2020 Corporate Board of Directors
Chair
Simon H. Bloom
Bloom Parham
Interim President & CEO
Candice Moore
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta
Secretary
Steve Cook
Pulte Group (Retired)
Treasurer
Michael Orr
Genuine Parts Company
Immediate Past Chair
Susan Ward
UPS (Retired)
Stephanie Blank
Georgia Early Education for Ready Students
Anthony Banks
Regions Bank
Rita Breen
Georgia Power
Jennifer Bressler
Jerel Causey
Accenture
Jeff Chalovich
WestRock
Leigh Ann Costley
Frazier & Deeter
John Coughlin
FleetCor
Kevin Custis
Ernst & Young, LLP
Richard Deriso
Carl Drake
Ares Management
Angelia Duncan
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Stacey Eames
Highland Bakery
Thad Ellis
Cousins Properties
Yunice Emir
The Coca-Cola Company
Gardiner Garrard
TTV Capital
Fran Gary
Anthem, Inc.
Elizabeth Halkos
Purchasing Power
Mike Hazelton
Chick-fil-A
Charlie Henn
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
Chris Hohlstein
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Keith Holmes
Cox Communications, Inc.
Mark Huffstetler
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey
Robert W. Kamerschen
Aaron’s Inc.
Jim Kaufman
Merrill Lynch
Andy Macke
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
Candy Moore
Wells Fargo & Company
Gairy Moore
Deloitte & Touche LLP
James Morris
Citi Private Bank
Jeff D. Nolde
Morgan Stanley
Roland Ornelas
NDCP
Tom Reilly
Troutman Sanders
Larry Patrick
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Brooks Robinson
Springbot
Pete Robinson
King and Spaulding
Sarah Saunders
Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP
David Touwsma
R4 Holdings
Jeremy Wing
Payscape
2020 County Board Members
*Indicates members who joined in 2021
Cobb County Board of Directors
Derek Krebs, 2020 Board Chair
William Cheeks
Robin Baggs
Jen Brock
William Cheeks
Joseph Cortes
Joy Doss
Stephen Gentry*
Derek Goshay
Dave Hoeller
David Jones*
Vicki Montet*
Wayne McGee
Amber Patterson
Kelli Pierson*
Devin Saunders
Kevin Sledge
DeKalb County Board of Directors
Justin Palmer, 2020 Board Chair
Tom Adams
Richard Alvarez
Keats Baldwin
Todd Barnes
John Burns
Dominique Davis
LaTisha Dear-Jackson
Greg Ford*
John Freeman
Jonathan Granade*
Shannon Harris
Crawford Humphreys
Rob Kaercher
Andi King-Wieczynski
Joshua Krentzman
Wm. Edward Laity
Sam McCammon*
Dante McDowell
Clinton McKellar
Dave Mikita
Vera Morrison
Earl Porter III
Jay Robbins III
John Schumacher
Malik Smith
Todd Stanton
Michael Twum
Gwinnett County Board of Directors
Tom Davenport, 2020 Board Chair
Russ Crosio
Rennie Curran
Quintin DeGroot
Marcus Dows*
William “Bo” Ford
Karen Fortune
Matthew Gore
B.T. Gutter-Parker*
Michael Hay
Gregory King
Carol Landrum
Lani Mauriello
Teddy Russell
Lisa Stalter
Jordan Sandler
AnneMarie Scully
Jeff Smith
Joshua Strickland
Timothy Williamson
Katherine White
Randall Woody
Paulding County Board of Directors
Yolanda Newell, 2020 Board Chair
Lateefah Conner*
Dr. Damian Elder
Angelia Farries
Wayne Glover
Selena Jackson-Guines
Jason Kolacz
Pastor Cliff McGrady*
Maria Morton
Sarah Powers
Stephanie Sparks
Robin Stern
Brandon Test
Tameka Walker*
