Board of Directors

Sal Abbate

CEO, Veritiv

Rohit Agarwal

CEO, The Weather Company

Chris Ahrenkiel

Managing Principal, Cushman & Wakefield

Chris Alexander

Vice President, Operations, CLEAR

Mary Carol Alexander

Vice President, U.S. Oil, Gas and Energy, Microsoft

David Allman

Founder & Chairman, Regent Partners

Neil Ashe

President & CEO, Acuity, Inc.

Christopher Augostini

President, Emory University

Jay Bailey

President & CEO, HJ Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs

PJ Bain

CEO, PrimeRevenue, Inc.

Marc Balizer

Managing Director, BlackRock

Ed Bastian

CEO, Delta Air Lines, Inc.

JT Batson

CEO & Security General, U.S. Soccer

Kevin Blair

Chairman, President & CEO, Pinnacle

Brian Blake

President, Georgia State University

Aprill Blanco

SVP, Head of Southeast Region Government Relations & Public Policy, Wells Fargo

Riley Blount

President, AT&T Georgia

David Boehmig

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

DuBois Bowman

President, Morehouse College

Cameron Bready

CEO, Global Payments Inc.

Kevin Brown

President & CEO, Piedmont Healthcare

Paul Brown

CEO, Inspire Brands

Ron Brown

Vice President, Target

Ryan Buchanan

Atlanta Office Managing Partner, McGuireWoods

Nick Buford

Manager, Georgia, Amazon Inc.

Robert Bunch

President, East Region Commercial & Specialty Business, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia

Steve Burdette

President & CEO, Havertys

Travis Burke

President & CEO, Georgia Aquarium

Jewel Burks

Managing Partner, Collab Capital

Spencer Bynes

Metro President – Atlanta, iHeartMedia

Ángel Cabrera 

President, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jay Caiafa

CEO, Authority Brands

Charlinda Catchings 

U.S. Community Relations Lead, Cisco

Dan Cathy

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Chick-Fil-A

Adam Chamberlain

CEO, Mercedes-Benz USA

Jerome Cheatham

SVP, Area President, Verizon

Tom Chubb

Chairman & CEO, Oxford Industries, Inc.

Dan Clara

President & CEO, Asbury Automotive Group

Charlie Clark

State Head of Georgia Banking, Pinnacle

Dallas Clement

President & CFO, Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Toby Clements

Chief Operations Officer, SEVP

Mary Beth Coke

Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking, Regions Bank

Katie Comer

Head of Community Development, North America, Meta

Colin Connolly

President & CEO, Cousins Properties

Gretchen Corbin

President & CEO, Georgia Lottery Corporation

Winnifer Thomas-Cox

Atlanta Office Managing Director, Accenture

Shlomo Crandus

CEO, Wheels LLC

Kim Crawford Goodman

CEO, Smarsh, Inc.

David Cummings

CEO, Atlanta Ventures

Paul Curran

President & Publisher, Atlanta Journal Constitution

Tom Curry

SVP, Global Corporate Affairs, IHG Hotels & Resorts

Dave Dase

Head of Southeast Region, Goldman Sachs & Co. 

Cynthia Day

President & CEO, Citizens Trust

Clark Dean

Executive Managing Director, Transwestern

David Duncan

President & CEO, Georgia-Pacific

Jonathan Eady

Chairman, Arnall Golden Gregory

Penny L. Elkins

President, Mercer University

Ben Elliott

CFO, USA, Randstad

Todd Emerson

President, Harry Norman Realtors

April Estes

Office Managing Partner, Atlanta, PwC

Walt Farrell

President & CEO, Atlanta Gas Light

Burt Fealing

EVP, General Counsel & Secretary, Southwire Company

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

Patrick Frias

President & CEO, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Susannah Frost

President, Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

Jerry Gahlhoff

President & CEO, Rollins

Mark George

President & CEO, Norfolk Southern

Nipun Goel

Vice President, Business Line of Credit, American Express

Kristie Gonzales

President & General Manager, WXIA

Eric Gray

President & CEO, GE Vernova

BJ Green

Atlanta Group President, SouthState Bank

Kim Greene

Chairman, President & CEO, Georgia Power

Ernest Greer

Co-President, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Jill Greer

EVP, Investor Relations, Wheels Up

Kevin Greiner

President & CEO, Gas South

John Hancock

President & CEO, Junior Achievement of Georgia

Richard Hare

Executive Vice President & CFO, Havertys

Bruce Hausmann

Chief Financial Officer, Interface

Anthony Saul

President and COO, Grady Memorial Hospital

Imran Hayat

EVP & Chief Legal Officer, BrandSafway

Richard Hays

Chairman & Managing Partner, Alston & Bird

Robert Hays

Chairman, King & Spalding

Steve Hennessy

Dealer Principal, Hennessy Automobile Co.

