Meet them now! - Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education

Georgia Partnership
for Excellence in
Education
Current Council
Members
October 2014
Phil Andrews
Susan Andrews
Jeanne Artime
Blake Ashbee
Kathy Ashe
Joseph Bankoff
Sandy Baxter
Michael Beaty
Julia Bernath
Renay Blumenthal
Lori Heemann Bodine
Rick Boyd
Maria Bradley
Winnette Bradley
Shirley Brooks
Andrew Broy
Brad Bryant
Debbie Burdette
Frank “Skipper” Burns
Dennis Carpenter
Amy A. Carter
Molly Casey
Louis Castenell
Tim Chason
Jemelleh Coes
Debbie Connell
Sheila Cornelius
John Culbreath
Kenneth Cutts
Frances Davis
President, Charter Schools Solutions, Atlanta
Deputy Superintendent, Race To The Top Implementation, Atlanta
Executive Director, CFY - Atlanta
Council, McKenna Long & Aldridge
Former Representative, District 56, Georgia House of
Representatives, Atlanta
President and CEO, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta
Executive Director, Communities In Schools, Milledgeville
Managing Director, KPMG, Atlanta
Member, Fulton County Board of Education, Atlanta
President, Grady Health Foundation, Atlanta
Director, Great Promise Partnership, Georgia Department of
Community Affairs, Atlanta
President and Co-Founder, Chattahoochee Marketing Group,
Gainesville
Principal, North Murray High School, Chatsworth
Principal, Richmond County Evening School, Augusta
Vice Chair, Ben Hill County Board of Assessors, Fitzgerald
President, Illinois Network of Charter Schools, Chicago
General Counsel, Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta
Executive Director, Certified Literate Community Program,
LaGrange
President, The Burns Company, Griffin
Deputy Superintendent, Newton County Schools, Covington
Teacher and State Representative House District 175, Valdosta
Administrator, Teen Parent Connection, Multi-Agency Alliance for
Children, Stockbridge
Retired Dean, College of Education, University of Georgia, Athens
President, The Chason Group, Cartersville
2014 Georgia Teacher of the Year
Executive Director, Dodge Connection, Communities in Schools of
Dodge County, Eastman
Family Engagement Specialist, Atlanta Public Schools
Educational Consultant, Albany
District Director, Office of the Honorable Sanford Bishop, Albany
Chief Human Resources Officer, Gwinnett County School System,
Lawrenceville
John DeCotis
Stanley DeJarnett
Gwen Desselle
Tom Dickson
Laura Dobbs
Karen Doty
Tracy Doyal, Ed.D.
Kristen Drake
Arlinda Eaton
Lee Echols
L.C. (Buster) Evans
Mike Gerber
Jean Gowen
John T. Grant, Jr.
Susan Graves
Kwame Griffith
Nancy Hall
Lisa Marie Haygood
Christie Haynes
Bob Heaberlin
Barbara Hill
Sharon Hill
Michael Holiman
Sheryl Holmes
Gale Hulme
Angela Hurtado
Cheri Husney
Laura James
Emily Jennette
David Johnson
Larry Johnson
Detrius Jones
Mable Jones
Margaret Hylton Jones
Jill Joplin
Craig Kennedy
Jane Kidd
Linda Kolbusz-Kosan
School Improvement Specialist, Griffin RESA, Griffin
Director, Vision for Public Education, Lawrenceville
Retired Educator, Moultrie, 2010 Georgia Teacher of the Year
Representative, District 6, Georgia House of Representatives,
Cohutta
Member Georgia PTA, Johns Creek
Principal, Langston Chapel Elementary School, Statesboro
Special Education In-School Coordinator, Willis Road Elementary
School, Sharpsburg
District Instructional Coach, DeKalb County Schools, Decatur
Dean of Education, Kennesaw State University, Marietta
Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Northside Hospital,
Atlanta
Assistant Commissioner of Education, Georgia Department of
Corrections, Forsyth
President, Cross Channel Initiatives, Atlanta
President, Nancy Travis Childcare Project, Inc., Athens
Chief Executive Officer, 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Atlanta
Assistant Principal, Sawyer Road Elementary School, Marietta
Executive Vice President of Regional Operations, Teach for
America, Atlanta
Professor of Decision Sciences, Emeritis, Kennesaw State
University, Marietta
President Elect, Georgia PTA, Canton
President, Dawson County Chamber of Commerce, Dawsonville
Senior Director and Administrative Officer, Off-Campus Programs,
University of West Georgia, Newnan
Assistant Professor, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta
Executive Director, Georgia Appleseed, Atlanta
Partner, Cornerstone Communications Group, Atlanta
Principal, Lincoln Elementary Magnet School, Albany
Executive Director, Georgia Leadership Institute for School
Improvement, Lawrenceville
Vice-President, Hispanic Organization Promoting Education
(HOPE)
Senior Director, KPMG LLP, Atlanta
Associate Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs, Georgia
Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville
System Mentor Teacher/2008 Georgia Teacher of the Year, Marietta
City Schools
President, United Community Bank, Rome
Retired, Barrow County Schools, Athens
Education Chair, Federal Legislative Specialist, Georgia PTA,
Athens
President, The Jones Connection, Atlanta
Principal, Margaret Jones & Associates, Decatur
Executive Director, DeKalb Library Foundation, Decatur
Dean, College of Education, University of Georgia, Athens
Special Assistant to the President, Piedmont College, Athens
Education Consultant, Linda Kolbusz-Kosan Consulting, Palatine,
IL
Donna Kosicki
Emily Lembeck
Carol Lewis
Andy Macke
Michelle Matthews
Leanne Maule
Diane McClearen
Craig McDaniel
Robetta D. McKenzie
Fran Millar
Christopher M. Moder
Joyce Morley-Ball
Tamara Nash
Louis Enrique Negron
Mike Nixon
Lourie Owens
Jose Perez
Jim Puckett
Louise Radloff
Catherine Ramos
Thomas Redmon
Vickie Reed
Stephanie Reid
Susan Reinhardt
Mark Riley
Patricia Rodewald
Patricia Ross, Colonel
(Ret.)
