Officers
Nancy Field, J.D., Chair
Community Volunteer
Barbara S. Joiner, Vice Chair
Community Volunteer
Juan Carlos Urdaneta, Treasurer
Former President, Turner Broadcasting Systems Latin America
Jan Beaves, Secretary
Retired Global Human Resources Director, The Coca-Cola Company
Elizabeth Adams, Immediate Past Chair
Community Volunteer
Trustees
Emily C. Baker
Partner, Jones Day
Ron Breakstone
President, Refrigiwear, Inc.
Ginny Brewer
Community Volunteer
Chris Carlos
EVP & Director, National Distributing Company, LLC
Dr. Meria Carstarphen
Former Superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools
Lynn Cochran-Schroder
Interior Designer, Paces Properties
Lynda B. Courts
Community Volunteer
Cynthia Crain
Author; Dance & Education Consultant
Lavona S. Currie
Community Volunteer
Vanessa Delmer
Community Volunteer
Yelena Epova, CPA
Partner-in-Charge, International Services, HA+W | Aprio
Nigel Ferguson
Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting
Jacqueline Flake
Community Volunteer
Amy Gerome
Sr. Business Analyst, Incomm
Matthew Hartnett
Sr. Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill Lynch
Lindsay R. Hill
Vice President of Human Resources, Southern Company Gas
Joyce Houser, Ph.D
Retired Professor
Tharon Johnson
Founder/CEO, Paramount Consulting
Kathleen Knous
Community Volunteer
Araya Mesfin, CFP
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management, USB Financial
Taylor Meyer, CFA
Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Linda Morris
EVP, Head of Branch Banking, PNC Bank
Gennadi Nedvigin*
Artistic Director, Atlanta Ballet
Rachel Lee Phipps
Sr. Strategic Digital Partner, Chick-fil-A
Katherine Scott
Community Volunteer
Kristen Manion Taylor
Managing Director, Reservations Support & Solutions, Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Pam Wakefield
Community Volunteer
Tom West*
Executive Director, Atlanta Ballet
*Ex-Officio
Advisory Council
David M. Barnett
President, Oxford Development, LLC
Mark Bell, Ph.D.,
Partner, Head of Family Office Services and Private Capital, Balentine
Harvey Coleman
President, Coleman Management Consultants
Elaine E. Davis
Arts Patron and Supporter
Erroll B. Davis
Retired Superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools; Retired CEO & President, Alliant Energy Corporation
F. Javier Diaz
Consul General of Mexico
Raoul “Ray” Donato
Consul General of the Philippines
Jake Evans
Partner, Holland & Knight
Robert L. Green
Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight
Marius Hechter
Chair, Atlanta Ballet Corps de Ballet
Anne-Laure Desjonquères
Consul General of France
Ceci Johnson
Co-Chair, Parents Association
Susan S. Kettering
Kettering Family Philanthropies
Allen Maines
Partner, Holland & Knight
Santiago Marquez
CEO, Latin American Association
Juan Mejia
Founder, JCM Ventures
Allen W. Nelson
Counsel, Taylor English Duma, LLP
Eric Robbins
CEO, Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
Joni Santos
Co-Chair, Parents Association
Laura Turner Seydel
Community Volunteer
Rebecca Christian Smith
Diversity & Inclusion Manager, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Andrew Staunton
Consul General of the United Kingdom
Kazuyuki Takeuchi
Consul General of Japan
Laura Turner Seydel
Chairperson of the Captain Planet Foundation
Anat Sultan-Dadon
Consul General of Israel
Dov Wilker
Regional Director, American Jewish Committee
Allen W. Yee
Senior Counsel for Litigation, The Coca-Cola Company
Sonjia Waller Young
Community Volunteer & Founder, Eventions, Inc.
Honorary Board
Margaret Carton
Retired VP, Coca-Cola Enterprises
David Crosland
Principal, Crosland Capital, LLC
Kenneth R. Hey
Managing Partner, Inferential Focus
Wade Hooper
Managing Director, Major, Lindsey & Africa
J. David Hopkins
Partner, J. David Hopkins Law, LLC
Bill Huber, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, VELUX
Michael Jones
Principal, Springdale Partners Consulting
Sloan Kennedy-Smith
Vice President Affiliate Sales, HBO Services, Inc.
Edward B. Krugman
Partner, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP.
Amanda Shailendra
Consultant, Pendleton Group
Michelle Sullivan
SVP, USI Insurance Services
Trustees Emeriti
Lynda B. Courts, Chair Emeritus
Community Volunteer
Lavona S. Currie
Community Volunteer
Karen Vereb
Retired Vice President, AT&T
Patti Wallace
Founder and CEO, Schmidt Wallace Healthcare Management Company
Lifetime Members
Jane Dean
Carole Goldberg
Joseph Prendergast
Deen Day Sanders