Leaders on the Move

• Chris Ahrenkiel ’17 named Atlanta Business Chronicle Corporate Citizen of the Year

• Joel Arogeti ’08 now Partner at Ruda Hirschfeld Papera & Hoffman, LLP

• Terri Badour ‘01 awarded 2023 LEDI International Life Changer Award

• Aparna Bhattacharyya ’10 received 2023 Champion of Change Award from Asians Advancing Justice Atlanta and the 2023 Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Advocate Award

• Janine Anthony Bowen '11, W. Duncan Gibbs '08, and Kate Walker '24 named to the Board of Directors for CHRIS 180

• Ayanna Buckner '16 (writing as Rosey Lee) celebrated the release of her debut novel, The Gardins of Edin

• Rodney Bullard ’14 awarded the Morehouse College Presidential Award of Distinction

• Leslie Hazel Bussey ‘23, Dave Howland ’23, and Ken Zeff ’15 named to the Board of Visitors for the Bagwell College of Education at Kennesaw State University

• Derin Dickerson '16 elected Board Chair for the Atlanta Community Food Bank

• Amy Dosik '16 now the National Not-for-Profit Tax Practice Leader at Cherry Bekaert

• Marion Ross Fedrick ‘13 appointed Executive Vice President for administration and Chief of Staff for Georgia State University

• Jillian Tellez Holub '23 joined the Board of Directors for Kate’s Club

• Justin Honaman '14 named Mass Market Retailers Innovator of the Year

• Julia Houston '18, Ayesha Khanna ’01, and Lauren Koontz ’18 honored as YWCA’s 2024 Academy of Women Achievers

• Stacey Key ‘14 joined the Board of the Atlanta Visitors and Convention Bureau

• Keith Ivory Millner ’18 elected to the Board of Trustees for Guilford College and completed the Black Corporate Board Readiness (BCBR) Program at Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business

• Katrina Mitchell ’23 joined the Board of Directors of Grantmakers for Education

• Meredith Moore ‘17 joined the Atlanta Women’s Foundation Board of Directors

• Joiava Philpott ’23 joined the Board of Directors of the YWCA of Greater Atlanta

• Amy Phuong '17 named Chair of the Advisory Board for the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech

• Condace Pressley ’16 joined the Board of the Cobb Community Foundation

• Sara Ray ’23 appointed by Governor Brian Kemp to the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Governing Board

• JaKathryn Ross ’16 elected to the Gideon’s Promise Board of Directors

• Jeremy Silverman ’23 elected Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity

• Missy Kraus Taylor ’22 now Associate Minister, North Atlanta Church of Christ

• Alvetta Peterman Thomas ‘09 appointed to the Fayette County Development Authority and was recently nominated as Chair-Elect of the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce 

• Belisa Urbina ’17 appointed to the Commission on Equal Opportunity by Governor Brian Kemp

• Ken Zeff ’15 sworn in as the District 3 Representative to the Atlanta Board of Education

• Marcus Taylor ‘23, Tayari Jones ‘23 and Regenia Sanders ‘23 have been named to the Board of Directors of Motherhood Beyond Bars

• Sara Totonchi ‘12 appointed as the inaugural President of the Advisory Board for Motherhood Beyond Bars

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