Staff

Flora Maria Garcia
CEO

Nicole Jones
Director of Marketing & Communications
Editor in Chief, Atlanta PlanIt

Laura Derrick
Assitant Editor, Atlanta PlanIt

Gregory Burbidge
Executive Assistant

Board of Directors : Executive Committee Members

Chairwoman
Virginia A. Hepner
President
GHL, LLC

Vice-Chairman
David Connell
Region Manager – Metro West Region
Georgia Power

Treasurer
Mara Holley
Senior Vice President and Regional Director
Government and Institutional Banking Wachovia Bank, N.A.

Secretary
Tom Key
Executive Artistic Director
Theatrical Outfit

At-Large
Susan Booth
Artistic Director
The Alliance Theatre Company
Woodruff Arts Center

At-Large
Steve Smith – At Large
Vice President Corporate Affairs
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Board Members

Joseph R. Bankoff
President & CEO
Woodruff Arts Center

Charles Bannister
Chairman
Gwinnett County

Don Barbour
Regional Manager - External Affairs
AT&T Georgia 

Eldrin Bell
Chairman
Clayton County

Ken Bernhardt
Regents Professor of Marketing &
Assistant Dean Corporate Relations
Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University

Dr. Andrea  Barnwell Brownlee
Director
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

W. Dwight Coleman
Director
Georgia State School of Music
Georgia State University

Annette Cone-Skelton
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Museum of Contemporary Arts of Georgia

Jocelyn Dorsey
Director of Editorials and Public Affairs
WSB TV

John Eaves
Chairman
Fulton County

Ron Francis
President and Chief Executive Officer
First Landmark Bank

Shirley Franklin
Mayor
City of Atlanta

Jason Harper
Chairman
Henry County

Stephanie S. Hughley
Executive Producer
National Black Arts Festival

Tad Hutcheson
Vice President of Marketing and Sales
AirTran Airways

Vernon Jones
CEO
DeKalb County

Mary Pat Matheson
Executive Director
Atlanta Botanical Garden

Shirley Mitchell
Senior Vice President, Market Development
Bank of America

Bill Nigut
Southeast Regional Director
Anti-Defamation League

Sam Olens
Chairman
Cobb County

Dave Peterson
Co-Founder and Chairman
The North Highland Company

Anthony Rodriguez
Producing Artistic Director
Aurora Theatre

Sue Schroeder
Artistic Director
Several Dancers Core

Jan Selman
Executive Director
ALL-GA

Bonnie Speed
Director
Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University

Michael Taormina
Managing Director
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Che Watkins
Director, External Affairs
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

Sam A. Williams (ex Officio)
President
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce