Board of Directors

Sal Abbate

CEO, Veritiv

Chris Ahrenkiel

Executive Vice President, Selig Enterprises

Erika Alexander

Chief Global Operations Officer, Marriott International

Mary Carol Alexander

Regional Vice President, Southeast EOU, Microsoft

Doug Allen 

Southeast Division President, HNTB

David Allman

Founder & Chairman, Regent Partners

Neil Ashe

President and CEO, Acuity Brands, Inc.

Jay  Bailey

President and CEO, HJ Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs

PJ Bain

CEO, PrimeRevenue, Inc.

Ambrish Baisiwala

Chairman & CEO, Portman Holdings, LLC

Marc Balizer

Managing Director, BlackRock

Chloe Barzey

Atlanta Office Managing Director, Accenture

Ed Bastian

CEO, Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Frank Bisignano

Chairman, President, & CEO, Fiserv

Kevin Blair

Chairman, President and CEO, Synovus

Brian Blake

President, Georgia State University

Joseph Blanco

President, Secretariat International

David Boehmig

President, CEO and Founder, Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty and Mountain Sotheby’s International Realty

Alex Bombeck

CEO, North Highland

Jenni Bonura

President & CEO, Harry Norman, REALTORS

Raphael  Bostic 

President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Cameron Bready

CEO, Global Payments Inc.

Kevin Brown

President & CEO, Piedmont Healthcare

Paul Brown

CEO, Inspire Brands

Ron Brown

Vice President, Target

Mark Buffington

Managing Partner, BIP Capital 

Nick Buford

Manager, Georgia, Amazon Inc.

Robert Bunch

President and CEO, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia

Jewel Burks

Managing Partner, Collab Capital

Spencer Bynes

Metro President – Atlanta, iHeartMedia

Ángel  Cabrera 

President, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jay Caiafa

Chief Operating Officer, IHG Hotel and Resorts

Kitty Chaney Reed

Chief Leadership, Culture and Inclusion Officer, IBM 

Fabiola  Charles Stokes 

Head of Global Sites Strategy, North America, Google, Inc.

Pedro  Cherry

President & CEO, Atlanta Gas Light & Chattanooga Gas

Stephen Childs

CHRO, Panasonic Automotive

Tom Chubb

Chairman & CEO, Oxford Industries, Inc.

Dallas Clement

President and CFO, Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Toby Clements

Chief Risk Officer, Operations, U.S. Bank

Steve Cohen

Partner, United Talent Agency 

Katie Comer

Head of Community Development, North America, Meta

Colin  Connolly

President & CEO, Cousins Properties

Bill Connors

President, Xfinity Comcast NBC Universal

Tyler Courtney

Managing Partner, Cushman & Wakefield

Gretchen Corbin

President & CEO, Georgia Lottery Corporation

Kim Crawford Goodman

CEO, Smarsh, Inc.

Jasmine Crowe

CEO & Founder, Goodr

David Cummings

CEO, Atlanta Ventures

Dave Dase

Head of Southeast Region, Goldman Sachs & Co. 

Cynthia Day

President & CEO, Citizens Trust

Clark Dean

Executive Managing Director, Transwestern

Paul Donahue

Executive Chairman, Genuine Parts Company

Mike Donnelly

President, Atlanta Region – Atlanta Community Bank, Wells Fargo

Michael Doss

President & CEO, Graphic Packaging International, Inc.

Martie Edmunds Zakas

CEO, Mueller Water Products, Inc.

Ben Elliott

CFO, USA Randstad

Dietmar Exler

COO, AMB Sport & Entertainment

Burt Fealing

EVP, General Counsel and Secretary, Southwire Company

Gregory Fenves

President, Emory University

Karl Fessenden

President and CEO, Brand Safeway

Christian Fischer

President and CEO, Georgia-Pacific

Steve Fisher

President & CEO, Novelis Inc.

Keith Fleming

Georgia Region Manager, JPMorgan Chase

Steve Forte

Managing Partner, Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP

Heather Fortner

CEO, SignatureFD

George  French

President, Clark Atlanta University

Susannah Frost

President, Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

Helene Gayle

President, Spelman College

Lawrence Gellerstedt

Managing Director, Foundry Commercial

Taylor Glover

President & CEO, Turner Enterprises, Inc.