Will Herman

Managing Partner – Atlanta and Birmingham, Deloitte

Scott Herren

Executive VP & CFO, Cisco

Doug Hertz

Chairman & CEO, United Distributors, Inc.

Michael Hertz

President, United Distributors, Inc.

Tommy Holder

Chairman, Holder Construction

Julia Houston

Chief Legal Officer, Equifax, Inc.

Dr. Ayanna Howard

President, Spelman College

Kyle Jessen

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

Samantha Jones

Regional President of Georgia, PNC Bank

Josh Kamin

Managing Partner Atlanta Office, King & Spalding

Jon Kaspers

Senior Client Partner, Global Industrial Markets, Korn Ferry

Suja Katarya

CEO & Managing Partner, Procure Analytics LLC

Alex Katz

Managing Director of Government Relations, Blackstone

Morgan Kendrick

EVP & President Commercial and Specialty, Elevance Health

Jim Kerr

Chairman, President, & CEO, Southern Company Gas

Katie Kirkpatrick

President & CEO, Metro Atlanta Chamber

Mark Kistulinec

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

Linda Klein

Senior Managing Shareholder, Baker Donelson

Rob Klein

CFO, ANDMORE

Randy Koporc

EVP, Regional President, Georgia, Fifth Third Bank

Deepa Krishnan

Vice President, Technical Sales & Customer Success, IBM

Pat LaPlatney

President & Co-CEO, Gray Media

David Leiter

Managing Partner – Atlanta Office and MidSouth Hub, KPMG

Greg Lewis

Co-Chief Executive Officer, Selig Enterprises

Robin Loudermilk

President & CEO, Loudermilk Companies

Mark Loutensock

SVP, Finance US Animal Health, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA

Beth Lowry

President & CEO, Holder Construction

Simon Malko

Managing Partner, Taft | Morris Manning

Igor Marinelli

CEO & Founder, Tractian

Ryan Marshall

President & CEO, PulteGroup

George Mattson

Chief Executive Officer, Wheels Up

Paul McAndrew

President & CEO, Mueller Water Products, Inc.

Mike McArdle

Senior Vice President, Big South Region, Comcast NBC Universal

Barry McCarthy

President & CEO, Deluxe Corporation

Tim McCarthy

Market Director, Atlanta Region, JLL

Rich McKay

CEO, AMB Sports and Entertainment

Rob McKeel

CEO, Fortna

Richard McPhail

Executive Vice President & CFO, The Home Depot

Jennifer Merritt

Atlanta Market Leader & Senior Managing Director, North Highland

Virgil Miller

President, Aflac

Joy Mitchell

CEO, Office Creations

Valerie Montgomery Rice

President & CEO, Morehouse School of Medicine

Mary Moore

Founder & CEO, The Cook’s Warehouse

Jere Morehead

President, The University of Georgia

Natalie Morhous

CEO, RaceTrac, Inc

David Nahmias

Partner, Jones Day

Camille Naughton

President, Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit

Carl Newton

Senior Managing Director, GA-AL Market Leader, Slalom

Caylee Noggle

President & CEO, Georgia Hospital Association

John O’Neill

President & Managing Partner, Partners Real Estate

Reggie O’Shields

President & CEO, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

Tim Oliver

President & CEO, NCR Atleos

Stephanie Olson

Founder & Executive Chairman, We Are Rosie

Trish Pagan

Vice President, Air Mobility & Maritime Missions and Marietta Site General Manager, Lockheed Martin 

Gregg Paradies

CEO, Paradies Lagardère

Keith Parker

President & CEO, Goodwill of North Georgia

William Pate

President & CEO, Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau

Hiral Patel

Chief Operating Officer, Georgia Region, Kaiser Permanente

Ketul Patel

President & CEO, WellStar Health System

Charles Peeler

White Collar & Government Investigations & Atlanta Office Managing Partner, Troutman Pepper Locke

