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Board of Directors

Board of Directors

* Executive Committee Member

Mary Pat Matheson, Chair*
President & CEO
Atlanta Botanical Garden

Shauna Achey
Director of Business Development
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Andre Anderson
First Vice President & COO
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

John Avery
Director - ATDC
Georgia Institute of Technology

Steven G. Baile
Chief Operating and Development Officer
Selig Development

Ambrish Baisiwala*
CEO
Portman Holdings

Mark Banta
President & CEO
Piedmont Park Conservancy

Larry Bourne
Commercial Real Estate Manager
Truist Bank, Georgia Region

Philip Trey Briscoe
SVP - Global Real Estate
Equifax

Kent Brown
Principal
Lord Aeck Sargent

Benjamin Brunt
Principal & EVP
Noble Investment Group

Nancy Chacon
General Manager
Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta

Maria Cimilluca
VP of Infrastructure and Sustainability
Georgia Tech

Justin Clay
Vice President, Communications and External Affairs
NCR Company

Tyler Courtney
Managing Principal
Cushman & Wakefield

Audra Cunningham
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
T. Dallas Smith

Douglas Dewberry
Founder/Managing Member
Deway Capital LLC

Paul Dimmick
President
Ansley Park Civic Association

Alison Dohrman-Bradway, Treasurer*
CAO
Global Legal, Compliance, Audit & Risk 
Invesco

Barbara Faga
Retired Executive Vice President
AECOM

Misty Fernandez
Atlanta/Metro South Regional Director
Georgia Power

Laura Flusche, Ph.D
Executive Director
Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)

Marc Fordham*
VP External Affairs
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (MODA)

Kevin Green*
President & CEO
Midtown Alliance

Anthony Greene
Partner, Head of Real Estate Practice
Troutman Pepper

Sheffield Hale 
President & CEO
Atlanta History Center

Rex Hamilton
District Credit Executive
Regions Bank

Derek Hardesty
COO
King & Spalding LLP

Lisa Harris
Senior Vice President
Turner Properties Inc. 

Phil Harrison
President & CEO
Perkins + Will

Kurt Hartman
Senior Managing Director
Hines Interests

Richard Hays
Chairman and Managing Partner
Alston & Bird

Kennedy Hicks*
Chief Investment Officer
Cousins

Timothy S. Holdroyd
President
City Realty Advisors

Glen Jackson*
Principal
Jackson Spalding

Wab P. Kadaba
Managing Partner
Kilpatrick Townsend

Stacey Key 
President & CEO, Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council
GDOT Board Member, 5th Congressional District

Greg King
Associate Vice President for Economic Development
Georgia Institute of Technology

Ryan Kurtz
Member
Miller & Martin LLC

Debra Lam
Managing Director of Smart Cities & Inclusive Innovation
Georgia Institute of Technology

Jeanette Meyers
Managing Director
Murphy + Meyers

Cherise Cantrell Mlott
Director, Portfolio Management and Transactions, Southeast Region
AT&T

Robin Morey 
Vice President & Chief Planning Officer
Emory University

Hala Moddelmog*
President and CEO
The Woodruff Arts Center

Dan Owens
CEO
Emory University Hospital Midtown

William Pate 
President & CEO
Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau

Tim Perry
Managing Partner
North American Properties

Audra Price Pittman
Vice President
SCAD Atlanta

Roger K. Quillen
Managing Partner
Fisher & Phillips LLP

Eric Robbins
President and CEO
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Beth Schiavo 
Executive Director
Center for Puppetry Arts

Charles T. Sharbaugh 
Partner 
Carlton Fields

Peter J. Shelton 
Senior VP, Principal 
Colliers International Atlanta 

Steve Simon
Partner
Fifth Group Restaurants

Mike Sivewright
Market Director, Atlanta Region
JLL

Mike Shannon*
Chief Business Officer
Georgia Tech

Courtney R. Smith
President
Midtown Neighbors Association

Scott A. Specht
Retired Partner
Jones Day

William J. Stanley, III
Founding Principal
Stanley Love-Stanley PC

Robert C. Stevens 
Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Chris Stubbs
VP Regional Banking District Manager
Wells Fargo

Justin A. Sullivan*
Senior Vice President, Georgia Market Leader
PNC Private Bank

Tony Sundermeier
Senior Pastor
First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta

Kristina Kopf Thomas
Partner in Charge
Eversheds Sutherland — Atlanta

Anne Tracht 
CEO, ConsultArt Inc.
Co-Chair, Atlanta Metropolitan Public Art Coalition

Allan Vella 
President & CEO
The Fox Theatre


Emeritus

Joseph R. Bankoff
Professor of the Practice & Former Chair,
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Georgia Institute of Technology

James A. Breedlove
Vice Chairman and Vice President
Fernbank Museum of Natural History

Sallie A. Daniel
Chief Development Officer
Troutman Sanders

Larry Gellerstedt
Executive Chairman
Cousins Properties Incorporated

Jack Guynn
Past President & CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

John R. Holder
Chairman & CEO
Holder Properties

Ben F. Johnson, III
Retired Partner
Alston & Bird LLP

Dennis Lockhart
Past President & CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Steve Nygren
Founder
Serenbe

Catherine L. Ross
Director, Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development
Georgia Institute of Technology

Mark Toro
Chief Vision Officer
Toro Development