Nick Goel

CFO, InnovaSolutions

Nipun Goel

Vice President, Business Line of Credit, American Express

Kristie Gonzales

President and General Manager, WXIA

BJ Green

State President, Atlanta Division, SouthState Bank

Kim Greene

Chairman, President & CEO, Georgia Power

Vivian Greentree

SVP, Head of Global Corporate Citizenship, Fiserv

Ernest Greer

Co-President, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Kevin Greiner

President & CEO, Gas South

Billal Hammoud

President and CEO, Honeywell Building Automation

John Hancock

President & CEO, Junior Achievement of Georgia

Richard Hare

Executive Vice President and CFO, Havertys

Venessa Harrison

President – Southeast Coastal States, AT&T

John Haupert

CEO, Grady Memorial Hospital

Richard Hays

Chairman & Managing Partner, Alston & Bird

Robert Hays

Chairman, King & Spalding

Glenn Hendrix

Chairman, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Steve Hennessy

Dealer Principal, Hennessy Automobile Co.

Will Herman

Managing Partner – Atlanta and Birmingham, Deloitte

Scott Herren

Executive VP and CFO, Cisco

Doug Hertz

Chairman & CEO, United Distributors, Inc.

Michael Hertz

Chief Operating Officer, United Distributors, Inc.

Tommy Holder

Chairman, Holder Construction

Dan Holland

Executive Vice President, Restaurant Banking, Cadence Bank

Julia Houston

Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, Equifax, Inc.

Karen Hughes

President and Owner, Corporate Environments

David Hult

President & CEO, Asbury Automotive Group

Laurel Hurd

President & CEO, Interface

Donna Hyland

President & CEO, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Kyle Jessen

Managing Director, Mid-Atlantic & Southeast Regions, Google Cloud

Josh Kamin

Managing Partner Atlanta Office, King & Spalding

Suja Katarya

CEO & Managing Partner, Procure Analytics LLC

Alex Katz

Managing Director of Government Relations, Blackstone

Kevin Kelly

Atlanta Managing Partner, PwC

Morgan Kendrick

EVP and President Commercial and Specialty, Elevance Health

Jim Kerr

Chairman, President, and CEO, Southern Company Gas

Raymond King

President & CEO, Zoo Atlanta

Katie Kirkpatrick

President and CEO, Metro Atlanta Chamber

Mark Kistulinec

Senior Partner and Managing Director, US Southeast, The Boston Consulting Group

Linda Klein

Senior Managing Shareholder, Baker Donelson

Nathan Knowles

Executive Managing Director and Market Leader, Colliers

Randy Koporc

EVP, Regional President, Georgia, Fifth Third Bank

Ken Krause

Executive Vice President and CFO, Rollins

Dan Krause

Senior Vice President, StateFarm

Leigh Anne Lanier

Market President, Verizon

Meredith Leapley

CEO & Founder, Leapley Construction

Randolph Legg

President and Head of Commercial Business, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA

David Leiter

Managing Partner – Atlanta Office and MidSouth Hub, KPMG

Steve Lewis

Chair, Troutman Pepper

Douglas Lindsay

CEO, Aaron’s, Inc.

Bill Linginfelter

Area President, Georgia/South Carolina, Regions Bank

Beth Lowry

President and CEO, Holder Construction

Simon Malko

Managing Partner, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Ryan Marshall

President & CEO, PulteGroup

Joel May

Administrative Partner, Atlanta, Jones Day

Barry McCarthy

President & CEO, Deluxe Corporation

Tim McCarthy

Market Director, Atlanta Region, JLL

Rich McKay

CEO, AMB Sports and Entertainment

Rob McKeel

CEO, Fortna

Roderick McLean

VP & GM, Air Mobility & Maritime Missions, Lockheed Martin

Chad McLeod

President, Reeves Young

Richard McPhail

CFO, The Home Depot

Eddie Meyers

Regional President – Georgia, PNC Bank

Virgil Miller

Deputy President, Aflac

Glenn Mitchell

Managing Partner – Atlanta, EY

Joy Mitchell

CEO, Office Creations

Hala Moddelmog

President and CEO, Woodruff Arts Center

Valerie Montgomery Rice

President & CEO, Morehouse School of Medicine

C. David Moody, Jr.

Owner, C.D. Moody Construction Company

Mary Moore

Founder & CEO, The Cook’s Warehouse

Jere Morehead

President, The University of Georgia

Natalie Morhous

CEO, RaceTrac, Inc

Andrew Morse

President and Publisher, The Atlanta Journal- Constitution

Camille Naughton

President, Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit

Michelle Nunn

President & CEO, CARE USA

John O’Neill

President and Managing Partner, Partners Real Estate

Tim Oliver

President and CEO, NCR Atleos

Stephanie Olson

Founder and Executive Chairman, We Are Rosie

Greg Paradies

President & CEO, Paradies Lagardère

Keith Parker

President & CEO, Goodwill of North Georgia

William Pate

President & CEO, Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau

Neal Patel

CEO, United Digestive

David Patton

VP- Business Strategy & General Counsel, Mohawk Industries, Inc.

