Executive Staff
Gina Simpson President/CEO	Walter Jackson II Director of School Programs
Lesli Clarke Director of Development	Monique Terry-Shields Director of Community & Civic Engagement
Gloria Beck Controller	Tamala Fortson Director of Operation and Administration
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Board of Directors

Chloe Barzey Accenture Centergy One, Suite 1100 75th 5th Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30308 Jay Bernath, Mission Committee Chair President, C & S Wholesale Meat Co. 973 Confederate Avenue, SE Atlanta, GA 30312   Nick Costides, Board Vice-Chair UPS 55 Glenlake Parkway, NE Atlanta, GA 30328 Cigdem Delano Chief Information Officer Morehouse School of Medicine 720 Westview Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30310-1495   Andrew Drake Chief Technology Officer, Points of Light Institute 600 Means Street Atlanta, GA 30318 Tiffany Friesen, Board Secretary Regional Director, Southeast National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) 684 Confederate Avenue Atlanta GA 30312  LauraLee Gentry, Board Development Committee Chair Managing Partner, Egon Zehnder International Inc. 3475 Piedmont Road NE Suite 1900 Atlanta GA 30305 Mark Haidet, Board Chair Chief Financial Officer Radiant Systems, Inc. 3925 Brookside Parkway Alpharetta, GA 30022   Aubrey Harrell, Finance Committee Chair Partner, KPMG LLP 303 Peachtree Street Suite 2000 Atlanta, GA 30308-3210   Henry Hicks Principal, Red Clay Capital Holdings, LLC 1401 Peachtree Street Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30309   Jeff LaRocco, Fundraising Committee Chair Vice-President , A A LaRocco & Associates, Inc. 5880 Live Oak Parkway Suite 230 Norcross, GA 30093   Luis Manuel Ramirez General Electric Company 4200 Wildwood Parkway Atlanta, GA 30339   Holly Rhodes 4785 Jett Road Atlanta, GA 30327 Robert Rhodes, Board Treasurer Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice   Jason Rooks Clean Energy Solutions 18 Berkeley Road Avondale Estates, GA 30002 Becky Schmitt Senior Vice President, Finance LexisNexis Risk Solutions 1000 Alderman Drive  Alpharetta, GA 30005   Frank Ski President, The Frank Ski Foundation 217-9 16th Street Atlanta, GA 30363

Advisory Board

Cindy Abel Owner Abel Solutions, Inc. 3820 Mansell Road, Suite 260 Alpharetta, GA 30022	Kent Alexander Senior VP & General Counsel Emory University 201 Dowman Drive 401 Administration Building Atlanta, GA  30322
Bill Bolling Executive Director Atlanta Community Food Bank 732 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. NW Atlanta, GA  30318	Molly Burke General Counsel GE Energy Services, GE Energy 4200 Wildwood Parkway Atlanta, GA 30339-8402
Esther Campi Senior VP, Communications Metro Atlanta Chamber 235 Andrew Young Int’l Blvd. Atlanta, GA 30303	Ann Cramer Director – Americas CCCA IBM Corporation 4111 Northside Pkwy NW Lakeside Bldg, L09F20 Atlanta, GA  30327
Jocelyn Dorsey WSB-TV 1601 West Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA  30310	Andrew Drake Chief Technology Officer Points of Light Institute 600 Means Street Atlanta, GA 30318
Dean Eisner Cox Enterprises 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road Atlanta, GA 30328	Elise Eplan The Eplan Group 1737 Inverness Avenue Atlanta, GA 30306
Carolyn & Dave Gould 1880 Durand Mill Drive Atlanta, GA  30307	Jim Grien, Co-Chair Managing Director & Partner TM Capital Corp. Fifteen Piedmont Center, Suite 1010 Atlanta, GA 30305
Beverly Hall Superintendent Atlanta Public Schools 1628 Brandon Hall Drive Atlanta, GA 30303	Jennifer Hartz, Co-Chair President Corporate Hartz, LLC 300 Green Park Ct. Suite B Atlanta, Georgia  30327
Doug Hertz United Distributors 5500 United Drive Smyrna, GA  30082	Dave Kirkpatrick Collegiate Licensing Company, The 290 Interstate North, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA  30339
Chris Klaus Founder & CEO Klaus Entertainment, Inc. 5901 Peachtree Dundwoody Rd Building C Suite 200 Atlanta, Ga  30328	Debbie Maslia Principal In-Focus Consulting, LLC 1700 East Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30307
Sam & Colleen Nunn 75 14th Street, Unit 4810 Atlanta, GA  30309	Angela Payne James Partner Alston & Bird, LLP One Atlantic Center 1201 West Peachtree St. Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
Malcom Pritchett District Team Lead Target 2201 Cobb Parkway Smyrna, GA 30080	Diane Prucino Co-Managing Partner 1100 Peachtreet Street, Suite 2800 Atlanta, GA 30309
Scott Rafshoon Partner McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP 303 Peachtree Street, Suite 5300 Atlanta, GA 30308	Wendell Reilly Managing Partner Grapevine Partners, LLC 400 Colony Square, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA  30361
Danny Shoy Program Officer The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation 3223 Howell Mill Road, NW Atlanta, GA 30327	Aaron Watson Principal Attache Public Affairs 1261 Caroline Street, Suite 108 Atlanta, GA 30307
Sam Zamarripa President Zamarripa Capital Inc. 817 West Peachtree Street #915 Atlanta, Georgia  30308