Leadership Kansas, the leadership growth program of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, has announced its 2016 Class.

Seven Lawrence residents are among those selected for the program, which this year received a total of 637 nominations, resulting in 137 applications and ultimately 40 Class of 2016 members.

Lawrence residents selected for this year’s class include: Michael Atwood, vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas; Daryl Craft, executive vice president and market executive at BOK Financial; Alex Delaney, owner of Indepsys Technology Group, LLC; Michelle Fales, vice president/business development officer at Silver Lake Bank; Aaron Miller, vice president of investor relations at the Kansas Chamber of Commerce; Rob Reynolds, director of legislative and external affairs at AT&T; and Charlie Sedlock, director of Hamm Inc.