Ashley West
2020 Board of Trustees
Stephanie Blank (Chair)
Georgia Early Education for Ready Students
Kathleen Barksdale
Community Partner
Ada Lee Correll
Community Partner
Mark Feidler
MSouth Equity
Scott Hill
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
Sam Johnson
Ernst & Young
Aron Levine
Bank of America
Tim Tassopoulos
Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Steve Voorhees
WestRock
Roddy White
Atlanta Falcons
2020 Senior Staff – BGCMA
David Jernigan
President & Chief Executive Officer
Claire Guitton
Chief Operating Officer
Sam Delaney
Chief Financial Officer
Nicole Pietro
Chief Development Officer
Margo Marks
Vice President of Human Resources
Natasha Rice
Chief Administrative Officer
Melanie Buckmaster
Vice President of Marketing & Communications
2020 County Board Members
*Indicates members who joined in 2021
Carroll County Board of Directors
Cason Hightower, 2019 Board Chair
Shannon Lovelady
Bernice Brooks
Jay Gill
Andy Johnson
Kylie Carroll
Nicholas Martin
Sandra Morris
Dan Rajczyk
Brad Robinson
Meghan Sullivan
Myles Watkins
Adam Wilkins
Cherokee County Board of Directors
Katie Pearson, Board Chair
Reginald Brown
Jon Campbell
Carleen McCarthy
Lori Davis
Stephen Divine
Doug Foley
Loretta Freeman
Tony Harrison
Anita Horton
Jay Hughes
Sarah Kendall
Wesley Latimer
Ryan Lawson
Debra Murdock
Chuck McGhee
Michael McGowan
Carleen McCarthy
Tom WcWethy*
Laura Mikszan
Mark Moore
Debra Murdock
Ted Officer
Chuck Page
Katherine Pearson
Chip Poth
Robert Sinclair, Jr.
Brian Spivey
Lori Thompson
Jack Tuszynski
Shannon Wallace
Holli White
Stacey Williams
Coweta County Board of Directors
Hasco Craver, 2020 Board Chair
Stephen Allen*
Scott Berta
Lauren Bollinger*
Randy Burgess*
Betsy Burnette
Jeff Coggin*
Robert Coggin
David Farmer
Dr. Cynthia Finney
Rebecca Jo Frey
Jim Gay*
Dr. Robert Heaberlin
Kelly Hines*
Marla Hollis*
Schwanda Jackson
Evette Jones*
Clay Neely
Kim Melhouse
Ginger Queener
JoAnn Ray
David Ridgeway
Bransdon Smith*
Chad Smith*
Marsha Suber
JJ Thomasson IV
Laura Thomas*
Linette Ward
Douglas County Board of Directors
Lisa Lonon, 2020 Board Chair
Francisco Artley
Kathy Barnes
Vanessa Brook
Monque Carruthers
Leigh Ann Champion
Ronald Hall
James Haddle
Urshla Fouch
Elmer Horn
Doris Isaacs
Jamal Jessie
Travis Landrum
Laura Mullins
Dr. Suvess Ricks
Michelle Ruble
Phil Taylor*
Michael Stephens
Chanteasea Swain
Davidae Walker
Christopher Womack
Fulton County Board of Directors
Paige Collier, 2020 Board Chair
Amy Averill
Emojoy Brown*
Adam Cohen
Stephanie Delatorre
Steve Ensor
Bruce Feiman
Jessi Freeman
Steve Goeke
Van Hardimon*
Stan Hill
Al Keeler
Brian Lees*
Dan Ludlam
Jenny Hergenrother
Raj Palakshappa
Mitch Robinson
Rick Suid
Hala Sura
Neelesh Tatia
Marcus Thornton
Rita Treadwell
Stokely Weinberg
Pierre Yapo
Ronda Zents
Rockdale County Board of Directors
Franklin Beauford, 2020 Board Chair
Mudessar Ahmad
Shawn Bromell
Pamela Brown
Clarence Cuthpert, Jr.
Jorge Diez
Rev. Darrell Hall
Eric Levett
Jared McKinley
Yvette Morton-Williams
Kai Oden
Heidi Pearson
Joey Ralston
Jerry Randolph*
Veronica Rhodes
Chad Shultz
Tisa Smart-Washington
Adrian Watson