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.
Jason Esteves
Hudson Cook, LLP
Trisha Hardy
Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Tracie Hawkins-Simpson
Kaiser Permanente
John Jackson
BlackRock
Shamika Lackey
Croud
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 Company
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
Karen Kelly
Director of Special Exhibits
Gillian Skipper
Assistant Director of Facility Operations
Keri Atkins
Bookkeeper
Vernida Brown
Accounting Clerk
Markethia McDonald
HR Generalist
Nashana Pritchett
Education Program Specialist
Strategic Advancement
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Erin Brooks
Director of Strategic Advancement
Laura Halad
Assistant Director of Advancement and Special Events
Peyton Corder
Strategic Advancement Manager
Lilly Heidari
Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager
Marketing
& Sales
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Rebecca Morelo Jackson
Director of Marketing and Sales
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
Guest Experience & Programs
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Natalia Vuley
Director of Guest Experience & Programs
Felix Crutcher
Assistant Director of Guest Experience
Rachel Bova
Assistant Director of Programs
Liz Seidel
School and Outreach Associate
Kim Kennedy
Guest Experience Coordinator
Athena Malo
Museum Programs Coordinator
Dewayne Morgan
Mobile Learning Spaces Educator
Keatyn Remmel
Guest Experience Coordinator
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
Karen Kelly
Director of Special Exhibits
Gillian Skipper
Assistant Director of Facility Operations
Keri Atkins
Bookkeeper
Vernida Brown
Accounting Clerk
Markethia McDonald
HR Generalist
Nashana Pritchett
Education Program Specialist
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.
Jason Esteves
Hudson Cook, LLP
Trisha Hardy
Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Tracie Hawkins-Simpson
Kaiser Permanente
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 Company
Wonya Lucas - Emeritus
Community Leader
Allan J. Tanenbaum - Emeritus
Taylor Duma LLP
Guest Experience & Programs
Natalia Vuley
Director of Guest Experience & Programs
Felix Crutcher
Assistant Director of Guest Experience
Rachel Bova
Assistant Director of Programs
Liz Seidel
School and Outreach Associate
Kim Kennedy
Guest Experience Coordinator
Athena Malo
Museum Programs Coordinator
Dewayne Morgan
Mobile Learning Spaces Educator
Keatyn Remmel
Guest Experience Coordinator
Strategic Advancement
Erin Brooks
Director of Strategic Advancement
Laura Halad
Assistant Director of Advancement and Special Events
Peyton Corder
Strategic Advancement Manager
Lilly Heidari
Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager
Marketing & Sales
Rebecca Morelo Jackson
Director of Marketing and Sales
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