By Maria Saporta
For more than 40 years, Leadership Atlanta has been nurturing leaders through a year-long training program that educates, inspires and connects with other community leaders.
On Monday, Leadership Atlanta announced its Class of 2013 — 84 established leaders who “share a common desire to move Atlanta forward by delving deeply into the city’s issues,” according to the release announcing the new class.
These 84 leaders will participate in retreats, full-day seminars, service projects, discussion groups and community tours; and the members will explore critical regional issues while examining their roles as leaders.
Through the year-long program, they will build relationships of trust and mutual understanding, the release stated.
Leadership Atlanta was formed in the early 1970s, and since then it has trained thousands of leaders to help create a more unified metro Atlanta and promote a shared prosperity. Leadership Atlanta is the oldest continuously running training program of its type in the country.
For more information on Leadership Atlanta and its programs, please visit the organization’s website: www.leadershipatlanta.org.
Here is a list of the members in the Leadership Atlanta 2013 Class:
Phillip Baldwin
President and Chief Executive Officer
CredAbility
Susannah Balish
Manager
Cox Communications
Donna Bergeson
Partner
Alston + Bird
Andy Bodea
Officer, Global Operations
Equifax, Inc.
John Brewer
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Vantage Capital Group
Karen Brewer-Edwards
Regional General Manager
Wal-Mart, Inc.
Althea Broughton
Partner
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Ed Buckley
Partner
Buckley & Klein LLP
David Burge
Partner
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Jada Bussey-Jones
Director
Emory University
Jason Byars
Director, Business Development
Veolia Energy NA
Constance Callahan
Vice President
SunTrust Bank
Steve Church
Senior Director, Public Affairs
Georgia-Pacific
Bert Clark
Principal and Owner
Estate Strategies Group, LLC
Kelvin Cochran
Fire Chief
City of Atlanta
LeighAnn Costley
Principal
UHY LLP
Andy Crowe
Chief Executive Officer
Velociteach
Tony Dozier
President and Chief Executive Officer
TDC Systems Intergration, Inc.
Larry Drake
Chief Executive Officer
Hope 360 Inc.
Jim Durrett
Executive Director
Buckhead Community Improvement District
Susan Edlein
Judge, State Court
Fulton County State Court
Glianny Fagundo
Partner
Elarbee Thompson Sapp and Wilson LLP
Amir Farokhi
Executive Director
Georgia Forward, Inc.
Marion Fedrick
Assistant Commissioner, Total Rewards
Human Resources, State of Georgia
Dwight Ferrell
Deputy General Manager and Chief Operating Officer
MARTA
Matt Gove
Chief Marketing Officer
Piedmont Healthcare
Kevin Grimes
Chief Executive Officer
CFO Leasing, Inc.
Stacy Grooms
Director
IBM Corporation
Aubrey Harrell
Partner
KPMG LLP
David Hartnett
Vice President, Economic Development
Metro Atlanta Chamber
Mona-Lee Harty
President and Chief Executive Officer
PSR Associates, Inc.
Sarah Hawk
Shareholder
Ogletree Deakins
Jeff Hilimire
President and Chief Digital Officer
Engauge
Deb Houry
Associate Professor
Emory University
Jon Howell
President and Chief Executive Officer
Georgia Health Care Association
Brett Jacobsen
Head of School
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian School
David Jernigan
Executive Director
KIPP Metro Atlanta
Martina Jimenez
Financial Advisor
Eagles Strategies, LLC, a subsidiary of New York Life
Peggy Johnson
Owner
Peggy Still School of Music
Joann Jones
Office Managing Partner
McKenna Long & Aldridge
Patrick Jones
Associate Partner
Rosetta
Steve Kennedy
Managing Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Lauren Kiefer
Chief Operating Officer
DocAuto, Inc.
Parisa Khosravi
Senior Vice President, CNN Worldwide
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Darnita Killian
Vice President, Student Affairs
Spelman College
Late Lawson-Lartego
Direcotor, Economic Development Unit
CARE USA
Cheryl Lomax
Senior Vice President, Georgia Market Manager
Bank of America
Trey Loughran
President, Equifax Personal Information Solutions
Equifax, Inc.
Francisco Luciano
General Sales Manager
Cox Media Group
Tony Luigs
Vice President, Finance
The Home Depot, Inc.
Todd Markle
Superior Court Judge
Fulton County State Court
Santiago Marquez
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Brandon Marzo
Partner and Practice Group Leader
Troutman Sanders LLP
Kirk McGhee
Vice President and Counsel
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc.
Jessica McKinney
Director, Contracts
GE Energy
Glenda McMillan
Regional Director
Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services
Helen McSwain
Program Director
ATKINS North America, Inc.
Roddie Melvin
Managing Director
FedEx Express Corporation
Siva Mohan
Partner and Cardiologist
Southern Heart Specialists
Valerie Montgomery Rice
Dean and Executive Vice President
Morehouse School of Medicine
Donald Mueller
Executive Director, Marcus Autism Center
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Elena Parent
State Representative, House District 81
Georgia General Assembly
Bharath Parthasarathy
Associate Legal Advisor
Georgia State University
Eric Phillips
Vice President
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Eric Pinckney
Vice President
The Integral Group LLC
Michael Pitcher
President and Chief Executive Officer
Lease Plan
Diane Prucino
Managing Partner
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Roy Rangel
President
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Marci Reed
Executive Director
American Institute of Architects, Georgia Assoc
Tim Robinson
Vice President, Human Resources
UPS
Julie Seitz
Director, Workplace of the Future
The Coca-Cola Company
Judith Service Montier
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta
Dan Sherman
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig
Sarah Kathryn Smith
President and Founder
Eight at Eight Dinner Club
Carolyn Stefanco
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College
Agnes Scott College
Joe Surber
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
AGL Resources
Caroline Tanner
Partner
Holland & Knight LLP
Marc Taylor
Founding Partner
Taylor English
Jennifer Van Buskirk
Senior Vice President, Consumer Strategy
AT&T
Armand A. Vari, Jr.
Partner
Jacoby Development, Inc
Moira Vetter
Chief Executive Officer
Modo Modo Agency
Raphael Warnock
Senior Pastor
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Warren Williams
Principal
Lord, Aeck & Sargent
Yvonne Yancy
Commissioner, Department of Human Resources
City of Atlanta
