Leaders Among Us - 2019

Leaders we can count on

I’d like to congratulate each and every one of our members of this year’s class of ‌First,

Leaders Among Us. ‌Each of you brings something to our community to make it better. For that, we are proud. For that, we are grateful.

TOM ENGLISH

Mary Nell Chew

‌When Mary Nell Chew stopped at her home to gather some items before meeting others for dinner

Tiffany Delaney

a family room or an additional bedroom. Renovating automobile space into a closet is not completely unheardof. But, transforming most of the garage into a closet just for one type of clothing is, in a word, unusual. That is, however, exactly what Tiffany Delaney has done. For dresses. Formal dresses to be specific.

Brad Dillard

Dillard is a busy man during the day. As the director of Plant and Service Operations at Southern Illinois University, he often is in his office as early as 6 a.m. Seldom does he arrive later than 7 a.m., and he often doesn’t leave until most ‌Brad

Jim Dooley

call it foreshadowing — subtly giving an advanced hint of what is to come later in a story. Used well, readers develop expectations of the future. ‌Authors

Shadi Frick

Some of Shadi Frick’s earliest memories involve music. While other children carried

around a favorite toy or perhaps a blanket, Frick was rarely without a portable tape recorder.

Mary Ann Hortsmann

‌Mary Ann Horstmann met her husband Mark at a country line dance in 1994. “I went with a friend, and she was picking up a gentleman from church. We got to the dance and she went off and danced with everybody she knew and I danced with him. The rest is history,” she said.

Mike Monchino

before Mike Monchino became a mainstay in Herrin, long before being recognized as a leading businessman, a tireless volunteer and an engaged citizen, he was a soon-to-be graduate with a bachelor’s degree in management ‌Long and a master’s degree in finance and no clue as to what was next.

Thanet Natisri

Natisri keeps gaining accolades and recognition, both in his native Thailand and here at home. Some comes from his donation of meals from his restaurant, Thai D, to help those who were helping battle rising flood waters along the Mississippi ‌Thanet

Stephanie Rhodes

been said that all roads lead home. Union County Farm Bureau Manager Stephanie Rhodes would agree, although she warns that it may not always be smooth travels. ‌It’s

Herby Voss

executive for several local firms including The Southern Illinoisan, Silkworm, 1187 Creative and some skilled nursing facilities, but it wasn’t until he reached what some would call midlife and became responsible for communications, marketing and development for Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion that he felt he had hit his stride.

‌Herby Voss considers himself a late bloomer. Sure, he had a lot of success as a college gymnast, an account

Paula Voss-Maloney

Emily York