Momentum Summer 2024 by leadershiptyler

MOMENTUM

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2024 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD WINNER CHIEF DAVID COBLE.

Chief Coble attended the Leadership Tyler Executive Orientation Series when he first arrived in Tyler and has served our community through volunteerism, board service, and through his work as Fire Chief.

Some of his areas of service include Leadership Tyler Board Member, Catalyst 100 Advisory Board Member, Salvation Army Advisory Board Member, Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce Board Member, City of Tyler Liaison to Veteran Groups in Smith County, Mayor’s Mentorship Achievement Program, Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce Career Connections Event (C4) and the UT Tyler Career Success Conference.

Chief Coble was instrumental in guiding our community through the COVID 19 pandemic. For 8 weeks, Chief Coble began his morning with about 80 people who called-in, telecommuted, or showed up at Fire Station 1 for the daily Emergency Operations Center (EOC) meeting. Upon confirmation from NET Health that the virus was present in Smith County, City of Tyler Mayor Martin Heines and Chief Coble began

collaborating with NET Health and Smith County Judge Nathaniel Moran to set up the Joint EOC, a centralized command and control facility that coordinates emergency response at a strategic level during an emergency and ensures continuity of operations. This team ensured that first responders and medical staff had the proper funding, resources, and facilities available to fight the pandemic. Together Chief Coble, Mayor Heines, and Judge Moran directed the group of various interests and specialties all working to solve the same problem - limit the spread of COVID-19.

In the last 5 years, Chief Coble has received the following awards:

• Veretta and Jesse E. Rider, Sr. Leadership Award for Community Impact Empowerment Community Development Corporation, Dec. 2023

• In recognition of Strength, Persistence, and Confidence Achievement in Advancing the Safety and Health of the Community Greater East Texas Black Nurses Association, Inc, Oct. 2022

• W.T. Ballard - Excellence in Public Health Award Northeast Texas Public Health District July 2022

• Meritorious Service Rotary Club of Tyler, Oct. 2020

• Community Service Award Tyler Organization of Men Mar. 2020

• Volunteer of the Quarter Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce Nov. 2018

• Community Service Heart for Hearts Mission, Sept. 2018

Leadership Tyler is proud to honor Chief Coble for his dedication and service to the Tyler and Smith County Community!

LETTER FROM CHAIR

Leadership Tyler exists to equip leaders to enhance the community and is highly proficient at doing that very thing. That said, it comes easy. It comes easy because Leadership Tyler is a group of like-minded people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives coming together to add value to our community. James Clear has said his “definition of greatness is to contribute more than you consume.” This simple approach to life is what drives Leadership Tyler.

As Tyler grows, so does Leadership Tyler. The Core Program is excited to welcome 42 new participants in Class 38. Our graduates now number more than 1,100 from our Core and EOS programs. Each of these alumni represents change makers across our community. From city leadership to nonprofit directors to corporate CEOs, Leadership Tyler counts it a privilege to play a part in shaping our local leaders and raising the bar on what it means to give back and drive forward.

Let’s do something absolutely amazing and become the best we are capable of becoming! LT is here to help and grateful to play its everincreasingly important role in this wonderful community. Here’s to the many great years ahead!

PROGRAM UPDATES

LEADERSHIP TYLER IS PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE GRADUATION OF CORE PROGRAM CLASS 37!

This outstanding group of leaders started their core program journey in September 2023 and through encouraging each other, working together, and a shared commitment, the entire class graduated at the State of the City Event held on May 23, 2024. We are excited to see the positive impact they will have on our community.

LEADERSHIP TYLER BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Thank you to board members Debby Gunter, Joshua Johnson, and LaToya Young for their service to Leadership Tyler and to our community. Each one brought unique talents to the LT Board and eagerly shared their expertise to guide Leadership Tyler to continued excellence.

Welcome to new board members Dawson Barksdale (LT Class 34), Alesha Williams Buckner (LT Class 21), and Whitney Patterson (LT Class 29). We are looking forward to getting them plugged into their board service.

LEADERSHIP LIVE 2024

Thomas Neuhoff - Class 33

Leadership Tyler is gearing up for Leadership Live 2024 on Tuesday, September 24th at the Green Acres CrossWalk Center. We will honor our Distinguished Alumni Award Winner, announce Core Program Class 38, and hear from Molly Cain. Molly has over 20 years of experience in leading digitalization and innovation initiatives — eight in the public sector. She is a senior IT/transformation executive with a passion for creating positive change through doing. She has an MBA and is a Certified Agile Leader and Value

Management Office Practitioner and donates her #neurodivergent voice to shape better workplaces for tomorrow’s mavericks. Molly will help us focus on “It takes a village - building a better community together.”

