Overland Park, Kan., December 7, 2023 – The Overland Park Chamber Foundation has selected 34 business professionals to participate in its 2024 Leadership Overland Park (LOP) program.

Now in its 41^st year, LOP is designed to provide a source of motivated leaders informed about the community and its issues, and trained to accept future leadership roles in the community.

Class members attend ten full-day sessions beginning in January and graduate in June. They meet local leaders and study aspects of the community including city, county and state government, history, education, politics and current issues impacting the local community, region and state.

Individuals selected for the 2024 Leadership Overland Park class are:

• Toni Anderson, Security Bank of Kansas City
• Braden Beamer, HDR Engineering, Inc.
• Carly Beckett, AdventHealth South Overland Park
• Mike Berg, Empower
• Thomas Bledsoe, City of Overland Park
• Taylor Bryer, Saint Luke's South Hospital
• Charles Calhoun, Turner Construction
• Andrew Edwards, FNBO
• Travis Gatewood, Shawnee Mission School District
• Tommy Gentry, Newmark Zimmer
• Jay Green, OWN, Inc.
• Deanna Hipple, Black & Veatch
• Jessica Hoffman, Growing Futures Early Education Center
• Justin Hubbard, Tiger-Rock Martial Arts of Overland Park
• Shayna Hurst, Overland Park Fire Department
• Bryan Johnson, Johnson County Government
• Tracy King, JE Dunn Construction Company
• Alex Kupfer, Zurich North America Commercial
• Jose Leon, Johnson County Wastewater
• Mary Anne Matos, Johnson County Community College
• Zach Moreland, Maxus Properties
• Colette Panchot, City of Overland Park
• Sophia Piatczyc, DLR Group
• Ethan Price, Olsson
• Patrick Rafferty, Overland Park Regional Medical Center
• Bridgett Rodriguez, Central Bank of the Midwest
• Stefanie Shaver, OakStar Bank
• Sam Smith, Advus
• Angela Stewart, Country Club Bank, N.A.
• Zach Sumada, BRR Architecture
• Jim Sutterby, City of Overland Park
• Libbey Tucker, Overland Park Chamber of Commerce
• Jacob Turner, Payne & Jones, Chartered
• Madison Vining, McCownGordon Construction

Established by the Chamber in 1983, Leadership Overland Park is now a program of the Overland Park Chamber Foundation. The program has graduated more than 1,000 alumni who provide leadership in Overland Park’s business community, as well as in private, public and non-profit organizations.

For more information about Leadership Overland Park, click here.