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Operation Hope moving HQ from L.A. to Atlanta

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on May 6, 2016

An influential poverty-fighting organization – Operation HOPE – is consolidating its global headquarters in Atlanta.

A lunch meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta on May 9 will be a time to “introduce Operation HOPE to Atlanta,” said Bill Rogers, CEO of SunTrust Banks Inc., which is hosting the event.

At the same time, Operation HOPE will be announcing a major local initiative called Atlanta Uplift 2020 that will become a model for how the organization plans to fight poverty on a national and even international basis.

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Column: Global Ministries begins HQ move from New York to Atlanta

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 29, 2016

Global Ministries, the philanthropic arm of the United Methodist Church, has received a $1.5 million grant from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation to move its headquarters from New York to Atlanta.

Thomas Kemper, general secretary of Global Ministries, said in a telephone conversation April 26 the organization has already started moving people to Atlanta. The move should be completed by October when a total of 168 staff members will be located in Atlanta. About 40 percent of them will be moving here from New York.

Global Ministries has worked out a partnership to co-locate with Grace United Methodist Church at the corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Charles Allen Drive. A building for the global nonprofit is being reconstructed for the headquarters.

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Column: American Heart Association’s Atlanta director gets national role

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 22, 2016

Michael Privette, who has served as the executive director of the American Heart Association’s Atlanta division for the past five years, is being promoted to a national role – as AHA’s nation director of the Go Red for Women Campaign – beginning July 1.

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Column: Innovative downtown high school needs millions to move

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 15, 2016

So close, and yet so far.

The Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School has received a $3 million gift from the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation to help the innovative school renovate and move into a downtown office building.

But before it can make the move, Cristo Rey, which serves students from lower-income families, will need to raise up to another $3 million for the renovation and up to another $6 million to build a gym that would also be the assembly area for the school.

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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon visits Atlanta

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 15, 2016

When Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., came to Atlanta April 8 to speak to members of the Metro Atlanta Chamber, he was on familiar turf.

There was a time when Dimon, who had been ousted by CitiGroup CEO Sandy Weill, considered moving to Atlanta to become CEO of The Home Depot Inc.

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Time running out as GM plant project stays stuck in neutral

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By Maria Saporta and Douglas Sams
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 15, 2016

The redevelopment of the 165-acre former Doraville General Motors plant, one of Georgia’s largest-ever real estate projects, is in danger of running into a ditch.

That dire assessment comes from the project’s developer, Atlanta-based The Integral Group LLC, which wants to turn the site along Atlanta’s northeast Perimeter into 10 million square feet of office towers, stores, apartments and restaurants on MARTA’s Gold Line. The concerns are also echoed by Doraville city officials and metro and county economic development leaders.

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Column: Carlos, Vance to be honored for their philanthropic generosity

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 8, 2016

Two Atlanta leaders will be recognized for their generosity on Nov. 1 at the Georgia Aquarium during one of Atlanta’s most prestigious annual events, National Philanthropy Day.

Chris M. Carlos, a patron of the arts, will receive the Philanthropist of the Year award; and Lucy Carpenter Vance, a longtime Families First board member and campaign chair, will be awarded as the Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year.

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Mercedes’ new CEO finds Southern hospitality in Atlanta

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 8, 2016

On Dec. 18 of last year, Dietmar Exler was planning to leave that afternoon with his family to fly to his home country of Austria for the holidays.

But at 4:30 a.m. that Friday morning, the phone rang. It was Ola Källenius, the global head of marketing and sales for Mercedes-Benz.

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Column: Arthritis Foundation reintroducing itself to Atlanta

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 1, 2016

Back in the 1970s, the Arthritis Foundation was one of the first national nonprofits to move it headquarters from New York City to Atlanta.

Now – four decades later – the Arthritis Foundation wants to become much better known in the Atlanta community. The Foundation recently sold its building on West Peachtree Street and moved a couple of blocks away to 1355 Peachtree St., where it is leasing one floor.