Todd Penegor

President & CEO, Papa Johns International

Sonny Perdue

Chancellor, University System of Georgia

Bea Perez

Executive Vice President and Global Chief Communications, Sustainability & Strategic Partnerships Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

Egbert Perry

Chairman and CEO, The Integral Group LLC

Jason Perry

Atlanta Office Marketing Managing Partner, Grant Thornton LLP

Jonathan Pertchik

CEO, ANDMORE

Mike Popowski

CEO, Dagger

Dimitris Psillakis

President and CEO, Mercedes-Benz USA

Erica Qualls-Battey

Area General Manager, Marriott International Atlanta Marriott Marquis

Denise Quarles

Head of Strategic Initiatives, Siemens

Norman Radow

CEO, RADCO Companies

Jeremy Rainwater

CEO, Americas, TK Elevator Corporation

Wade Rakes

Chief Growth Officer, Centene

Elizabeth Rector

Head of Global Client Services, Visa

Shyam Reddy

President and CEO, BlueLinx Corporation

Steve Reis

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Timo Resch

President and CEO, Porsche Car North American

Angela Rittgers

SVPGM-AT&T Prepaid & Cricket Wireless, AT&T

A.J. Robinson

President, Central Atlanta Progress, Inc.

David Roemer

CEO, Ideas United

Michael Rogers

President and CEO, Dorsey Alston, Realtors

Michelle Routh

General Manager, Slalom

David Rubinger

Market President and Publisher, Atlanta Business Chronicle

Michael Russell

CEO, H.J. Russell & Company

Katie Saez

Georgia Regional President, Truist Bank

Andrew Saltzman

Chief Revenue Officer, Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena

Candice Saunders

President and CEO, WellStar Health System

Julie Schertell

President and CEO, Mativ

Derek Schiller

President and CEO, Atlanta Braves

Andrew Schlossberg

President and CEO, Invesco

Eric Schroeder

Managing Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Kathy Schwaig

President, Kennesaw State University

David Sewell

CEO, WestRock

Steak Shapiro

CEO, Bread N Butter Studio/Atlanta Eats

Mike Shannon

President, University of North Georgia

Brad Sinclair

Principal, Managing Partner, Avison Young

Clarence Smith

Chairman & CEO, Havertys

Ryan Smith

Executive Vice President, Atlanta Life Insurance Company

Seamus Smith

Group President, Worldpay

T. Dallas Smith

Founder & CEO, T. Dallas Smith & Company, LLC.

Tasha Smith

Alpharetta Chief Operating Officer, Morgan Stanley

Richard Spady

Managing Partner, Atlanta, Bain and Company

Jeff Sprecher

Chair and CEO, Intercontinental Exchange

Wendy Stewart

President, Global Commercial Banking, Bank of America

Bill Strang

President of Operations/ Ecommerce, TOTO USA, Inc.

Shane Sweeny

Senior Vice President of Technology, Fanduel

Eric Tanenblatt

Global Chair, Public Policy + Regulation, Dentons

Wendy Thomas

CEO, Secureworks

David Thomas

President, Morehouse College

Carol Tomé

CEO, UPS

Matthew Toms

Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, Voya Investment Management

Fay Twersky

President & Director, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Bill Underwood

President, Mercer University

Pat Upshaw-Monteith

President and CEO, Leadership Atlanta

Heidi Veltman

Chief Operating Officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan

Rohit Verma

CEO, Crawford & Company

Kyle Waide

CEO, Atlanta Community Food Bank

Henry Walker

Chair, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Kathy Waller

Executive Director, Atlanta Committee for Progress

Mark Wasserman

Managing Partner, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP & Co-Chief Executive Officer, Eversheds Sutherland Limited, Eversheds Sutherland

Jonathan Watkins

President, City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta

Shannon Watkins

CMO, Fiserv

Greg Weller

CEO, ServiceMaster

Dawn Whaley

President, Sharecare

Christine Whitaker

President, Central Division, Comcast

Dave Wilkinson

President & CEO, Atlanta Police Foundation

David Wilkinson

CEO, NCR Voyix

Jill Wilson

SVP, HR & Talent Development, Carter’s

Ryan Wilson

Co-Founder and CEO, The Gathering Spot

Chris Womack

Chairman, President & CEO, Southern Company

Ben Young

Chief & Publisher, Georgia Trend Magazine

Michael Zeto

Chief Commercial Officer, Boingo Wireless