Leadership Gillespie County’s 2025 class met at the Fredericksburg Fire Station on Sept. 4. This year’s class members include from left, Jules Felder, Augusta Vin Winery; Lauren Smith, Absolute Charm; Kandis Pyka, Vapo Propane; Elle Fischer, Fischer and Wieser Specialty Foods; Caitlin Hoover, Gillespie County Historical Society; Leslie Kneese, Texas Hills Realty; Alyssa Rivera, Fredericksburg Police Department; Amber Alex, Weaver Technologies; Sonja Gutierrez, The Grace Center; Kelsey Heintze, Methodist Hospital | Hill Country; Natalie Rhodes, Natalie Rhodes Consulting; Diane Schofield, Phyllis Browning Company; Chelsea Scott, Heath Family Brands; Todd Weiss, Coordinated Digital Mapping Services; Victoria Shostack, Albert Hotel; Ryan Benitez, First United Bank; Tammy Boos-Baker, Central Texas Electric Cooperative; Ronald Demers, Admiral Nimitz Foundation; Aaron Stegar, Security State Bank & Trust; Chris Semmler, Create Healthy; Jorge Rodriguez, Blue Ribbon Screen Printing, and Roger Galindo, Methodist Hospital | Hill Country – Photo by Aaron Stegar