Here's a "raw report" press release from the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce:

Graduation ceremonies for the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce Leadership Bakersfield Class of 2008 are set for Friday, June 20 at The Petroleum Club, 5060 California Avenue Ste. 1200. Twenty-eight participants representing a diverse range of businesses will be honored for completing an intensive leadership- and community-awareness development program.

Program graduates are: Ian Anderson, Kern Schools Federal Credit Union; Lynnette Bailey, Kaiser Permanente; Kelly Barber, San Joaquin Community Hospital; Chad Brock, NAI Capital Commercial; Renante Cadiz, Frito-Lay, Inc.; Ed Flickinger, Kern Council of Governments; Michael George, Agape Mortgage; David Gordon, Bakersfield Museum of Art; Patty Gray, DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen; Karina Gutierrez, Global CTI Group, Inc.; Joe Hay, Jim Burke Ford; Alice Huang, Aera Energy LLC; Sandra Juarez, Kaiser Permanente; Catherine Kibbey, Bakersfield Police Department; Roy Kintz, University of Phoenix; Kevin Klockenga, Mercy Hospitals of Bakersfield; Carlton Lennon, Bank of the Sierra; Roy Marchetti, Kern County Superintendent of Schools; Jarrod McNaughton, San Joaquin Community Hospital; Patricia Mitchell, McIntosh & Associates; Kimberley Mudford, Chevron North America Exploration & Production; Joe Mullins, Bakersfield Police Department; Vicki Norman, kern Schools Federal Credit Union; Tim Scanlon, Klein, DeNatale, Goldner et al.; David Szabo, Wells Fargo Bank; Dave Taylor, Hall Ambulance Service, Inc.; Lori Tolleson, Get Moving Kern; and Jeff Watts, Bakersfield Police Department.

Evening festivities begin at 6:00 p.m., featuring keynote speaker Dr. Sandra Serrano, Chancellor, Kern Community College District. Emcee is Jeff Lemucchi, KBAK-TV 29.
Cost is $40 per person. For additional information, call the Chamber, 661-327-4421.