Eighty-six metro Atlanta leaders from a wide range of organizations have been selected to participate in Leadership Atlanta's Class of 2018 Program.
The program aims to “move Atlanta forward by delving deeply into the city’s issues,” according to a press release.
“We are thrilled to welcome one of our largest, most diverse classes ever,” President and CEO Pat Upshaw-Monteith said. “We are proud to continue Leadership Atlanta’s tradition of bringing together the region’s most influential, engaged, and creative leaders dedicated to working together for the greater good.”
The nine-month program includes retreats, full-day seminars, service projects, discussion groups and community tours, among other activities aimed at building the leaders’ knowledge of regional issues and boosting their own effectiveness.
Here are the 2018 participants and their companies or organizations:
Alba Adamo, Coca-Cola Company
Afshan Ali, SkyTherapist Inc.
Ronald Alston, SunTrust Bank
Ana Amato, Protiviti Inc.
Deanna Anderson, 705 Marketing
Rick Aranson, Jewish Family & Career Services of Atlanta, Inc.
Jennifer Barlament, Symphony Orchestra
Thua Barlay, Barlay Law Group LLC
Keith Barnett, Troutman Sanders LLP
Molly Battin, Turner Broadcasting
Jeremy Berry, Dentons US
Protip Biswas, United Way of Metro Atlanta
Jason Blake,PepsiCo
Fred Blankenship, Cox/WSB-TV
Nisha Botchwey, Georgia Institute of Technology
Christopher Boyd, Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral
David Brand, Market Strategies Group
Rob Brawner, Atlanta BeltLine Partnership
Scott Brown, Georgia Pacific
Rodney Bryant, Atlanta Police Department
Catherine Buell,Atlanta Housing Authority
Kevin Campbell, PwC's Greater Atlanta MarketPwC
Scott Casey, UPS
Rakesh Chauhan, Banyan Investment Group
Eric Christ, PracticeAdmin
James Connelly, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Amy Corn, Global Payments Inc.
Jay Cranman, Hands On Atlanta
Tom Cunningham, Metro Atlanta Chamber
Jackie Cushman, speaker, author, syndicated Columnist
Vonetta Daniels,VYD and Associates
Walter Davis, Jones Day
Erica DeChicchis, PNC Bank
David Dorton, McKinsey & Company
Angela Dotson,Aprio
David Dreyer, Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry
Mark Dvorak,Golin
Isa Ellis, Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Todd Ellis, KPMG
Duriya Farooqui, Atlanta Committee for Progress
Burt Fealing, Southwire Company
David Felfoldi, Npressive, Inc
Jodi Fleisig, Porter Novelli Global Public Relations
John Fuchko, University System of Georgia
Art Gambill,McGuireWoods LLP
Robert Green,DeKalb County School District
Robby Gulri, PRGX Global Inc.
Sandra Harris-Hooker, Morehouse School of Medicine
Julia Houston, Equifax
Jose Jimenez, Cox Communications
Ronald Johnson,Clark Atlanta University
Alison Jones,Alston & Bird
Chad Jones, Atlanta Fire Rescue Department
Archie Jones,NOW Corporation
Mary Kepler, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Jonna Kirkwood, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of GA
Lauren Koontz, YMCA of Metro Atlanta
Tracey Lloyd, Bloomingdale's
Kevin Lyman, Invesco Ltd.
Sharon Mason, Cobb Chamber of Commerce
Juan McGruder, Junior Achivement of Georgia
Whitcliff McKnight, The Westminster Schools
Nishant Mehta, The Children's School
Keith Millner, Invest Atlanta
John Moeller, Action Ministries, Inc.
Constance Nagle, Emory University School of Medicine
Eric O'Brien, Jackson Spalding
Chad Parker, East Lake Golf Club
Brian Pauling, 100 Black Men of America, Inc.
Matthew Pieper,Open Hand Atlanta
Kyle Pietrantonio,Holy Spirit Preparatory School
Adrian Powell,Morgan Stanley
Victoria Seals, Atlanta Technical College
Irma Shrivastava,American Cancer Society
Theia Smith, City of Atlanta
Michael Smith,The Smith Business Group
Cati Stone, Susan G. Komen Greater Atlanta
Bill Taggart, Morehouse College
Michele Taylor, community volunteer
John Tien, Citigroup
Christopher Tomlinson, State Road and Tollway Authority
Adriana Varela, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Don Vassel, 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc.
Scott Wandstrat, Arnall Golden Gregory
David Watson, Delta Air Lines
Kevin Woods, Cancer Treatment Centers of America/ Southeastern Regional Medical Center
For information about Leadership Atlanta visit www.leadershipatlanta.org.
