The Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce presents the Leadership Forum Class of 2024 generously sponsored by Sewell Audi Sugar Land. This class represents the 36th year that a group of outstanding individuals will participate in a rigorous program of leadership development and community engagement through active learning, expert insight, and experiential activities. As the premier leadership development program in the region, the Fort Bend Leadership Forum was designed to prepare for the community needs that demand the involvement of informed citizens.
Presenting the Fort Bend Leadership Forum Class of 2024:
| Nelvin Adriatico | Stellar Bank – Southwest Freeway |
| Jennifer Alexander | City of Missouri City |
| Ashley Amadi | Rainbow of Love |
| Corey Andujar | Si Environmental, LLC |
| Rebekah Beltran | Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce |
| Star Boxie | PCCA |
| Bridget Brumfield | AccessHealth |
| Stacy Campos | Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital |
| Robert Cardenas | Environmental Development Partners, LLC |
| Andrew Crump | HR Green, Inc. |
| Brent Dahl | BGE Inc. |
| Maggie Dalton | Fort Bend County |
| Michael Dei | Sienna Associations |
| Fenglin Du | City of Sugar Land |
| Hillary Dunn | Fort Bend Education Foundation |
| Matthew Freeman | US Global Fuels |
| George Gerardo | MBCO Engineering, LLC |
| Rachel Greene | Greene IP |
| Ali Hasanali | Fort Bend County – Commissioner Dexter McCoy |
| Courtney Hochhalter | Right at Home Sugar Land & West Houston |
| Jessica Huble | City of Sugar Land |
| Daniel Hunt | Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital |
| Lurlean Hunt | Community Health Choice |
| Opio Hunter | EMKOS Engineering PLLC |
| Carletta Joseph-Allen | Fluor Corporation |
| Gia Kenner | Fort Bend Dental Associates |
| Hugo Lagarda | TDECU |
| Yolanda Lopez | Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital |
| Kartik Mehta | Epic Escapes LLC |
| James Mitchell | Windstream Communications |
| Irfan Motiwala | Alings Chinese Bistro |
| Patricia Nagle | The First State Bank of Louise – Sugar Land |
| Saritha Padhirae | Consor Engineers, LLC |
| Payal Pandit Talati | Fort Bend ISD |
| Karthi Patchamuthu | IKPM Pet Supply DBA Pet Supplies Plus |
| Sapana Patel | Keller Williams Southwest |
| Olga Payero | Fort Bend County |
| Dami Roberts | Sienna Associations |
| Guillermo Salcedo | Huitt-Zollars, Inc. |
| Mateo Salmeron | WJ Interests, LLC |
| Dumisani Sayi | Houston Community College Southwest |
| Sonya Scott King | Houston Community College Southwest |
| Dedre Smith | Literacy Council of Fort Bend County |
| Raleigh Sullivan | Pfluger Architects |
| Sadaf Sultan | Edge Home Finance |
| Andrew Van | Chau Fort Bend County – Commissioner Andy Meyers |
| Vicky Vipin | Poke Burri & Lifting Noodles Ramen |
| Rodney Washington | United Water Restoration Group of Missouri City |
| Meredith Watassek | Stantec |
| Leslie Wendland | Fort Bend Women’s Center |
| Kevin Williams | City of Missouri City |
| Ben Williams | Velocity Technology Associates, Inc. |
The class participants are selected each year from a wide spectrum of the area’s population.
The Fort Bend Leadership Forum is a ten-month program, starting off with a one and a half day Opening Retreat in San Antonio. Opening Retreat is followed by monthly one-day sessions covering criminal justice, diversity, economic development/infrastructure, health and social services, municipal/county government, and a two-day trip to Austin for the state government session. In addition, this year’s class will participate in a special three-day national government session in Washington D.C. The Leadership program is completed with a one and a half day ending retreat and graduation ceremony in Galveston. The Fort Bend Leadership Forum Program, under the direction of Division Co-Chairs Breah Campbell, Si Environmental, and Dr. Jay Neal, University of Houston, celebrates its tradition of providing the region’s premier leadership development program. For more information on the program and sponsorship opportunities, contact Rebekah Beltran at rebekah@fortbendcc.org or 281-566-2158.