OUR PEOPLE
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OPERATIONS
Lilliana Maflin
Director of Operations
Natalia Vuley
Assistant Director of Operations
Darrick Stokes
Facility Manager
Xaviar Wallace
Party Associate
Kenna Martinez
Reservations Manager
Jessica Currell-Cohn
Assistant Guest Experience Manager
Candra Umunna
Key Holder
Will Swinson
Play Coach
EXHIBITS & EDUCATION
Karen Kelly
Director of Exhibits and Education
Liz Nevil-Smith
Exhibits Development Manager
Jacqueline Smalley
Manager of School & Outreach Programs
Connor Lynch
Education Lead
Monica English
Spread the Word Coordinator
Kate Sherrill
Science Educator
Cam Pratt
STEM Assistant
Nehemie Exy
Art Studio Educator
Katherine Rattanawan
Art Studio Assistant Educator
DeWayne Morgan
Build-It Lab Educator
Imaginators:
Jimmica Collins
Chris Carpenter
Lydia Frempong
Elaine Friend
Trevor Goble
John Jenkins, Jr.
Allison Simmons
Holly Tatem
Jerry G. White
Outreach Educators:
Sara Castro
Claire Christie
Nissa Kara
Candice McLellan
Parker Singletary
Laura Spears
Alexis Williams
STRATEGIC ADVANCEMENT & MARKETING
Stacey Lucas
Director of Strategic Advancement & Marketing
Lauren Baker
Manager of Corporate and Foundation Relations
Laura Halad
Manager of Donor Engagement
Janina Edwards
Grant Writer
Cayce Dunn
Brand Manager
Heidi Blackwell
Marketing Manager
Constance Baynard
Sales Manager
LaQuita Green
Membership Sales Coordinator
BRAVE PR
Public Relations Firm
ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE & HUMAN RESOURCES
Jane Turner
Executive Director
Christy Costello
Director of Finance & Human Resources
Vernida Brown
Accounting Clerk
Keri Atkins
Bookkeeper
Stacy Melich
H.R. Generalist
Lyle Davis
Volunteer Coordinator
Board of Advisors
Jeff Hilimire, Chair
Dragon Army
Katherine Bradley-Bowlin, Board Liaison
News-Press & Gazette, Co.
Madalyn R. Adams
Kaiser Permanente Foundation
Molly Battin
Turner
Ken Bernhardt
Georgia State University
Cherie Caldwell
Comcast
Kate Carter
Journalist/Educator
Nina Cheney
Andee’s Army, Inc.
Kristin Clyde
Community Leader
Lisa Compton
C2 Education
Ann Cramer
Coxe Curry & Associates
Erica Dechicchis
PNC
Barbarella Diaz
Diaz Foods
Marie Foster
Zeist Foundation
Jennifer Frazer
Carter’s
Bill Garrett
Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School
Rand Glenn Hagen
Community Leader
Jane Hardesty
John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Phillip Hodges
Ernst & Young
Dani Hopkins-Robertson
DMHR Advisory
Nishant N. Metha
The Children’s School
William Pate
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Alison Rand
Primerica
Robert Riordan
Alston & Bird
Paul Robertson
Edge Capital Partners
Sara Shlesinger
Community Leader
Roger Steffens
Southern Company
Adam Walker
Sideways8
Rich Warren
Turner Broadcasting
Pat Willis
Community Leader
Board of Directors
Wonya Y. Lucas, Chair
Atlanta Public Broadcasting
Kavita P. Mistry, Chair-Elect
Community Leader
Anthony M. Balloon
Alston & Bird, LLP
Marvin R. Banks
Immediate Past Chair
M. Banks Realty Partners
Thua G. Barlay
Lueder, Larkin, & Hunter, LLC
Matt R. Bartelt
Equifax
Kim Bartlett
Media Consultant
Katherine Bradley-Bowlin
News-Press & Gazette, Co.
Andrew Chang
Piedmont Healthcare
Jessica A. Clay
Equifax
Justin W. Clay
NCR Corporation
Alison L. Doerfler
Points of Light
Brandon Duany
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Brad Gates
Southern Company
Raghu Kakarala
FortyFour
Linda M. King
Cox Communications
Allegra Lawrence-Hardy
Lawrence & Bundy LLC
Willson Overend, Secretary
The Coca-Cola Company
Adam S. Abramson, Treasurer
Morgan Stanley
Eric Mai
Novelis
Tracye T Miller
Community Leader
Jeff Mokros
SouthStar Energy Services
Willson Overend
The Coca-Cola Company
Austin Padgett
Troutman Sanders, LLP
Brad Phelps
Cox Automotive
Melissa Proctor
Atlanta Hawks and Philips Arena
Sarah-Elizabeth Reed
Attorney
Casey Rivera
The Home Depot
Michelle Soni
Community Leader
James R. Summer III
Ernst & Young LLP
Allan J. Tanenbaum, Emeritus
Taylor English Duma, LLP
F. Michael Tesler
Ameris Bank
Christopher Whitis
PNC