Current Leadership Atlanta Class
The core of Leadership Atlanta's programming is our signature nine-month, executive-level series. We choose approximately 90 established leaders each year to represent a broad cross-section of metro Atlanta. Through retreats, full-day seminars, service projects, discussion groups and community tours, members explore critical community issues, examine themselves as leaders and build relationships of trust and mutual understanding.
Class of 2025
Tensley Almand
President & Chief Executive Officer
Atlanta Mission
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Maria Armstrong
Executive Director/Founder
Raising Expectations Inc.
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TJ Austin
Regional Loss Prevention Specialist
Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
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Robin Bailey
Chief Operating Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Terri Block
Senior Vice President, Atlanta Market Executive
Bank of America
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Noel Bowers
Partner
PwC
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Rita Breen
Charitable Giving Executive Director
Georgia Power
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Kirk Brown
Chief Development & Communications Officer
The Ron Clark Academy
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Madeline Chadwick
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Papa Johns International
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Michael Chanin
Chief Executive Officer
Cherry Street Energy
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Ellyn Cochran
President and Chief Executive Officer
Quality Care for Children
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Jeremy Cole
Executive Director
Clarkston Community Health Center
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Susan Coppedge
Executive Director
Georgia Legal Services Program
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Audra Cunningham
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer T. Dallas Smith & Company
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Kimberlynn Davis
Partner
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
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Mike Davis
Chief Executive Officer
Purpose Built Schools Atlanta
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Dorothy Davis
President and Chief Executive Officer
Visiting Nurse Health System
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Alexandre Drummond
Partner
Seyfarth Shaw
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Robert Dumbacher
Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth
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Greg Dunavant
Vice President of Customer Operations
Gas South
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Crystal Edmonson
Senior Editor of Community Engagement and Live Journalism Atlanta Business Chronicle
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Fatima El-Amin
Chief Judge
DeKalb County Juvenile Court
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Adrian Epps
Dean & Chantal and Tommy Bagwell Endowed Chair
Kennesaw State University
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Gina Espinosa
Chief Executive Officer
Hope Beckham Espinosa Inc
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Jake Evans
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig
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Sameera Fazili
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Zoon Ventures
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Lauren Fernandez
Chief Executive Officer, Founder
Full Course
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Brent Fielder
Senior Director; Corporate Social Responsibility
Chick-fil-A, Inc.
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Marshall Freeman
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
Atlanta Police Department
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Greer Gallagher
Senior Vice President
Holder Construction
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Barry Givens
Managing Partner
Collab Capital
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Garrett Gravesen
Co-Founder
ADDO Worldwide
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Felicia Hale
Vice President, Chief of Staff to the Executive Vice President and President
The Coca-Cola Company
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Randy Hall
President & Chief Executive Officer
Batson-Cook Company
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John Helton
President & Chief Executive Officer
CareerRise, Inc.
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James Holmes
Senior Vice President/North Atlanta Market President
Truist Bank
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Samir Idris
Executive Managing Director
Cushman & Wakefield
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Asha Jackson
Presiding Judge
State of Georgia/ DeKalb Superior Court
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Robert James
Chief Executive Officer
Carver Financial Corporation
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Lee Jarboe
Vice President
JE Dunn Construction
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Keyra Johnson
Vice President & Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
Delta Air Lines
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Rose Jones
Partner
Hilgers Graben PLLC
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Natallie Keiser
Executive Director
HouseATL
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Matthew Kent
Partner, Co-Chair Antitrust Practice Team
Alston & Bird
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Katie Kittredge
Chief Financial Officer
World 50 Group
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Danita Knight
President & Chief Executive Officer
YWCA of Greater Atlanta
Terri Lee
Chief Executive Officer
The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta
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Rodney Lyn
Dean and Professor
Georgia State University
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Linda Matzigkeit
Chief Administrative Officer
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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Nichole Miles-Sullivan
Vice President, Operations
Atlanta Gas Light
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Anna Moore
Head of School
The Howard School
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Brendan Murphy
Executive Director of the Bearing Witness Institute
Marist School
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Elizabeth Murthy
Partner
McKinsey & Company
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David Neal
President of Gypsum Business
Georgia-Pacific
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Keisha Olinger
Partner and Atlanta Office Leader
Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan
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Shayne O'Reilly
Director & Associate General Counsel,
Global Head of Strategic Transactions, Licensing & Open Source
Meta Platforms, Inc.
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Gilda Pedraza
Executive Director
Latino Community Fund
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Ryanne Pennington
Atlanta Tenant Rep Broker Lead; Senior Managing Director Jones Lang LaSalle
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Heather Prill
Senior Philanthropist
The Home Depot Foundation
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Dalia Racine
District Attorney
Douglas County District Attorney's Office
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Joyce Reto
Office Managing Partner
RSM US
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Tai A. Roberson
Senior Vice President, Philanthropy and Community Impact, Southeast Sr. Lead
Wells Fargo
Terreta Rodgers
Executive Director of External Affairs
Amazon
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Kareem Rogers
President, National Account Services
ADP
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Taya Jackson Scott
Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer
Morehouse School of Medicine
Chirag Shah
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
Novelis Inc.
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Mambu Sherman
Executive Director
Southern Communities Initiative
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Suganthi Simon
Vice President, Mid-South, Global Philanthropy
JPMorgan Chase
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Gregg Simon
Senior Vice President, Economic Development
Metro Atlanta Chamber
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Suzette Smikle
United States Immigration Judge
USDOJ/Executive Office for Immigration Review
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Jonathan Smith
Senior Vice President and Executive Deputy General Counsel Atlanta Braves
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Stephen Smith
Of Counsel
Beveridge & Diamond PC
Dana Spinola
Chief Executive Officer
fab'rik
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Brett Stefansson
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Joel Stenson
Senior Vice President Operations Technology
UPS
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Thomas Taylor
Head of School
The Paideia School
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Yvette Taylor
Regional Administrator
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Tommy Thomas
Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Biomedical Informatics
Emory University School of Medicine
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Winnifer Thomas-Cox
Managing Director, Health and Public Service Lead
Accenture
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Jason Trujillo
Head of Emerging Markets Credit
Invesco
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Heidi Veltman
Chief Operating Officer
Kaiser Permanente
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DeAna Jo Vivian
Executive Director
C.T. Vivian Foundation, Inc.
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Michael Waller
Executive Director
Georgia Appleseed
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Cheryl Watson-Harris
President/ Executive Director
Achieve Atlanta
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Thomas West
Executive Director
Atlanta Ballet
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Matt Westmoreland
Councilman
City of Atlanta
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Gyimah Whitaker
Superintendent
City Schools of Decatur
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Shelli Willis
Partner
Troutman Pepper Locke
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Alicia Wilson
Chief Audit Officer & Vice President-Internal Audit
Southwire Corporation
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Leslie Zinn
Chief Executive Officer
Ardens Garden