This year's event featured guest speaker Mr. Chris Hastings, the Chef/Owner of the Hot and Hot Fish Club in Birmingham and Keynote speaker Mr. Kemmons Wilson, Jr., the Principal and Executive Vice President of Kemmons Wilson, Inc., of Memphis, TN. The theme this year was "Media Perceptions".
The 2016 Fellows are Amanda Cox, President of the CHES Ambassadors, Natalie Valentine, Emily Williamson, Mary Pat Peeples, Neal Phillips, Caitlin Wall, Laurin Ackerson, Daniel Womble, Miranda Barrett, Madison Layton, Sydney Cochran, Heather Brooke Key, and Abbey Wildzunas.