Board of Directors
2026-27 Board of Directors and Advisors
Beth Schiavo, Executive Director
Executive Committee
Sydney Langdon, Board Chair
John Tester, Board Treasurer
Joe King, Vice-Chair of Development
Larry Mark, Vice-Chair of Governance
Mary Lynn Realff, Secretary
Jeff Blake, Immediate Past Chair
Vincent Anthony, Founder and Executive Director Emeritus
Beth Schiavo, President & Executive Director
Board of Directors
Scott Autrey / Community Volunteer
Jonathan Awtrey / Home Depot
Lohr Beck / King & Spalding
Margo A. Brinton, Ph.D. / Georgia State University
Penny Clements / Emory University
Cheryl Henson / President, The Jim Henson Foundation
Whitney Hillyer / Salesforce
Cal Jennison / Community Volunteer
Joe King / Retired Partner – EY
Sydney Langdon / Senior Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Warner Bros. Discovery
Larry M. Mark / Retired, The Coca-Cola Company
Sophie Merven / VP, Brand, PR & Events, Inspire Brands
Lauren Sullins Ralls / Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Mary Lynn Realff, Ph.D. / Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kim Rousseau / Principal, Perkins&Will
Ryan Smith / Partner, EY
John T. Tester / SVP and Chief Accounting Officer, Acuity Brands
Jessica Warner / SouthState Bank
Andrew Wilson / Synovus
Advisors
Robert H. Barnett / Chief Transformation Officer, Brookwood Baptist Health
Jeff Blake / Merchant & Gould
John T. Chandler, Jr. / Equifax Inc. (Retired)
Anne L. Cross / Senior Vice President, Private Client Advisor, Bank of America
Sherrod DeGrippo / Director of Threat Intelligence Strategy, Microsoft
Judy Garland / Community Volunteer
J. Cameron Hardin / Sales Manager, Lighting and Smart Services, Georgia Power Company
Christopher Hardwick / Managing Director and Founder, Build Technology Group
Mike Hostinsky / Partner, Risk Advisory, Bennett Thrasher
Vir Nanda / Community Volunteer
Kristi Patterson / Resident Consultant, Bentley Systems
Lois Reitzes / WABE
Dean DuBose Smith / Community Volunteer
Dana Sugar (Board Treasurer) / Investment Portfolio Management, Bank of America
Allen W. Yee (Immediate Past Board Chair) / Community Volunteer
