OUR PEOPLE
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Board of Directors
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Heather Balkema - Board Chair
North Highland
Serena Levy - Immediate Past Chair
Southern Company Gas
Dr. Seema Csukas - Secretary
Community Leader
Molly Hinton - Treasurer
EY
Sarah Hess Mackenzie - General Counsel
Alston & Bird LLP
Hannah Basinger
Atlanta Braves
Tia Bohannon
Georgia Power
Lauren Bonapfel
UPS
Stephanie Buzzell
The Home Depot
Fabiola Charles Stokes
Google
David Edwards
PowerA, ACCO Brands Inc.
Senator Jason Esteves
Georgia General Assembly
Trisha Hardy
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Tracie Hawkins-Simpson
Kaiser Permanente
Adrienne Leigh Hoyt
Zeno Group
John Jackson
BlackRock
Shamika Lackey
Formerly Nike
Dr. Marissa Pace
Emory University
Bharath Parthasarathy
Slalom
Puja Patel Lea
Troutman Pepper Locke
Tracy Reznik
Insight Global
Jared Serwer
Perkins&Will
Chirag Shah
Novelis
Avery Walker
PNC Bank
Dr. Brian Williams
Florida International University
Evelyn Zagami
The Coca-Cola Corporation
Wonya Lucas - Emeritus
Community Leader
Allan J. Tanenbaum - Emeritus
Taylor Duma LLP
Administration, Finance & Operations
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Edwin Link
Executive Director
Christy Costello
Director of Finance & Operations
Vernida Brown
Accounting Clerk
Keri Atkins
Bookkeeper
Darrick Stokes
Facility Manager
Strategic Advancement
& External Affairs
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Kate McNeely
Director of Strategic Advancement and External Affairs
Laura Halad
Assistant Director of Advancement and Special Events
Andrea Reed
Assistant Director of Advancement: Corporate and Foundation Relations
Andra Gold
Individual Giving Manager
Lilly Heidari
Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager
Peyton Corder
Development Associate
Marketing
& Sales
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Rebecca Morelo Jackson
Director of Marketing and Sales
Soulangie Leeper
Senior Sales Manager
Heidi Blackwell
Marketing Manager
Grace Ferreira
Education Sales Manager
Briana Griffiths
Digital Media Manager
Lana Zring
Membership Manager
Terra Dexter
Reservations Coordinator
Meghan Zern
Reservations Coordinator
BRAVE PR
Public Relations Firm
Exhibits & Education
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Karen Kelly
Director of Exhibits and Education
Rachel Bova
Assistant Director of School and Outreach
Kate LaFoy
Manager of Exhibits
Kiera Quinn
Manager of Public Programs
Athena Malo
Programs Associate
Liz Seidel
School and Outreach Associate
Dewayne Morgan
Mobile Learning Spaces Educator
Guest Experience
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Natalia Vuley
Director of Guest Experience
Felix Crutcher
Guest Experience Manager
Kim Kennedy
Guest Experience Lead
Keatyn Remmel
Guest Experience Lead
Board of Advisors
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Madelyn R. Adams
GreenLight Fund Atlanta
Tony Balloon
Alston & Bird LLP
Molly Battin
The Home Depot
Ken Bernhardt
Georgia State University
Staci Brill
Be Philanthropy Partners
Cherie Caldwell
The Cherie Caldwell Company
Nina Cheney
Andee’s Army, Inc.
Justin Clay
NCR Voyix
Kristin Clyde
Community Leader
Ann Cramer
Coxe Curry & Associates
Erica Dechicchis
PNC Bank
Barbarella Diaz
Diaz Foods
Barry Flink
Flink Inc.
Jennifer Frazer
Carter’s Inc.
Jane Hardesty
John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Mike Hobbs
Troutman Pepper Locke
Phillip Hodges
EY - Ret.
Dani Hopkins-Robertson
DMHR Advisory
Raghu Kakarala
Bounteous
Nishant N. Mehta
MehtaCognition
Willson Overend
Verily
William Pate
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Brad Phelps
Cox Automotive Inc.
Alison Rand
Primerica - Ret.
