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Meet the Team

Leadership

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Judy Fitzgerald, MSW

Executive Director

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Advocacy

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Polly McKinney, B.S.

Advocacy Director

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Communications

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Marcus Laing, B.S.

Communications and Outreach Specialist, GSAN

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Suzanne Wooley, B.S.

Senior Communications Manager

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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.

Senior Program Specialist

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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

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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.

Senior Training Specialist

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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

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Julia Morris, M.A.T.

Summer Learning Manager

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Natalie Grober, B.S.

Administrative Coordinator

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Operations

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Melanie Dowdell, M.B.A.

Senior Director of Operations

and Finance

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Catherine Crowell

Senior Operations Manager

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Jessica Dougan, B.A.

Administrative Coordinator

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Board of Directors

Cindy Abel, Chair

CEO and Founder

Vescent

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Bobbi Cleveland, Vice Chair

Executive Director (Retired)

Tull Charitable Foundation

 

Baylie Evans, Secretary

Mergers and Acquisitions Associate

King & Spalding, LLP

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Sandy O'Meara, Treasurer

Chief Financial Officer

Friends of Forman Christian College

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Gwendolyn Benson, Ph.D.

Associate Dean

Georgia State University

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Ernessa Brawley

Healthcare Strategies, Regulatory and Compliance

BakerHostetler

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Christine "Chris" Brodnan

Founder

CHB Consulting

 

Anne Marie Carlisi

Principal

Carlisi & Associates

 

Stacey Chavis

Managing Director

Campaigns Academy

 

Janet Cummings, Ph.D.

Professor

Emory University Rollings School of Public Health

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Nicola Dawkins-Lyn, Ph.D.

Vice President

ICF

Delmont Early, III

Founder and Managing Partner

Carter Hill Advisors

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​Kimberly Hensarling

Director of Talent and Human Resources

Windham Brannon

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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

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Joseph Lillyblad

Director, Education and Workforce Development

Georgia Power Company

 

Marc Hyunwoo Suh

Managing Director, Audit

KPMG

 

Belisa Urbina

Chief Executive Officer

Ser Familia

 

Tameeka Law Walker, M.D.

Physician

Georgia Perinatal Consultants

 

Calvin Ward

Wealth Advisor

Truist Financial

 

Marc Welsh

Vice President, Child Advocacy & Chief Diversity Officer

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

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