Board of Directors

Many Thanks To Our…

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