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Gov. Deal’s ‘religious liberty’ veto downplayed business influence

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 1, 2016

Even before the 2016 Georgia legislative session began, the business community at the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s annual meeting in December let it be known it would fight any religious liberty bill that could possibly cause discrimination.

And as various versions of a religious liberty bill were introduced, amended and ultimately passed both houses, the objections from business leaders, industries, organizations and major conventions grew even louder — with some saying they would boycott Georgia if the bill became law.

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Column: Late John Imlay lives on through robust foundation

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on March 25, 2016

John Imlay, the late Atlanta technology giant and philanthropist, passed away suddenly from a heart attack a year ago on March 25. But Imlay, who was larger than life when he was alive, will live on through a much more robust family foundation.

In anticipation of its increased role, the Imlay Foundation is naming its first outside executive director – Rob Smulian, previously vice president of philanthropy for the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta.

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Column: Sage Group making a philanthropic imprint in Atlanta

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on March 18, 2016

After deciding to establish its North American headquarters in Atlanta last year, Sage Group is now making a philanthropic imprint in the community.

The accounting software company, located in Atlantic Station, launched the Sage Foundation’s North American giving in Atlanta on March 15.

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Rick Smith is proud of Equifax’s transformation

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on March 18, 2016

After a decade as CEO of Equifax, Rick Smith has turned the credit reporting company into an information technology powerhouse operating in 27 countries around the world.

It’s a transformation easily overlooked by the general consumer, who still connects Equifax with credit scores and credit information.

But in the business-to-business world, Equifax is becoming recognized as a one-of-a-kind technology firm that can compile, analyze and fuse multiple databases so that other companies can better understand their customers as well as strategically identify prospective customers.

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Column: Shan Cooper talks about why she left Lockheed for WestRock

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on March 11, 2016

One of Atlanta’s senior women executives – Shan Cooper – stepped down as vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin in Marietta on Feb. 5 so she could stay in town. Fortunately, she was able to stay in Atlanta by joining the executive team of WestRock, a Fortune 500 company that is co-headquartered in Richmond, Va. and Norcross.

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United Way HQ sale could cause waves for nonprofits

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By Maria Saporta and Doug Sams
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on March 11, 2016

United Way of Greater Atlanta has selected real estate services firm Colliers International to market its 4-acre downtown campus for a possible sale.

Colliers beat out three other firms, after pitching a proposal to United Way that included the possibility of selling the 18-story tower on the campus and converting it to student housing.

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Column: Wells Fargo’s Mike Donnelly shoulders big Atlanta civic roles

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on March 04, 2016

For nearly five years, Mike Donnelly has been Wells Fargo’s regional president in Atlanta. And in that time, he’s become so involved in the Atlanta community he never wants to leave.

Donnelly is preparing to chair the 2016/2017 campaign for the United Way of Greater Atlanta, and he has recently become the board chairman of the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership.

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Column: Delta plans significant increase in charitable giving

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on February 26, 2016

Delta Air Lines, already a significant contributor in the community, is announcing a major increase in its giving.

In a telephone interview on Feb. 24, Delta President Ed Bastian said the airline is announcing to employees that it will make an annual commitment to donate 1 percent of its net profits earned in the previous year.

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Longtime Atlanta AT&T Mobility exec Ralph de la Vega moving to Dallas

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on February 26, 2016

Atlanta’s top booster at AT&T, Ralph de la Vega, is moving to Dallas as part of his promotion to vice chairman of the international telecommunications company.

But Atlanta will continue to be a critical hub for AT&T, De la Vega said in a telephone interview before heading to Barcelona, Spain, for the annual Mobile World Congress, where he was a speaker on Feb. 22.

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Greenberg Traurig realigns leadership of booming Atlanta office

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By Maria Saporta
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on February 19, 2016

High-profile Atlanta lawyer Ernest Greer is becoming co-president of Greenberg Traurig LLP, a move that will realign the leadership of the law firm’s Atlanta office.

Greer, who served as chairman of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce in 2014, will continue to be based in Atlanta although most of his duties will now focus on client development on a national and international scale.

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