Board of Directors Leadership
Here’s a list of the great people appointed to oversee the activities BGCMA is doing to help build Great Futures for our kids!
CHAIR
Larry Patrick
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PRESIDENT
President & CEO David Jernigan
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Charlie Henn
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
SECRETARY
Steve Cook
Pulte Group (Retired)
TREASURER
Sarah Saunders
FORVIS
Larry Patrick
BOARD CHAIR
Larry Patrick
BOARD CHAIR
Larry has more than 25 years of consulting experience across various industries, including financial services and healthcare with emphasis in aligning strategy and operations. A partner in PwC’s Healthcare Consulting Practice based in Atlanta, Larry’s practice currently focuses on providing management consulting services to large integrated health systems.
He has experience across a broad range of disciplines, including Ambulatory Operations, Physician Services, Shared Services, Strategic Planning, Performance Improvement, Service Line Analysis, Decision Support, Change Management, Project Management, Corporate Finance and Capital. Larry has led the enterprise-wide transformation of several large health systems in the U.S.— most notably our very own Grady Health System focused on operational, process and financial improvement across supply chain, revenue cycle, clinical operations, and Centers of Excellence.
A native of West Palm Beach, Florida Larry grew up attending Boys & Girls Clubs and credits the Club as an important part of his village. (“Big Shout-out and Thanks to Mr Tony for not kicking me out on the many occasions my 8-year-old self thought things could be done a little bit differently at the Club.”)
Larry has a demonstrated commitment to community service and paying it forward. Larry has served on the Boards of the Center for the Visually Impaired, The Georgia State Institute of Health Administration, The Shepherd Center, The University of Texas McCombs School of Business and is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta Class of 2010. In 2021, Larry established a $100k endowed scholarship at Auburn University targeting kids from his hometown.
Larry joined the Board for Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta in 2015 and previously served on the Impact Committee and chaired the Board Development Committee.
Larry attended Auburn University, was on the basketball team and drafted by the Miami Tropics of the former United States Basketball League. Larry later attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in finance and entrepreneurship. Larry, his wife Kanika and their 3 kids reside in Marietta, Ga.
BGCMA 2024 Board of Directors
Marissa Ahrens
Atlanta United
Jon Babul
Atlanta Hawks
Anthony Tony Banks
Regions Bank
Erica Bolden
Mercedes-Benz USA
Katie Boscoe
Kohl’s
John Bottini
Koch Industries/Georgia Pacific LLC
Barunashish Brahma
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Northside Hospital
Emojoy Brown
BlackRock
Dr. Jerel Causey
Accenture
Madeline Chadwick
Papa Johns
Justin Clay
NCR Corporation
Steve Cook
Pulte Group (Retired)
LeighAnn Costley
Frazier & Deeter
John Coughlin
Summit Partners
Hasco W. Craver IV
City of Newnan
Richard W. Deriso
South Coast Commercial, LLC
Carl Drake
Ares Management
Stacey Eames
Highland Bakery
Thad Ellis
Cousins Properties
Rhom Erskine
Lockheed Martin
Ryan Esparza
EspriGas
Jerald Estime
Claire’s
Jenny Ethridge
Cendyn
Abhi Golhar
Meridian 84
Derek Goshay
Genuine Parts Company
Eric Hagen
The Home Depot
Susanne Hall
Coca-Cola United
Ivory Harris
AGCO Corporation
Camille Hannans
Georgia Aquarium
Jeff Hanson
Floor & Décor
Charlie Henn
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
Jamael Hester
The Coca-Cola Company
Mark Huffstetler
Truist Financial Corp
Cloteen Jasmin
Ryan Companies
Nedra Jones
CDC Foundation
Jim Kaufman
Merrill Lynch
Brooks McElyea
Ernst & Young LLP
Aiten McPherson
UPS
Gairy Moore
Deloitte & Touche LLP
John Mori
Mori Luggage & Gifts (Retired)
Aniska Moss-Melford
UPS
Renee Pearson
Rollins, Inc.
Justin Palmer
Hilltop Advisors
Larry Patrick
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
James “JP” Pulliam III
LiveNation, Concert Logic
Tom Reilly
Troutman Pepper
Erin Mitchell Richeson
Cox Enterprises
Brooks Robinson
Accel-KKR
Sarah Saunders
FORVIS
Aparna Shah
Equifax
Temano Shurland
Deloitte
Elizabeth Silbert
King & Spalding
Ricardo “Rico” Simon
Truist Securities
William M. “Billy” Small
The Fountain Companies, Inc.
Courtney Smith
PNC Bank
Haydon Stanley
Fiveash-Stanley
Dara Steele-Belkin
Global Payments, Inc.
Michael Tabb
Google
Paul Trotti
Chick-fil-A
Stephen Vault
Wellstar Health System
Trustees
- Sam Johnson, Ernst & Young, Chair
- Tim Tassopoulos, Chick-fil-A, Immediate Past Chair
- Katy Barksdale, Community Volunteer
- Stephanie Blank, Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students (GEEARS)
- Simon H. Bloom, Bloom Parham, LLP
- Sidney Childress, Community Volunteer
- Mark Feidler, MSouth Equity
- Aron Levine, Bank of America
- Bill Rogers, Truist *
- Carol Tomé, UPS *
- Steve Voorhees, WestRock (Retired) *
- Kathy Waller, Atlanta Committee for Progress | Coca-Cola (Retired)
- Susan Ward, UPS (Retired)
* Trustee Emeritus
Council of Presidents
- Justin Palmer – Council of Presidents Chair
- Robin Baggs – Cobb County Board
- Dr. Ronald Braithwaite – Henry County Board Chair
- Cynthia Finney – Coweta County Board Chair
- Karen Fortune – Gwinnett County Board Chair
- Felicia Franklin – Clayton County Board Chair