Brent Seyler
Neil Shorthouse
Danny Shoy
Betty Siegel
Freddie Powell Sims
Judy Sims
Gaye Smith
Trudy Sowar
Pat Stokes
Jeffrey Tapia
Michele Taylor
Benjy Thompson
Otha Thornton
Concerned Parent, Acworth
Superintendent, Marietta City Schools, Marietta
President, Communities In Schools of Georgia, Atlanta
Vice President, Comcast Cable Communications, Atlanta
President, Matthews Consulting Group, LLC, Decatur
Instructional Supervisor, Cartersville High School, Cartersville
Director of Community Relations, Oglethorpe Power Corporation,
Atlanta
President, Coosa Valley Technical College, Rome
Executive Director, Augusta-Richmond County Partnerships
Children-Families, Augusta
Senator and Senior Deputy Whip, District 40, Georgia State, Atlanta
ICAPP Program Director, University System of Georgia, Athens
President & CEO, Morley-Ball & Associates, Stone Mountain
Director, Center for Civic Engagement Oglethorpe University,
Atlanta
President, Louis E. Negron Associates, LLC, Lawrenceville
Executive Director, Transportation Education Foundation,
Sharpsburg
Intervention specialist and Program of Instruction coordinator,
Bulloch County Schools, Statesboro
President, Target Market Trends, Inc., Norcross
Professional Development Specialist, Georgia School Boards
Association, Lawrenceville
Member, Gwinnett County Board of Education, Norcross
Corporate External Affairs Manager, The Coca-Cola Company,
Atlanta
Partner, E. Powers & Associates, Atlanta
Superintendent, Murray County School System, Chatsworth
Principal Consultant, EDvise360, Rex
Operations Coordinator, University of Georgia Archway
Partnership, Athens
Managing Partner, Urban Realty Partners, Atlanta
Director of Education, High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Director, Military Affairs, Technical College System of Georgia,
Atlanta
Chief Executive Officer, Delphi Communications Inc., Duluth
Co-founder, Communities In Schools of Georgia, Atlanta
Program Director, East Lake Foundation, Atlanta
President Emeritus, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw
Senator, District 12, Georgia Senate, Albany
Member, Rome City Board of Education, Rome
Executive Director, Georgia Family Connection Partnership, Atlanta
Director of Risk Management, Georgia School Boards Association,
Lawrenceville
Executive Educator Services, Madison
Chief Executive Officer, Latin American Association, Atlanta
Superintendent, Calhoun City Schools, Calhoun
Chief Executive Officer, Development Authority of Bulloch County
& Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce, Statesboro
President, National PTA, Alexandria, VA
Tonja Tift
RickTownsend
David Trivino
Wilson Trivino
Gwen Tucker
Janeen Tucker
Norma M. Tucker
Catherine Turk
Susan Walker
Brian Wallace
Bob Watson
Charles Webb
Sally Whatley
Merchuria Chase
Williams
Pam Williams
Renae Willis
Wendy Wilson
Steve Wrigley
Jamil Zainaldin
Career Technical Instruction Coordinator, Tift County High School,
Tifton
Chief Executive Officer, Golden Isles Career Academy, Brunswick
Attorney, Latino Institute for Excellence, Marietta
Lecturer and Writer, Latino Institute for Excellence, Marietta
Chair, Warren County School System, Warrenton
Executive Vice President, Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of
Commerce, Columbus
Councilwoman, City of LaGrange
Program Coordinator, Ronald M. Simon Family Found., Stone Mtn.
School Governance and Flexibility Coordinator., Fulton County
Schools, Atlanta
Deputy Director Communications, Georgia Municipal Association,
Atlanta
Executive Director, 21st Century Leaders, Atlanta
Charles Webb Consulting, Statesboro
Retired Superintendent, Cuthbert
Regional Coordinator, African American Ministries Leadership
Council, Atlanta
Social Sciences Teacher, Appling County High School, Baxley,
2011 Georgia Teacher of the Year
Vice President of Business Development, LaGrange-Troup County
Chamber of Commerce
Director of Alumni Affairs, Albany State University, Albany
Executive Vice Chancellor of Administration, University System of
Georgia, Atlanta
President, Georgia Humanities Council, Atlanta