Board of Directors

Phil Jacobs, Chair
Founding Partner
The Pendleton Consulting Group

Sharon Gates Spears, Vice-Chair
Retired Executive

Illy Askia
President & CEO
East Lake Foundation

Terry Barcroft
President & CEO
Wesley Woods Senior Living

Tom Bever
Partner
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP

Veronica Biggins
Managing Partner and Co-Practice Leader
Diversified Search Group

Wesley Budd
Managing Director
NAI Brannen Goddard

Thomas Cook, Jr.
The Cook Law Firm

Kay Crosby, M.D.
Chairman and Medical Director
Coweta Samaritan Clinic

Bob Currie
Executive Managing Director
Jones Lang LaSalle

Susan Gunter
Executive Assistant to the Senior Pastor
Roswell UMC

Rev. Glenn Hannigan
Pastor
Ebenezer Methodist Church

Bob Hope
President & Partner
Hope Beckham Espinosa

Gary Hudson
Managing Director
Merrill Lynch

Mike Ivey
President & CEO
Capital City Mortgage

Ann B. Lally
Marketing Communications Consulting

Alison LeBreton
Retired Executive

H. Boyd Pettit, III
Partner and General Counsel
GeorgiaLink Public Affairs Group, LLC

Rev. Dr. Derrick Rhodes
Senior Pastor
Ben Hill UMC

Vicki J. Riedel
Assistant Vice President of Advancement
Emory University

Barry L. Storey
Principal
BLS Holdings Group, LLC

Ron Thigpen
President (Retired)
Georgia Bank & Trust Company

Rev. Clarence E. Thrower, Jr.
Retired Elder in Full Connection
NGUMC

Diane Vaughan
President
Foundation of Wesley Woods

Rev. Will Zant
Senior Pastor
Haygood Memorial UMC