OUR PEOPLE
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Board of Directors
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Serena Levy - Board Chair
Southern Company Gas
Heather Balkema - Vice Board Chair
North Highland
Dr. Seema Csukas - Secretary
Community Leader
Dr. Marissa Pace - Treasurer
Emory University
Sarah Hess Mackenzie - General Counsel
Alston & Bird, LLP
Ashish Arya
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Hannah Basinger
Atlanta Braves
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
Molly Hinton
EY
Adrienne Leigh Hoyt
Zeno Group
John Jackson
BlackRock
Shamika Lackey
Nike
Puja Patel Lea
Troutman Pepper Locke
Bharath Parthasarathy
Slalom
Tracy Reznik
Jabian Consulting
Chirag Shah
Novelis
Mary Spanburgh
Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Brian Williams
Florida International University
Evelyn Zagami
The Coca-Cola Corporation
Wonya Lucas - Emeritus
Community Leader
Allan J. Tanenbaum - Emeritus
Taylor English Duma, LLP
Administration, Finance,
& Human Resources
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Edwin Link
Executive Director
Christy Costello
Director of Finance & Human Resources
Vernida Brown
Accounting Clerk
Keri Atkins
Bookkeeper
Stacy Melich
HR 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
Heidi Blackwell
Marketing Manager
Briana Griffiths
Digital Media Manager
BRAVE PR
Public Relations Firm
Exhibits & Education
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Karen Kelly
Director of Exhibits and Education
Kate Lafoy
Manager of Exhibits
Kiera Quinn
Manager of Public Programs
Dewayne Morgan
Mobile Learning Spaces Educator
Athena Malo
Programs Associate
Operations
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Lilliana Maflin
Director of Operations & Guest Experience
Natalia Vuley
Assistant Director of Operations & Guest Experience
Felix Crutcher
Guest Experience Manager
Kenna Martinez
Reservations Manager
Darrick Stokes
Facility Manager
Kim Kennedy
Guest Experience Lead
Keatyn Remmel
Guest Experience Lead
Meghan Zern
Guest Experience Lead
Board of Advisors
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Madelyn R. Adams
Kaiser Permanente Foundation
Tony Balloon
Alston & Bird LLP
Molly Battin
The Home Depot
Ken Bernhardt
Georgia State University
Staci Brill
The Eplan Group
Cherie Caldwell
Salesloft
Nina Cheney
Andee’s Army, Inc.
Justin Clay
NCR Voyix
Kristin Clyde
Community Leader
Ann Cramer
Coxe Curry & Associates
Erica Dechicchis
PNC
Barbarella Diaz
Diaz Foods
Barry Flink
Flink Inc.
Jennifer Frazer
Carter’s
Jane Hardesty
John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Mike Hobbs
Troutman Pepper Locke
Phillip Hodges
Ernst & Young - Ret.
Dani Hopkins-Robertson
DMHR Advisory
Raghu Kakarala
Bounteous
Nishant N. Mehta
MehtaCognition
Willson Overend
Verily
William Pate
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Brad Phelps
Coxe Communications
Alison Rand
Primerica - Ret.
Paul Robertson
Edge Capital Partners
Irma Shrivastava
R. Squared Strategic Solutions
F. Michael Tesler
Seacoast Bank
Adam Walker
Edgewise Media
Rich Warren
Egon Zehnder
Administration, Finance & Human Resources
Edwin Link
Executive Director
Christy Costello
Director of Finance & Human Resources
Vernida Brown
Accounting Clerk
Keri Atkins
Bookkeeper
Stacy Melich
HR Manager
Board of Advisors
Madelyn R. Adams
Kaiser Permanente Foundation
Tony Balloon
Alston & Bird LLP
Molly Battin
The Home Depot
Ken Bernhardt
Georgia State University
Staci Brill
The Eplan Group
Cherie Caldwell
Salesloft
Nina Cheney
Andee’s Army, Inc.
Justin Clay
NCR Voyix
Kristin Clyde
Community Leader
Ann Cramer
Coxe Curry & Associates
Erica Dechicchis
PNC
Barbarella Diaz
Diaz Foods
Barry Flink
Flink Inc.
Jennifer Frazer
Carter’s
Jane Hardesty
John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Mike Hobbs
Troutman Pepper Locke
Phillip Hodges
Ernst & Young - Ret.
Dani Hopkins-Robertson
DMHR Advisory
Raghu Kakarala
Bounteous
Nishant N. Mehta
MehtaCognition
Willson Overend
Verily
William Pate
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Brad Phelps
Coxe Communications
Alison Rand
Primerica - Ret.
Paul Robertson
Edge Capital Partners
Irma Shrivastava
R. Squared Strategic Solutions
F. Michael Tesler
Seacoast Bank
Adam Walker
Edgewise Media
Rich Warren
Egon Zehnder
Board of Directors
Serena Levy - Board Chair
Southern Company Gas
Heather Balkema - Vice Board Chair
North Highland
Dr. Seema Csukas - Secretary
Community Leader
Dr. Marissa Pace - Treasurer
Spelman College
Sarah Hess Mackenzie - General Counsel
Alston & Bird, LLP
Ashish Arya
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Hannah Basinger
Atlanta Braves
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
Molly Hinton
EY
Adrienne Leigh Hoyt
Zeno Group
John Jackson
BlackRock
Larry Jackson
PNC Bank
Shamika Lackey
Nike
Puja Patel Lea
Troutman Pepper Locke
Bharath Parthasarathy
Slalom
Tracy Reznik
Jabian Consulting
Chirag Shah
Novelis
Mary Spanburgh
Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Brian Williams
Florida International University
Evelyn Zagami
The Coca-Cola Corporation
Wonya Lucas - Emeritus
Community Leader
Allan J. Tanenbaum - Emeritus
Taylor English Duma, LLP
Exhibits & Education
Karen Kelly
Director of Exhibits and Education
Kate Lafoy
Manager of Exhibits
Kiera Quinn
Manager of Public Programs
Jacqueline Smalley
Assistant Director of School and Outreach
Dewayne Morgan
Mobile Learning Spaces Educator
Athena Malo
Programs Associate
Bailey Seeley
School and Outreach Associate
Operations
Lilliana Maflin
Director of Operations & Guest Experience
Natalia Vuley
Assistant Director of Operations & Guest Experience
Felix Crutcher
Guest Experience Manager
Kenna Martinez
Reservations Manager
Darrick Stokes
Facility Manager
Kim Kennedy
Guest Experience Lead
Keatyn Remmel
Guest Experience Lead
Meghan Zern
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
Heidi Blackwell
Marketing Manager
Briana Griffiths
Digital Media Manager
BRAVE PR
Public Relations Firm