Chattanooga Area Leadership Prayer Breakfast

07/12/2026

We’re excited to have Michael Franzese as the 2027 Chattanooga Area Leadership Prayer Breakfast keynote speaker!

05/22/2026

This past Tuesday was an impactful morning as Barry Wilmore, Retired NASA Astronaut and Retired U.S. Navy Captain, spoke at the 47th Annual Chattanooga Area Leadership Prayer Breakfast. Butch, who has flown three space missions and spent 464 days in orbit, shared his story of faith, family, and focus.

We are also grateful for the community leaders who participated in the program: Terry Boston, Dr. Rita Carr, Steve Darmody, Bill Floyd, Laurel Francescon, Troy Kemp, Gay Negus, Amy Jo Osborn, LaDarius Price, and Andrew Rice.

If you were unable to join us, you can listen to the Prayer Breakfast on our website, https://www.chattanoogaprayerbreakfast.com/

We also announced that the 48th Chattanooga Area Leadership Prayer Breakfast will be held on May 18, 2027, featuring keynote speaker, Michael Franzese, a former mob boss for the Colombo crime family in New York. At age 35, Fortune magazine ranked him number 18 on its list of the “Fifty Most Wealthy and Powerful Mafia Bosses.” At his peak, Michael was reportedly generating between $5 and $8 million per week and was considered one of the mob’s largest earners since Al Capone.

We hope you will join us next year!

05/21/2026

Audio of the 2026 Breakfast with Butch Wilmore is now available on our website at the link below!

Chattanooga Mayor - Tim Kelly, Hamilton County Mayor - Jim Coppinger, Lurone "Coach" Jennings Sr. and several other leaders.

05/13/2026

There’s still time to purchase tickets and tables for the 47th Chattanooga Leadership Prayer Breakfast next Tuesday, 5/19, at
https://lnkd.in/echvUYMC

On behalf of our team, hope to see you there!

Lee Atchley, T. W. Francescon, Jr., Tom Francescon, Rosalyn Hickman, Tyler Howell, Zach Monroe, Wanda Officer, Amy Jo Osborn, Judge Barry Steelman, Amy Urbaniak, Ben Walter, Doug White, Jackson Wingfield, and Joseph Wingfield