Current Board Members

Chair

Mrs. Lisa White
Attorney, Savannah

Vice Chair

Ms. Ruth Knox

President, Wesleyan College, Macon

Secretary

Ms. Merryll Penson

Exec. Director, Library Services, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Athens

Treasurer

Mr. James Vaseff, AIA
Architect, Decatur

Members

Mrs. Mary Adams
Community Volunteer, Athens

Dr. Keith Bohannon

Associate Professor, Department of History,University of West Georgia, Carrollton

Mr. Tad Brown
President, Watson-Brown Foundation, Evans

Ms. Donna Buchanan

COO, United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, Roswell

Mr. Deke Copenhaver

Mayor, Augusta

Mr. John T. Grant, Jr.
Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, 100 Black Men of Atlanta

Dr. Calvin Grimes
Professor, Department of Music, Morehouse College, Atlanta

Mr. Thomas D. Hills
CFO, Office of the Governor, State of Georgia

Ms. Nicklaus Hogan

Community Volunteer, Savannah

Senator George Hooks
Legislator, Georgia General Assembly, Americus

Mrs. Judy Johnson
Artist and Art Teacher, Appling County Comprehensive High School, Baxley

Ms. Lauren Jones

Secretary/Treasurer, Virtual-OTA and Community Volunteer, Newnan

Dr. T. Marshall Jones

Adjunct Professor of Music, Albany State University, Albany

Mr. Ross King
Deputy Director, Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, Atlanta

Mr. Thomas Landrum

Senior Vice President for External Affairs , University of Georgia, Athens

Mr. Martin Lehfeldt
Author and consultant to the not-for-profit community, Atlanta

Ms. Loretta Parham

CEO and Library Director, Woodruff Library, AUC, Decatur

Dr. Lucretia Payton-Stewart
Associate Professor Emerita, Georgia State University, McDonough

Dr. David Potter
President, North Georgia College & State University

Dr. Larry Rivers

President, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley

Mr. Farid Sadri
President & CEO, Atlanta Latino, Norcross

Ms. Swann Seiler

Manager, Community Relations and Corporate Support, Savannah

Dr. Betty Siegel
President Emeritus, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw

Mr. Phil Smith

National Political Director, The Concord Coalition, Atlanta

Mr. Daniel Thompson
Community Volunteer, Atlanta

Dr. Ellen Thompson

Principal, Varnell Elementary School, Cohutta

Mr. James E. Toney

Principal, Cornerstone Communications Group, Grayson

Mr. Mike Vollmer
City Manager of Tifton, Tifton

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