Leaders in Action 

Amanda Rhein ’24 was named incoming Chair of the Atlanta District Council of the Urban Land Institute.

Amy Phuong ’17 and Tameeka Walker ’17 were named Inaugural Alumnae Honorees for the Pathway of Progress Award from Georgia Tech.

Andrea Young ’08 was honored with the R.E. Thomas Jr. Civil Rights Award by the Gate City Bar Association.

Ariel Fristoe ’22 was honored with the Emory Entrepreneur Award and the Research Impact Award from the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education.

Belisa Urbana ’17 was honored by the Rotary Club of Buckhead with their 25th Annual Rev. Robert Ross Johnson Humanitarian of the Year Award.

Ben Deutsch ’12 was named Executive-in-Residence at Grady College, University of Georgia.

Beverly Ferguson ’04 was awarded the Communities in Schools of Atlanta 2025 Partner Award on behalf of Georgia-Pacific.

Bobby Wolf ’14 was elected President of the Georgia Council of Magistrate Court Judges.

Bryant Cornett ’20 was recognized by the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors as one of the Top 10 producers in the Land category.

Chad Jones ’18 was elected President of the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs.

Chad Parker ’18 was named the recipient of the PGA Golf Executive of the Year Award by the Georgia PGA.

Charlotte Combre ’23 joined the Board of Hughes Spalding Hospital.

Charmaine Ward-Millner ’01 was selected by Clark Atlanta University for the Spirit of Greatness Pathways to Excellence Award and was honored with the Drum Major for Justice Award by SCLC Women.

Che Watkins ’09 was named by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as a 2025 Leader in Corporate Citizenship (Top Practitioner Category).

Chuck Meadows ’15 was appointed to the ISB Advisory Council

Clark Dean ’12 was an honoree at the Rotary Club of Buckhead’s 2025 Annual Foundation Gala.

Clint Bailey ’14 was recognized by Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering with the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award and joined the Executive Advisory Board of Georgia Tech’s Material Science Engineering School.

Condace Pressley ’16 was elected to serve a second term as President of the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists.

Dadisi Olutosin ’09 is a new member of the Advisory Board for the Islamic Service Bureau of Atlanta.

Danielle Cheung ’22 was named a Top 50 Women in Georgia.

Debra Lam ’19 wrote an OpEd in the AJC titled We Can Strengthen Our Communities by Investing in Public Service Talent.

Eric Wilson ’04 was appointed to the Boards of Kamflex and the Trust for Public Land, Georgia.

Heather Fortner ’23 was awarded the CEO of the Year Award at the 2025 Wealth Solutions Report Pathfinder Awards.

Jimmy Etheredge ’19 has joined the Southern Company Board.

Jodie Guest ’11 was named the Rural Health Care Champion of the Year by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Joel Arogeti ’08 was recently appointed to the national Board of the Foundation for Jewish Camps and will serve as Chair of its Audit committee.

John Tien ’18 has joined the board of directors for SAIC.

Jonathan Goins ’23 is now an Equity Partner at Lewis Brisbois.

Kat Marran ’17 is the Interim CEO of the Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma

Ken Bernhardt ’97 was honored at the Atlanta Chapter of the American Marketing AMY Awards with the first ever Marketing Visionary Award and the Marketer for Good Award.

Kendrick Smith ’97 was elected chairman of the Alliance Theatre board of directors for 2024-2026 and recently published two fictional novels, “House on Burnt Mountain” and “Leia’s Unraveling.”

Kevin James ’23 received the Outstanding Georgia Citizen Award presented by the Georgia Secretary of State.

Kimberly Euston ’12 was invited to join International Women’s Forum.

La’Keitha Carlos ’19 is now the CEO and Founder of Unicorn Strategies.

Larry Stewart ’24 is now Executive Director of the West Hollowell Foundation.

Latanza Adjei ’19 was inducted to the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni by the Georgia Tech College of Engineering.

Linda Jordan ’00 is a new board member of the Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization.

Lori George ’08 was elected to the Coca-Cola UNITED Board of Directors.

M. Brian Blake ’24  was named President of the year by Association of College Unions International.

Marci Reed ’13 is Interim Vice President for Resource Development at Southface Institute.

Martina Jimenez Sperry ’13 has launched a new wealth management comprehensive planning firm—Centurio Wealth, LLC and has been designated as a Certified Exit Planning Advisor.

Mike Schleifer ’20 will leave his role as Managing Director of the Alliance Theatre and become the Managing Director of Lincoln Center Theater in New York City.

Mona Harty ’13 has joined the City of Refuge Board.

Nzinga “Zing” Shaw ’19 graduated as a Fellow from the Stakeholder Impact Foundation Board Readiness Program and was appointed as Chair of the Board of Rising Media Stars.

Peggy Still Johnson ’13 is serving on the Board of the C.T. Vivian Foundation and Mercy Housing Southeast and is the Senior Manager, Development for the Southern Region of Per Scholas.

Regenia Sanders ’23 was named to the Auburn University Foundation Board.

Ryan Buchanan ’22 resigned as United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia and re-joined McGuireWoods LLP as Partner in the firm’s Government Investigations and White Collar Litigation Department.

Santiago Marquez ’13 accepted the King Center’s Beloved Community Youth Influencer Award on behalf of the Latin American Association.

Sara Ray ’23 was appointed to the West Georgia Technical Foundation Board.

Saundra Maass-Robinson ’88 received the Bruno Lima Award in Disaster Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association.

Steve Labovitz ’95 received the 25th Annual Justice Robert Benham Award for Community Service from the State Bar of Georgia.

Tammara Warren ’23 is now the Lead Contractor/Consultant for the new Atlanta Fire and Rescue EMS Triage Urgent Care Center at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Thad Wilson ’24 is now the President of the Atlanta Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association.

Tracy Field ’08 is now a member of the Open Hand Board.

Trey Loughran ’13 is now the Board Chair of the GA Chapter of the Trust for Public Land and recently joined the board of NMDP.

Wangui McKelvey ’24 was promoted to Vice President, Product Marketing for the Data Analytics Portfolio at Microsoft.

Yvonne Bryant Johnson ’97 graduated as a Fellow from the Stakeholder Impact Foundation Board Readiness Program.