Leaders in Action 

Claire "Yum" Arnold '97, Riley Blount '24, DeRetta Cole Rhodes '24, F. David Leiter Jr. '09, Hala Moddelmog '97, E. Kendrick Smith '97, and Kathy Waller '22 (Chair) were elected to the Woodruff Arts Center’s FY26 Board of Trustees Governing Board.

Qaadirah Abdur-Rahim '16 and Katrina D. Mitchell '23 were honored by United Way of Greater Atlanta at the Toast to Her: Women United Event.

Marva Bailer '19 presented at the TEDx@University of Alberta, Canada. Her talk was titled "What the Swiffer Teaches Us About AI."

Thua G. Barlay '18 was elected to the Executive Committee of the State Bar of Georgia.

Chloe Barzey-Donaldson '10, Ron Frieson '02, and Rich Valladares '24 were recognized on Modern Luxury Atlanta's 2025 Power List.

Chloe Barzey-Donaldson '10 was also recognized as a Georgia Trend Notable Woman to Watch and honored with the Trailblazer Award by Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta.

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Cromwell S. Baun '24 was elected Chair Elect of the Georgia Society of CPAs.

Cromwell Baun '24 and Laohni Campbell '24 were named Power Players by Modern Luxury and The Atlantan Magazine.

Kathy Bremer '02 recently published her book, Headhunter Confidential.

Nisha Botchwey '18 published an op-ed in the Star Tribune titled “Why Choose Public Service, When Serving is a Risk?”

Ayanna Buckner '16 released A Gardin Wedding, the second novel in her Gardins of Edin series.

Meagan Davies '14 received the Alumnae Woman of Leadership Award at the International Convention of the Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity.

Jennifer Dangar '11 was appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Schenck School.

Jim Durrett '13 received the Urban Land Institute Atlanta District Council's 2025 Community Impact Award.

April Estes '23 was elected Chair of the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Atlanta Executive Leadership Board.

David Felfoldi '18 was recognized by the Atlanta chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization with the Legacy Impact Award and accepted into the Leadership Perimeter Class of 2026.

Andrew Goldberg '24 was named Chair of the Board's Strategic Initiatives Committee at the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

Leslie Graitcer '81 started a new role as President at The Coastal Symphony of Georgia.

Vicki Wright Hamilton '09 won the Business Growth Strategist Woman of the Year in Consulting (USA) award from Fluxx.

Jo Ann Herold '12 launched Future Purpose: The Playlist to Design a Career You Love.

Natalie Keng '20's book, Egg Rolls & Sweet Tea, was awarded "Best Cookbook," listed as a "Book All Georgians Must Read," and named an Author of the Year finalist.

Jeff Maggs '20 was selected as a new member of the Board of Directors for Gateway Center.

Katrina D. Mitchell '23 was also named the new Atlanta Civic Site Director of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Mary Ford '14 is running for Sandy Springs City Council District 5 in this November's municipal election.

Brian Pauling '18 started a new role as Managing Partner and LLC Member of Archer Energy Solutions LLC. 

Shirley Powell '05 joined Finastra as its Head of Strategic Communications.

 

DeRetta Rhodes ’24 joined the Board of Directors for GLISI.

Jim Schroder '20 joined Ori as President of Real Estate.

Ashoo Sharma '24 was appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as Georgia Advisor.

Marjy Stagmeier '16 was honored by the Georgia House of Representatives with a Resolution commending her work in equitable housing and as founder of Star-C Communities.

Ricky Steele '86 joined TekStream Solutions as Chief Development Officer.

Bentina Terry '05 was named a Director to Watch 2025: Small-Medium Cap Companies by Directors and Boards.

Kenneth Zeff '15 was appointed to the Board of Invest Atlanta.