Meet WILMA’s 2026 Leadership Institute Class

Emma Baltezore – Founder & Director, One Christian Network

Kippy Batuyios – Principal Instructional Designer, nCino

Kayla Boucek – Development Project Manager & Marketing Director, Zephyr Development Company

Rosalind Brooks – Senior Clinical Research Associate, CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services

Molly Collyer – HR Business Partner, nCino

Calista Connors – Loan Officer, Live Oak Bank

Laura Cook – Senior Development Engineer, Corning Incorporated

Jenna Cosentino – Marketing Coordinator, Thomas Construction Group

Ashlynn Cushing – Senior Manager, Insurance Risk, Live Oak Bank

Jenna Davis – Global Marketing Transformation Manager, nCino

Ellie Ebrahimi – Associate Professor, UNCW

Savannah Edwards – Sales Manager, Trailborn Surf & Sound

Amber Ferrez – Founder, Loopwell & Company

Monica Flores de Valgaz – Owner & Mental Health Therapist, Align & Light, PLLC

Hayley Foster – Catering Sales Manager, Embassy Suites Wilmington Riverfront

Blair George – Professional Development Captain, New Hanover County Fire Rescue

Kelly Greenland – Foundation Coordinator, Lower Cape Fear LifeCare

Lindsey Hanes – Product Manager, Vantaca

Michelle Henderson – Co-Founder & Marketing Director, PersonAllized LLC

Christa Jennings – Senior Manager of Implementation, Vantaca

Savannah Kilmartin – Tax Associate, EARNEY Accountants & Advisors

Corrie Lee – Attorney, Equitas Law Partners LLP

McKenzie LeFlore – Employer Development Program Manager, UNCW Career Center

Erin Martin – Field Marketing Specialist, Vantaca

Jessica Maurer – Director, Feast Wilmington

Emma Maynard – Recruiter, Live Oak Bank

Olivia Nelson – Project Engineer II, Samet Corporation

Kelli Newton – Budget & Strategy Manager, Town of Leland

Naamah Noble – Student Success Coordinator, Pipeline Initiatives, UNCW

Noelle Owen – Executive Director, NAMI Wilmington

Kyndall Peele – Student Success Advisor/ Staff Advisor for The National Society of Black and Brown, UNCW

Lindsey Perry – Student Success Advisor, UNCW CHHS

Brandy Sawyer – Chief Academic Officer, Pender County Schools

Alexis Siebert – Marketing Coordinator, Patriot Roofing

Kim Sousa – President/Principal Consultant, i MAKE YOUR MARKeting

Maria Sturchler – Senior Medical Director of Inpatient Palliative Care & Hospice, Lower Cape Fear LifeCare

C’Lesha Sturdivant – Lead Investigator, 15th District Public Defender’s Office

Amanda Taylor – Manager-Customer Success, nCino

Megan Toothman – Community Engagement and Health Equity Program Coordinator, UNCW CHHS

Erika Tucker – Founder/Executive Director, Pajama Jams for Youth Inc./Sundara Textiles

Sallie Vick Fields – Associate Portfolio Manager, Live Oak Bank

Ella Vitaglione – Regional Director (Business Development Representative), nCino

Stephanie Walker – Client Communications Specialist, EARNEY Accountants & Advisors

Brooke Weissman – Manager of Rehabilitation Services, Brunswick Medical Center, Novant Health

Becky Williams – Nurse Manager, Novant Health Pender Medical Center

Courtney Williams – Chaplain, Novant Health, Mobile Health

Daisha Windham – Marketing & Community Engagement Manager, YWCA – Lower Cape Fear

Katey-Ann Yonker – Executive Assistant, nCino

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