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CHAMBER FOUNDATION

LEADERSHIP CORPUS CHRISTI

ANNOUNCES SELECTION OF 47 TH CLASS

The United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce Foundation is pleased to announce the participants selected for Leadership Corpus Christi ( LCC ) Class 47 . Thirty applicants are carefully screened and selected each year to participate in the 10-month intensive training program . This will be the program ’ s 47th consecutive year . Class 47 will kick off on August 9th with a Welcome Reception hosted at the Bay Jewel Event Center .

The purpose of Leadership Corpus Christi is to prepare dedicated , visionary leaders with passion to improve the quality of life for all persons and institutions in the Corpus Christi community . Sessions are designed to educate our city ’ s current and future leaders on the issues and opportunities facing the city . Topics include quality of life , diversity , education , economic development , government and servant leadership principles throughout . A Steering Committee of past alumni helps plans the programming each year . Natalie Villarreal , with Del Mar College , is the LCC Class 47 Steering Committee Chair .
Leadership Corpus Christi was founded in 1972 and is the third oldest leadership program in the nation . It is a program of the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce Foundation .
The Foundation would like to thank the following sponsors who committed to supporting LCC during the recent " Commit 2 Commerce " ( C2C ) Campaign : Presenting Sponsor of Class 47 : LCC Alumni Association . Training Material Sponsor : Valero . Class Shirt Sponsor : Radiology Associates , LLP . Print Sponsor : AEP Texas . Session Sponsors : AG | CM , and Metro Ministries . Session Supporting Sponsors : BBVA Compass , Charlie ' s Place Recovery Center , Crocker Transfer & Storage Co ., Flint Hills Resources , LNV , Inc ., NuStar Energy , and YWCA .
For more information about supporting Leadership Corpus Christi Class 47 , please contact Yvette Lara at ( 361 ) 881-1800 or yvette @ unitedcorpuschristichamber . com .
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