2019-2020 Leadership Toccoa Adult and Youth classes celebrated during graduation

The Leadership Toccoa-Stephens County youth and adult classes wrapped up their year, Thursday night, February 27, with a graduation ceremony at Reflections at Lake Toccoa.

A total of 8 adults participated in the adult program, and a total of 25 seniors from Stephens County High School participated in the youth program.

President and CEO of First Franklin Financial Corporation Ginger Herring was the guest speaker during the graduation dinner.

She told the group of graduates that a strong leader must have integrity, vision, and emotional intelligence to be successful.

The leadership program is sponsored each year by the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce.

The 2019-2020 Adult Class was made up of Gary Cortellino, Mike Hester, Van Loskoski, Jennifer Nicholson, Daniel Oldham, Selita Phillips, Erin Rickman, and Matt Ward.

The 2019-2020 Youth Class was made up of Mackenzie Batson, Kate Blasingame, Trevor Burton, Thomas Frazier, Josh Henshaw, Ally Herron, Kaitlyn Hicks, Micah Hunt, Tyra Hunter, Haley Jordan, Ashlyn Merce, George Moore, Isabella Morrow, Jolie Nicholson, Shivani Patel, Paige Phillips, Raelyn Sanders, Aly Singletary, Anike Tendall, Demi Thomas, Jacob Struble, Kaitlin Quick, Elijah Wenger, and Kasey Westmoreland.