L.E.A.D.
Atlanta
Overview

Class of 2010

2009-2010
Program Calendar


Candidate Profile

Application &
Nomination


Program Impact

Graduates





CLASS OF 2010

Qaadirah Abdur-Rahim
Executive Director
Future Foundation

Josh Andrews
Project Architect and Associate
Lord, Aeck & Sargent

Tianna Bailey
College Counselor and Program Coordinator
Ben Franklin Academy

Kornelius Bankston
Project Manager
GA Dept of Economic Development, Office of Innovation and Technology

Michael Beaty
Managing Director
KPMG, LLP

Jae Brown
Emergency Response Specialist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Carla Cartwright
Senior Account Executive
Porter Novelli

Evan Cohn
Real Estate Attorney

Emily Crawford
Partnership Development Manager
Arby's Foundation

Jodi Daniels
Senior Manager, Ad Networks
AutoTrader.com

Ambreen Delawalla
Associate
Alston & Bird LLP

Alok Deshpande
Manager
Bain & Company

Joel Fordham
Regional Director
United States Senate (Office of Johnny Isakson)

Kamal Ghali
Attorney
Bondurant Mixson and Elmore LLP

Keith Greenwald
Financial Representative
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

Petrina Hall
Attorney
McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP

Laura Hamm
Senior Campaign Manager
Coxe Curry & Associates

Angelica Hurtado
ING Corporate Services Leon Six Sigma Black Belt
ING

Dana Inman Johnson
Interim Executive Director/ Director of Development and Marketing
Samaritan House of Atlanta

Tharon Johnson
Campaign Manager
Kasim Reed for Mayor, Inc.

Rodney Jordan
Communications Manager
UPS

Rebecca Kaye
Director of Policy and Government Relations
Atlanta Public Schools

Andrew Kobylivker
Cardiology Fellow
Emory University

Joshua Luber
Entrepreneur

Blake Lyons
Human Resources Business Liaison
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Ellen Mendelsohn
Senior Project Manager
Central Atlanta Progress/ Center for Civil and Human Rights

Melissa Minihan
Sr. Manager Marketing and Business Operations
The Home Depot

Tania Narula
Vice President, Strategic Sourcing
SunTrust Banks Inc.

Elana Perry
Rabbi
Temple Sinai

Hunter Pierson
Associate, Investment Management Division
Goldman Sachs

Mariana Pinango
Public Relations Manager, CNN en Espanol
Turner Broadcasting System, Latin America

Benecia Ponder
Grants and Sponsored Programs Administrator
The Atlanta Housing Authority

Shak Presswala
Vice President, Acquisitions and Asset Management
Jamestown

Stephen Reba
Ford and Harrison Equal Justice Works Fellow
The Barton Juvenile Defender Clinic

Jeff Romig
Founder and Executive Director
Involvement through News and Civics

Mandy Schmitt Mahoney
Director of Sustainability
City of Atlanta

Courtney Showell
Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Miya Smith
Special Projects Manager
RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc.

Jerry Tillery
Executive Director, Operations, Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
Wellstar Health System

Sara Toering
Associate Attorney
Sutherland

Catherine Woodling
Media Relations Officer, Mayor's Office
City of Atlanta

Joann Yoon
Child Policy Specialist
Voices for Georgia's Children

Odette Yousef
Journalist
Public Broadcasting Atlanta, WABE 90.1FM

Leslie Rodriguez Zeigler
Project Coordinator
National Council of La Raza