jim Fuqua
Betty Gibson
Marietta Gilbert
Terry Huffman
Linda Jamison
Leigh Ann Jones
Sonya Sweat-Manfred
Susan McDaniel
Mila McDonald
Kathy Plourde
Vickie Powers
Lynn Smith
Anna Stephens
Jason Strickland
Dorothy Sweat

2000

Shannon Atkinson
Keith Bell
Mary Martin Spears Butler
Janet Carr
Laurie A. Clark
Teresa G. Dowlen
Hattie H. Green
Doris Haag
Kelley Harris
Charlotte K Jenkins
Kelly R. Julow
Robert A. Leftwich, Jr.
Dianne Long
Colleen C Lynch
Tim Lynch, Jr.
Tim Lynch, Jr.
John O. Mcintosh
Branden E Miller
Thomas D. Murray
Laurette G Nuckols
Debbie Smith
Willie Mae Sparks
Catherine C Stewart
Jim Svoboda
Amy T. Wooten
David L. Young

2001

Diane Callis
Jo Collins
Denise Geminden
Michael Gorham
Ed Miller, Jr.
Nicole Minnis
Karen Mitchell
Rick Murray
Thomas Neal, Jr
Kevin O’Connell
Lori Parrish
Raymond Sanders
Cheryl Sesler
Patsy Thorton
David Walley
Julie White
Cathy Wilson
John Zobl

2002

​Laura Black
Gerald (Jerry) Blunkall
Teresa Brown
Douglas (Bo) Crabtree
Kathy Dixon
Billy Geminden
Kay Haile
Ferrell Haile
Evelyn Hill
Barrie Hollins
John Isbell
Pam Jackson
Anne Jervis
Ginger Kiecker
Janet Leonard
Charly Lyons
Penny Martin
Mike McClanahan
Donna Miller
Steve Moor
Steve Mowatt
Chris Rippy
Katherine Conaway Settle
Judy Speight
Melissa Staggs
Steve Stanley
Jane Ellen Stegmeier

2003

James Abernathy
Leonard Assante
Becky Carter
David Carter
Jim Hawkins (Deceased)
Terri Johnson
Eric Kittrell
Marci Koster
Joyce Minor
Scott Neal
Jo Ann Sircy
Susan Livermore (Sircy)
Karrie Smart
Beverly Watson
Keith Whitley

2004

Stacy Anthony
Peggy Bates
Saundra Boyd
Keith Douglas
Mark Foulke
John Hammock
Mark Harrison
Erica Holleran
Jay Ingrum
Kathleen Jenkins
Dawn Larsen
Herman Lawson
Hildia Mcdonald
David Mueller
Jane Murray
Sheralynn Poster
Jody Totten
Reta Ward
Jeremy Wiegel

2005

Sherry Anderson
Joe Blankenship
Stan Cole
Robert Devido
Chris Forsythe
Kelly Gregory
Peggy Griffin
Kelly Leonard
Don Long
Ginger McClendon 
Karen Rudzinski
Brian Smalling
Sharon Spears
Jeff Stine
Kathy Thompson
Keith Youngster

2006

​Howard (Butch) Austin
Kenna Balch
Rose Barse
Marshall (Marty) Cook
Tonya Coram
Mark Cross
Mallory Davidson
Rachel”Karen” Freeman
Tom Gravely
Cynthia  Hansen
Michelle Vandiver Lawrence
Jason Vandiver Lawrence
Loretta Liyana
James (Steve) Mills
Kim Monday
Ashley Pinson
Sandra Stuckey
Marilyn White
David Woodard

2007

Jason A. Anderson
Mary Beth Bradshaw
Jake M. Daughtry
Jennifer Flanagan
Cindy M. Fox
Johnny Garrett
Mary Lou Hale
Jeff Haney
Mary Anne Hardaway-Ignagni
Dan Herrington
Kim Ki Hyon (Kim)
Mary Miller McNutt
Ann Patterson
David M. Popen
Janet Schwabe
Lynn T. Simpson
Sandi Sudduth
Beth B. Wright

2008

Charles Alexander
Theresa Allan
Marty Brooks
Steve  Brown
Beverly Cannon
Amber Carlson
Kathi Daniel
Brad Edwards
Christopher Gallaher
Richard Gregory
David Hayes
Van Hohe
Bruce James
Anita Jett
Tami Kimbrough
Steve Lawrence
Steve Luther
Nancy McBee-Sammons
Vickie Norvell
Paula Shannon
Melissa Willmore

2009

Janet Adams
Amy Campbell
Mitzie Carlton
Matt Coram
Bethany Crain
Lynda Evjen
Kevin Gillingham
Wendy Hughes
Amy Jacky
Lori Johnson
Angela Marlar
Paula Mosley
Debby Neel
Shawn Perry
Craig Sanders
Eric Stamper
Brad Swope
Jules Wortman

2010

Renee Aguiare
Ann Alvis
Jeff Coker
Lodge Craig
Jan Ellis
Dean Germain
Scottie Hughes
Shawn Ireland
Jim Butera
Syndney McDuffie
Amanda McLaughlin
Christine Nale
Jay Roney
Lucinda Shore
Jim Taylor
Janna von Kessel
Trey Wesson

2011

Tina Arnett
Tim Bewley
Jamey Campbell
Laura Rivera (Cole)
Andrea Tatum (Corn)
Christopher Courington
Lisa Curtis
Tommy Decker
KC Donahey
Stephen Edwards
Tina Gabbard
Shannon Garcia
Jill Grim 
Lewis Groce 
Jaime Muncy (Groves)
Jason Hulme
Mark Lancaster
Jeremy Mansfield
Carol Maynard
Brenda Newton
Amanda Foster (Runnels)
David Schenk
Megan Troutt
Catie Wall
Nancy Whitman
Darrell Woodcock

