Community Development Foundation of Jones County Announces 2024/2025 Leadership Jones County Class

Submitted by the Jones County EDA:

Laurel, Mississippi – Leadership Jones County (LJC) enters its 34^th year of programing with the 2024/2025 class officially in session.

Leadership Jones County is a program of the Community Development Foundation a suborganization of the Economic Development Authority of Jones County. Open to adults over 21 years old and who live or work in Jones County, this program was developed to identify and prepare the community’s future leadership resources. Over the years, these programs have provided Jones County with a network of current and emerging leaders who possess the skills and sense of commitment to improve our community.

The program will begin in September, with a two-day team building retreat and concludes in May with a graduation ceremony.  Monthly sessions are scheduled in various locations throughout Jones County including a session at the State Capitol in Jackson. Session topics include quality of life, state government, economic development, leadership skills training and more.

The 2024/2025 Leadership Jones County participants are pictured in the attached photo.

Back row from left to right: Sara Kathryn Terry, Wayne-Sanderson Farms; Laura Jones, Erin & Ben Napier Co.; Ronald Robertson, Mississippi Power Co.; Joshua Moffett, Community Bank; Joseph Hollomon, Burton Computer Resources; River Howell, Laura Brame Cerra CPA; Brock Martin, Holt & Associates, PLLC.

Middle row from left to right: Dixie Shoemake, Michael McKinnon Architecture; Andrew Ousley, SouthGroup Insurance Services; Jamera McDonald, Legacy Funeral Home & Cremation Services; Kalyn Patterson, EDA of Jones County; Caidyn Crowder, South Central Regional Medical Center.

Seated from left to right: Yashika Nicholson, Red Fox Realty; Ashlie Sanchez, Dixie Electric Power Assoc.; Loucia Clifton, Regions Bank; Tramel McMillan, Laurel Housing Authority.

For additional information about Leadership Jones County, contact Shelley Allen at (601) 649-3031 or email shelleya@edajones.com.  Also, follow the class this year on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/leadershipjones.