THANK YOU TO LT VISIONARY ALUMNI

Aaron Burks GROUP

Aaron Martinez

Alan Cumming

Amber Payne

Amber Varona

Andrea Wilson-Lobaugh

Andrew Rodriguez

Andrew Stinson

Andria Horton

Anne Houle-Selin

Anthony Ellis

Anwar Khalifa

Archie Tucker

Ashlea Wilson

Ashlyn Smith

Austin Sudduth

Bailey Nichols

Becky Cunio

Bill Micale

Blake Schlueter

Brad Bays

Brad Root

Brian Brandt

Brian Merritt

Brian Thompson

Broderick McGee

Cameron Miller

Camry Tharp

Candace Brown

Candace Porter Condry

Candice Christian

Carson Shultz

Chelsea Cohen

Chris McCurry

Chris Molina

Christi Baggett

Christi Khalaf

Christiana Guthrie

Christy Hanson

Clint Childs

Coby Dillard

Connor Brown

Crystal Session

Dana Skaf

Daniel Nagore

Daniel Seguin

Daniela Jackson

David Emerson

Dawn Franks

Dawn Yount

Debby Gunter

Denise Marshall

Derrith Bondurant

Diane Kavanaugh

Don Warren

Donna Spann Cullinane

Elena Gomez

Elizabeth Shelton

Eric Garrison

Eric Green

Erika Gonzalez

Fritz Hager

Gerald Holmes

GIGI DELK

Gina Moers

Ginger Cardwell

Gisele Abron

Grant Oepkes

Hunter Stinson

Jackie Cannon

James Huggler

James Murphy

James Wansley

Jamie Boersma

Jamie Sanders

Jasmine Taylor-Warren

Jeff Austin

Jeff Johnston

Jess Mowery

Jessi Crees

Joel Adams

Joel Byers

John English

John Rawls

Josh Stinnett

Joshua Johnson

Joshua Neaves

Kaitlyn Shultz

Katie Smith

Katy Cline

Kay Latta

Kelvin Woodfin

Kenny Lange

Kim Beckham

Kristi Roberts

Kristin Trammell

Kristina Ross

LaCrecia Steward

LaRhonda Hamilton

LaToya Young

LaToyia Jordan

Le’Anne Southerland

Leanne Robinette

Lee Trammell

Leigh Hunt Goodson

Linda Cooper

Linda Taylor

Lisa Oepkes

Lisa Williams

Lloyd Nichols

Logan Long

Manny Holmes

Marc Donaldson

Maria Dolores Price

Mary Urieta

Matthew Ramirez

Megan Riaz

Melissa Perkins

Michelle Crum

Michelle Miller

Misty Davis

Monique Hammond

Neal Anthony

Nichol Brown

Octavio Téllez

Patricia Glass

Patrick Moran

Paul Latta, D.D.S., P.C.

Paula Anthony

Peter Scheele

Regina Moss

Rhoda Micale

Rich Davis

Rita Fryer

Robert Wilson

Roy Martinez

RUBEN RODRIGUEZ

Rubye Kendrick

Ruth Davis

Sarah Roberts

Sean Droptini

Shannon Dacus

Shawn Dunn

Sheridan Smith

Shonda Marsh

Shronica Randle-Holmes

Smittee Root

Stacia Emerson

Stephanie (Kurland) Morgan

Stephanie Taylor

Steve Marshall

Summer Tillson

Suzi Streit

Tara Cooper

Terrence Ates

Terry Marrow

Thomas Neuhoff

Thomas Nichols

Todd Buchanan

Tonia Bickham

Triciana Porter

Veronica Tucker

Wendy Frizzell

Wendy Harris

Whitney Patterson

Yaziri Orrostieta

Yonna Yelverton

LT IN ACTION

LT Alumni at local events

LT Alumni gathering together

A NOTE FROM WENDY

Leadership Tyler is kicking off another year, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank our amazing alumni volunteers for pouring back into this program. Throughout the year with Core Program Class 37, alumni came alongside me to be sure the logistics of the days went off without a hitch. In addition, we just completed the selection process for Core Program Class 38 and used 58 volunteers to make that process happen! We truly cannot run this program without each and every one of you. So please accept my heartfelt thanks!

As Leadership Tyler graduates pour themselves into our community through all of their areas of service –not-for-profit board service, program volunteer efforts for many agencies through the city, giving back in so many ways they are too numerous to count, I am truly proud of this family of leaders and their devotion to our community. Our mission is to equip these leaders and along the way, help them find their place of service and giving. We are truly honored when they choose Leadership Tyler to also be one of those recipients.

Thank you for all that you do! We are grateful to be serving this community together!

Wendy Frizzell - Class 31

SPRING 2024 EXECUTIVE ORIENTATION SERIES PARTICIPANTS

Eric Garrison, Chief Financial Officer, CHRISTUS TMF Health System & Heather Garrison

Lee H. Grimes, Assoc. Vice Provost Academic Affairs, TJC & Kelly Tribble

Nichole Masters - Henry, Executive Director, East Texas Crisis Center

Melissa Perkins, Executive Director, Breckenridge Village of Tyler & Jimmy Perkins

Leadership Tyler’s Executive Orientation Series is Tyler’s premier program to help new executive-level leaders quickly acclimate to the economic, political, and historical climate of our area.

Program objectives include acquainting participants with Tyler’s history, business environment, political and civic structures, and educational resources.

Session 1: Tyler History, Business & Economy

Session 2: Education

Session 3: Healthcare

Session 4: Local Government

Session 5: Quality of Life

IMPACTING TYLER FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS

“Catalyst 100 is a diverse group of individuals from a variety of backgrounds who come together to strategically plan and discuss how we can keep our community vibrant and successful in all areas for our future generations.”

Jeff Warr, Catalyst 100 Committee Member

By investing in the community’s current and future leaders, the Catalyst 100 vision is for a momentum of positive growth for our community to continue into the next century.

Catalyst 100 equips and develops community leaders by providing forums to:

• Network among a diverse group of leaders in our community with the common goal of growing our community for the benefit of everyone.

• Provide and receive leadership mentoring through small group discussion sessions held after each meeting of the entire group.

• Discuss issues and matters that have significant impact on the community, allowing members a “deeper” view into those issues and matters.

Members in Catalyst 100 are selected through a nomination process by committee. Potential members should show an interest in growing as a leader and a desire to make a positive contribution to the community. The full membership meets four times per year to hear experts on various topics that will impact our community long-term.