Paul Robertson
SCS Financial
Irma Shrivastava
R. Squared Strategic Solutions
F. Michael Tesler
Seacoast Bank
Adam Walker
Edgewise Media
Rich Warren
Egon Zehnder
Administration, Finance & Operations
Edwin Link
Executive Director
Christy Costello
Director of Finance & Operations
Vernida Brown
Accounting Clerk
Keri Atkins
Bookkeeper
Darrick Stokes
Facility Manager
Board of Advisors
Madelyn R. Adams
GreenLight Fund Atlanta
Tony Balloon
Alston & Bird LLP
Molly Battin
The Home Depot
Ken Bernhardt
Georgia State University
Staci Brill
Be Philanthropy Partners
Cherie Caldwell
The Cherie Caldwell Company
Nina Cheney
Andee’s Army, Inc.
Justin Clay
NCR Voyix
Kristin Clyde
Community Leader
Ann Cramer
Coxe Curry & Associates
Erica Dechicchis
PNC Bank
Barbarella Diaz
Diaz Foods
Barry Flink
Flink Inc.
Jennifer Frazer
Carter’s Inc.
Jane Hardesty
John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Mike Hobbs
Troutman Pepper Locke
Phillip Hodges
EY - Ret.
Dani Hopkins-Robertson
DMHR Advisory
Raghu Kakarala
Bounteous
Nishant N. Mehta
MehtaCognition
Willson Overend
Verily
William Pate
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Brad Phelps
Cox Automotive Inc.
Alison Rand
Primerica - Ret.
Paul Robertson
SCS Financial
Irma Shrivastava
R. Squared Strategic Solutions
F. Michael Tesler
Seacoast Bank
Adam Walker
Edgewise Media
Rich Warren
Egon Zehnder
Board of Directors
Heather Balkema - Board Chair
North Highland
Serena Levy - Immediate Past Chair
Southern Company Gas
Dr. Seema Csukas - Secretary
Community Leader
Molly Hinton - Treasurer
EY
Sarah Hess Mackenzie - General Counsel
Alston & Bird LLP
Hannah Basinger
Atlanta Braves
Tia Bohannon
Georgia Power
Lauren Bonapfel
UPS
Stephanie Buzzell
The Home Depot
Fabiola Charles Stokes
Google
David Edwards
PowerA, ACCO Brands Inc.
Senator Jason Esteves
Georgia General Assembly
Trisha Hardy
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Tracie Hawkins-Simpson
Kaiser Permanente
Adrienne Leigh Hoyt
Zeno Group
John Jackson
BlackRock
Shamika Lackey
Formerly Nike
Dr. Marissa Pace
Emory University
Bharath Parthasarathy
Slalom
Puja Patel Lea
Troutman Pepper Locke
Tracy Reznik
Insight Global
Jared Serwer
Perkins&Will
Chirag Shah
Novelis
Avery Walker
PNC Bank
Dr. Brian Williams
Florida International University
Evelyn Zagami
The Coca-Cola Corporation
Wonya Lucas - Emeritus
Community Leader
Allan J. Tanenbaum - Emeritus
Taylor Duma LLP
Exhibits & Education
Karen Kelly
Director of Exhibits and Education
Rachel Bova
Assistant Director of School and Outreach
Kate LaFoy
Manager of Exhibits
Kiera Quinn
Manager of Public Programs
Athena Malo
Programs Associate
Liz Seidel
School and Outreach Associate
Dewayne Morgan
Mobile Learning Spaces Educator
Guest Experience
Natalia Vuley
Director of Guest Experience
Felix Crutcher
Guest Experience Manager
Kim Kennedy
Guest Experience Lead
Keatyn Remmel
Guest Experience Lead
Strategic Advancement & External Affairs
Kate McNeely
Director of Strategic Advancement and External Affairs
Laura Halad
Assistant Director of Advancement and Special Events
Andrea Reed
Assistant Director of Advancement: Corporate and Foundation Relations
Andra Gold
Individual Giving Manager
Lilly Heidari
Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager
Peyton Corder
Development Associate
Marketing & Sales
Rebecca Morelo Jackson
Director of Marketing and Sales
Soulangie Leeper
Senior Sales Manager
Heidi Blackwell
Marketing Manager
Grace Ferreira
Education Sales Manager
Briana Griffiths
Digital Media Manager
Lana Zring
Membership Manager
Terra Dexter
Reservations Coordinator
Meghan Zern
Reservations Coordinator
BRAVE PR
Public Relations Firm