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Meet the Team

Leadership

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Judy Fitzgerald, MSW

Executive Director

Advocacy

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Polly McKinney, B.S.

Advocacy Director

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Joshua England, B.S.

Advocacy Specialist

Communications

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Marcus Laing, B.S.

Senior Communications and Outreach Specialist, GSAN

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Suzanne Wooley, B.S.

Senior Communications Manager

Research and Policy

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Melissa Haberlen DeWolf,

J.D., M.P.H.

Research and Policy Director

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Dimple Desai, M.S.W.

Senior Policy Analyst II

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Brittney Newton, M.P.H.

Senior Policy Analyst II

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Lesley Kelley, M.P.P.

Senior Policy Analyst

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Maria Ramos, B.A.

Policy Analyst

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Kelcie Silvio, LMSW, M.P.H.

Senior Policy Analyst

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Joe Vignati, M.P.A.

Senior Policy Analyst

Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network (GSAN)

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Katie Landes, M.S.W.

Director, Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network

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Kinyatta Trice, Ph.D.

Associate Director,

BOOST Grants Program

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Gregory Doss, B.S.

Senior Program Specialist

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Patrice Holt, B.A.

Quality Manager

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Justin Swartzwelder, M.S.

Senior Program Specialist,

BOOST Grants Program

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Tiffany Thornton, B.S.

Senior Program Specialist

Operations

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Melanie Dowdell, M.B.A.

Senior Director of Operations

and Finance

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Catherine Crowell

Senior Operations Specialist

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Jessica Dougan, B.A.

Administrative Coordinator

Board of Directors

​​Bobbi Cleveland, Chair

Executive Director (Retired)

Tull Charitable Foundation

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Nicola Dawkins-Lyn, Ph.D., Vice Chair

Vice President

ICF

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Ernessa Brawley, Secretary

Healthcare Strategies, Regulatory and Compliance

BakerHostetler

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Sandy O'Meara, Treasurer

Chief Financial Officer

Friends of Forman Christian College

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Cindy Abel, Immediate Past Chair

CEO and Founder

Vescent

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Gwendolyn Benson, Ph.D.

Associate Dean

Georgia State University​

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Frank Berry

Managing Director, Government Executive Lead

Ernst and Young

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Christine "Chris" Brodnan

Founder

CHB Consulting

 

Anne Marie Carlisi

Principal

Carlisi & Associates

 

Stacey Chavis, At-Large Member

Managing Director

Campaigns Academy

Janet Cummings, Ph.D.

Professor

Emory University Rollings School of Public Health​

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Delmont Early, III

Founder and Managing Partner

Carter Hill Advisors

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Katrina Garnes

Director of Marketing and Communications

St. Benedict's Episcopal School

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Elizabeth "Betsy" Higgins

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Oglethorpe Power Corporation

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Leslie Kurtz

Chief Financial Officer

Jackson Healthcare, LLC

 

DeMark Liggins

President/CEO

Southern Christian Leadership Conference​

 

Marc Hyunwoo Suh

Managing Director, Audit

KPMG

 

Belisa Urbina

Chief Executive Officer

Ser Familia

 

Calvin Ward

Wealth Advisor

Truist Financial

 

Marc Welsh

Vice President, Child Advocacy & Chief Diversity Officer

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

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75 Marietta Street NW, Suite 401

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

404-521-0311

info@georgiavoices.org

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