Program Namesake Mike Hightower and several board members welcomed Class VIII of the JAX Chamber Hightower Emerging Leaders Fellowship in a March 25 ceremony on the 22nd floor of the VyStar Credit Union Tower. The Hightower Fellowship brings together a class of talented professionals with prominent and influential Jacksonville leaders. Fellows build relationships and learn from Jacksonville leaders who are giving back to the next generation.
The members of the new class are Leah Adams, PRI Productions; Dane Bennett, Baptist Health; Brian Bush, Tom Bush Family of Dealerships; Lucy Chen, Cathedral Arts Project; Lauren Eakins, Walmart Health; Rachael Tutwiler Fortune, Jacksonville Public Education Fund; Maya Francis, Blue Zones Project Jacksonville; Michael Haskins, Springfield Preservation and Revitalization Council, Inc.; Andrew Holley, England, Thims & Miller; Darian Jackson, Dapper D’s Cigars; Sarah Mannion, King & Mannion, P.A.; Eric Miller, Downtown Vision, Inc.; Derod Moody, VyStar Credit Union; Brittany Norris, City of Jacksonville; David Paulk, Jacksonville Jaguars; Andrea Reyes, Reyes Legal, PLLC; Nemiah Rutledge, Body Paradox.