Todd Penegor

President & CEO, Papa Johns

Sonny Perdue

Chancellor, University System of Georgia

Bea Perez

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

Jason Perry

Southeast Region Managing Partner, Grant Thornton

Rachel Perry

Head of Client Engagement, NA, AIG

Juan Picon

President & CEO, Honeywell Building Automation

Tammy Pollock

Regional Vice President, Communications, Smurfit WestRock

Mike Popowski

CEO, Dagger

Erica Qualls-Battey

Area General Manager, Marriott International Atlanta Marriott Marquis

Norman Radow

CEO, RADCO Companies

Jeremy Rainwater

CEO, Americas, TK Elevator Corporation

Ray Ramu

Executive Vice President & Chief Customer Officer, Saia LTL Freight

Shyam Reddy

President & CEO, BlueLinx Corporation

Steve Reis

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Timo Resch

President & CEO, Porsche Car North American

Robbert Rietbroek

President & Chief Executive Officer, Graphic Packaging

Tameka Rish

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, AMB Sports + Entertainment

Angela Rittgers

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

A.J. Robinson

President, Central Atlanta Progress, Inc.

Tony Robinson

Chief Legal & Compliance Officer & Secretary, Carter’s

David Roemer

CEO, Ideas United

Michael Rogers

President & CEO, Dorsey Alston, Realtors

David Rubinger

Market President & Publisher, Atlanta Business Chronicle

Michael Russell

CEO, H.J. Russell & Company

Katie Saez
Andrew Saltzman

President, Business Enterprises & Chief Commercial Officer, Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena

Regenia Sanders

Office Managing Partner, EY

Derek Schiller

President & CEO, Atlanta Braves

Andrew Schlossberg

President & CEO, Invesco

Randy Schultz

Regional President, Huntington Bank

Kathy Schwaig

President, Kennesaw State University

Steak Shapiro

CEO, Bread N Butter Studio/Atlanta Eats

Laurent Sellier

President & CEO, Smurfit WestRock

Mike Shannon

President, University of North Georgia

Morgan Shaw Parker

President & COO, Atlanta Dream

Jamie Shepherd

President & CEO, Shepherd Center

Mike Simonds

President & CEO, TriNet

Ryan Smith

Executive Vice President, Atlanta Life Insurance Company

Seamus Smith

Group President, FIS

T. Dallas Smith

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

Richard Spady

Managing Partner, Atlanta, Bain and Company

Heidi Speckhart

Chief Development Officer and Strategy Officer, Woodruff Arts Center

Jeff Sprecher

Chair & CEO, Intercontinental Exchange

Will Stengel

Chair-Elect & CEO, Genuine Parts Company

Wendy Stewart

President, Global Commercial Banking, Bank of America

Bill Strang

President of Operations/ Ecommerce, TOTO USA, Inc.

Bruce Swain

President & CEO, Crawford & Company

Eric Tanenblatt

Global Chair, Public Policy + Regulation, Dentons

Marcus Tate

President and Partner, Corporate Environments

Carol Tomé

CEO, UPS

Matthew Toms

Chief Executive Officer, Voya Investment Management

Fay Twersky

President & Director, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Laurie Tyson

Director, State and Local Government Affairs, Siemens

Pat Upshaw-Monteith

President & CEO, Leadership Atlanta

Rohit Verma

CEO, Alight

Kyle Waide

CEO, Atlanta Community Food Bank

Henry Walker

Chair Emeritus, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Kathy Waller

Executive Director, Atlanta Committee for Progress

Mark Wasserman

Partner/CEO Emeritus, Eversheds Sutherland

Allyson Watts

SVP, Southeastern Market, State Farm

Brian Webb-Walsh

EVP & CFO, NCR Voyix

Dawn Whaley

President, Sharecare

Clyde White

President & CEO, Centene Corporation

Dave Wilkinson

President & CEO, Atlanta Police Foundation

Ryan Wilson

Co-Founder & CEO, The Gathering Spot

Tory Winn

Principal, Managing Director, Gensler

David Withers

President, Turner Enterprises, Inc.

Chris Womack

Chairman, President & CEO, Southern Company

Ben Young

Editor in Chief & Publisher, Georgia Trend Magazine

Michael Zeto

Chief Commercial Officer, Boingo Wireless

Tim Zulawski

President, AMB Sports + Entertainment