Executive Mentorship Participants Complete Program

The Douglas County Chamber is pleased to announce the graduates of the 2016 Executive Mentorship Program. The participants were recognized at the Chamber’s Comcast Business After Hours event on June 30^th at WellStar Douglas Hospital.

The Executive Mentorship Program is a cornerstone of the DC Chamber’s Young Professionals Connection (YPC), a group committed to connecting with their peers, community and future through networking and professional development opportunities. The program connected ambitious young professionals with seasoned, high-level, business leaders to support their professional and personal development. The goal is for mentees to feel more rooted in the community and to retain their skills and talents for the future of Douglasville and Douglas County. Throughout this experience, participants and their mentor were required to meet independently four times during the ten month program in addition to group meetings. The content of the meetings were determined by each pair as they set goals at the beginning of the program.

This year’s participants were Katy Klein, Children’s Voice: CASA and her mentor Kali Boatright, DC Chamber; Taylor Pounds and his mentor Chris Pumphrey, DC Economic Development Authority; Chad Griffin with DC Parks & Recreation and his mentor John Sell, Georgia Power; Karmen Thornton, American Red Cross and her mentor Patti Puckett, Ameriprise Financial; Kyle Gable, Pioneer Land Group and his mentor Howard Ray, Hughes-Ray Company, Inc.; Erica Nelson, Piedmont Foundation and her mentor Ana-Elis Perry; Chad Benton, Gold’s Gym and his mentor Gil Shearouse, WSA; Samantha Rosado, Douglasville Conference Center and her mentor Gail Moore, Custom Plastics & More.

For more information about the Young Professionals Connection or the Executive Mentorship Program, please contact Sara Ray at 770.942.5022 or visit www.douglascountygeorgia.com.