2012

Don Ames
Bryan Bean
Daniel Brewer
Julie Hurst
Jerry Jarrett
Paula Jarvis
Rosemary Jeffries (Deceased)
Lynn Johnson
Scott Johnson
Pedro Martinez
Joseph Menninger
Alison Muncy
Matt Neal
Nick Petrocci
Kevin Pomeroy
Cheryl Puryear
Dalette Deloiette
Lee Rucks
Karen Stephens
Mike Towle

2013

Cal Gentry
Chris Mule
Crystal Jones
Dave Culbreath
Deann Howell
Denise Hayden
Jacqueline Wix
Jean Montgomery
Jonny Lee
Josh Knierim
Keith Gunter
Kim Ark
Lesa Cross
Matt Rucks
Rand McFarlin
Robin Lyons
Robyn Williams
Ryan Crawford
Shaun Knox
Sherri Ferguson
Tom Gillingham
Tracy Schenk
Tyler Keckley

2014

Kee Bryant-McCormick
Barry Cleveland
Loren Echols
Alycia Ehlert
Andrew Felder
Kim Gillespie
Dennis Greeno
John Grubbs
Richie Harville
Daniel Hayes
Kelly Hennessy-Pierce
Chris Ladd
Kimberly Lynn
Marirae Mathis
Deanna Meador
Chuck Porter
Andy Reed
Poppy Steele
Michael Torrence
Stephen Williams
Josh Woodall

2015

Megan Anderson
Daniel Becker
Robert Busteed
Arlene Cunningham
Jason Duncan
Rhonda Dunn
Clay Fulks
Craig Garton
Barry Hardwick
Drew Jennings
Todd Johnson
Dustin Littlepage
Rachel Mackey
William McCord
Kimberly Myers
Aaron Pickard
Richard Polka
Amy Ramsey
Beverly Robson
Charles Schneider
Ray Tate
Taylor Walker
Jordan Woodruff

2016

Cheryl Cash
Brian Chastain
Drew Davenport
Laura Degelau
Dayle Ferguson
Jonathon Hayes
Alana Hibbler
Brian Homra
Jessica Hunter
Jeff McCormick
Amy Raines
Joe Rewa
Michael Taylor
Tanya Taylor
Caitlin Tran
Brian Thomas
Mary Poole

2017

Grant Carey
Melissa Crockett
Justin Hays
Marlene Hilligross
Scott Jones
Dawn Linn
Kathryn Kisner
April Knox
Bobby Robinson
Clint Ruth  
Lesley Sinks
Kit Sinyard  
Jay West*

2018

Jennifer Caldwell
Anna Cook
Jon Baker
Michael Bates
Justin Billingham
Ray Carman
Kim Dickinson
Scott Evens
Kathryn Good
Mary Beth Hearn
Elizabeth Kaiser
Randy Nash, Jr.
Thomas Oglesby
Jennifer Perry
Michelle Rager
Megan Robinson
Cory Sullins
Dylan Ward
Meagan Wise
Jennifer Zehnder

2019

Andrea Binkley
Erin Leigh Birch
Ashley Cline Cook
Pruitt Coffey
Scott Denton
Amy Bartlett Dillon
Thom Golden
Kendall Hall
Jennifer Hastert
Paul Hogg
Nicholas Howald
Chris Hughes
Chris Johnson
Amy McDonald Koch
Dillon Lamberth
Nikki Minges
Mary Kathryn Oliver
Richard Patterson
Kim Rice
Matthew Roberts

2020

Jamie Abbott
Stefan Bobot
Toya Brown
Montrice Brown-Miller
James Cross
Stacy Douglas
Taylor Ferrell
Andy Gilley
Dilya Knight
Jim Layman
Logan Mccoy
Mason McGiboney
Chase Moore
William Myers
John Sexton
Troy Smith
Dennis Tulpa
Desneige VanCleve
Brandon Webster
Kristin Westerman

2021

No class due to Covid

2022

Celia Conley
Ashley Cusker
Beth Deering
Melissa French
Amanda Garnes
Ryan Goad
Mitch Healey
Dana Hentschel
Jim Holcomb
Phillip Holt
Colten Jones
Dan Jones
Michael Lajoie
Jana Lowe
Paul (Mike) McClellan
Kate Ritchie
William Styles
Wendy Swaby
Melissa Thomas
Erik Thornton
Helen Timberlake
​Thomas Whisenant

2023

Margertha Artis
Crystal Banning
Duffy Betterton
Heather Champion
Helen Dean
Adrienne Dionne
Dana Farley
Joy Farmer
Emma Holland
Josh King
Jayna Louder
Katherine Louw
Rachael Mason
Joshua Pennington
Beth Pickel
Casie Ramirez
Taylor Rowe Reed
Melissa Rogers
Jessica Stahl
​Tamica Sykes

2024

Jeana Andrews
Tari Barker
Holli Byrd
Ryan Carver
Ceagus Clark
Lauren Faulkner
Emily Goddard
Sara Hasenfuss
Austin Henderson
Ciera Holman
Ingrid Korgemagi
Ashley Mize
William Potts
Sundi Puckett
Rebecca Reid
Emily Short
Meggie Slayton
Bethany Sullivan
Mercedes Vasaquez
Rachel Wilder

Featured Alumni

Do you know of a Leadership Sumner alumni who has been recognized for doing good in their community. This can be in their business, life or any area of service. No recognition is too big or too small. Let us know about it!