FORT MITCHELL — The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has announced members of the Leadership Northern Kentucky Class of 2002.

        Leadership Northern Kentucky is a program designed to help a group of leaders acquire an understanding of the strengths and challenges of Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati.

        By using the community as a classroom, individuals acquire skills that will enable them to motivate and engage others in collaborative efforts to address community challenges, the chamber said in a statement.

        Dale J. Silver of Paycor Inc. is the chairman of the class. Shad Sletto of EGC Construction is vice chairman.

        Class members and their employers are:

        Jacquie Bauereis, Jefferson Wells; Tysonn Betters, Procter & Gamble Co.; Matt Bowen, Fidelity Investments; Terry Carl, Kenton County Jailer; Michelle Class, Barnes, Dennig & Co.; Laura Cook, Corporex; Tracie Denny, Hometown Directories; Angie Dixon, U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas; Gilberto Esparzo, Hispanic Resources Center Inc.; Debbie Fulkerson, St. Henry High School; Wilmer Green, b.i.g. VI Entertainment Management Group; Debbie Hill, United Way & Community Chest; and John Hill, Cinergy.

        Also Paul Hillenmeyer, The Bank of Kentucky/Grant County Chamber of Commerce; Curtis Hinshaw, Pilot Contracting Corp.; Tony Johnson, The Bank of Kentucky; J. Kampinga, Paul Hemmer Cos.; Molly Knight, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, PLLC; Kathy List, Big Brother Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati Inc.; Ron Lovan, Northern Kentucky Water District; Patty Nagelkirk, Family Nurturing Center; Teresa Nickell, Kenton County School District; Chris Pieper, Robert W. Baird; Chip Regonbogen, Hebron Deposit Bank; Lance Reid, Cincinnati Bell; Lou Settle, Forward Quest; Steve Smith, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP; Martha Snider, Peoples Bank of Northern Kentucky.

        Also, Neil Spencer, Boone County Fiscal Court; Samantha Steelman, Literacy in Northern Kentucky; Kelly Stuart, Tri-County Economic Development Corp.; Mike Surrey, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP; Greg Thomas, Chas. Seligman Distributing Co.; Lytle Thomas, Fifth Third Bank, Northern Kentucky; Maronica Williams, Toyota Motor Sales; Mike Weber, Thomas More College; and Rob Ziegler, Ziegler & Schneider.

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