Goizueta Business School Dean Erika James has been selected to join the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2016. James, who was named the school’s first female dean nearly one year ago, joins more than 80 local leaders on the list.

According to a report in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Dean James and other participants will “learn more about metro Atlanta by participating in retreats, full-day seminars, service projects, discussion groups and community tours, and other impactful experiential activities.

“They also will critically examine themselves as leaders, challenge themselves to find ways to be more effective in their leadership roles and build relationships of trust and mutual understanding with each other.”

According to its website, Leadership Atlanta is entering it’s 44th year. It is “the oldest sustained community leadership program in the nation” that focuses on “connecting and inspiring leaders to strengthen metro Atlanta’s communities.”

Leadership Atlanta Class of 2016

  • Qaadirah Abdur-Rahim, Chief Executive Officer, Future Foundation
  • Leonard Adams, President and Chief Executive Officer,Quest Community Development Organization, Inc.
  • Michael Alexander Research and Analytics Division Manager, Atlanta Regional Commission
  • Justin Anand, United States Magistrate Judge
  • Adam Bloomston, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Payscape Advisors
  • Don Bolia, Principal, Peachtree Government Relations
  • Joan Buchanan, Chief Diversity Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • Ayanna Buckner, Principal, Community Health Cooperative
  • Margaret Campbell, Partner, Troutman Sanders
  • Julio Carrillo, Vice President & Chief Operations Officer, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta
  • Ashley Carson, Senior Vice President, Relationship Manager, Atlantic Capital Bank
  • F. John Case, Chief Financial Officer, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Lindsay Caulfield, Senior Vice President, Grady Health System
  • Kitty Chaney Reed, Senior Finance Director, Global Leader of Order to Cash, NCR Corporation
  • Pedro Cherry, Vice President, Community and Economic Development, Georgia Power
  • Jennifer Christensen, Managing Editor/Producer, CNN
  • Eshe’ Collins, Senior Program Director; Member, Jumpstart at Georgia State University; Atlanta Board of Education
  • Sonji Jacobs Dade, Director, Leadership Communications
  • Cox Enterprises Inc., Timothy Davies, Vice President and General Manager, Radio One, Inc.
  • Audra Dial, Atlanta Office Managing Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
  • Joy DiBenedetto, President and Chief Executive Officer, Friendship Force International
  • Andre Dickens, Councilman, Post 3 at-Large, Atlanta
  • Derin Dickerson, Partner, Alston & Bird
  • Austin Dickson Executive Director, Literacy Action, Inc.
  • Amy Dosik, Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta
  • Dagmar Epsten, President and Chief Executive Officer, Epsten Group, Inc.
  • Joseph Folz, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
  • J. DeLano Ford, Executive Director, Teach For America Metro Atlanta
  • James Franklin, Chief Executive Officer, TechBridge
  • Gerard Gibbons, President U.S. Sales, United Parcel Service Inc.
  • Shani Godwin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Communiqué USA, Inc.
  • Matt Gove, Chief Marketing Officer, Piedmont Healthcare
  • Louis Gump, President, Digital Current, LLC
  • Heather Hamby, Associate Vice President, Health Center Integration, Executive Associate Dean, and Chief Operating Officer, School of Medicine, Emory University
  • Eric Harrison, Vice President Sales, South Region of PepsiCo
  • Kim Hartsock, Partner, Warren Averett, LLC
  • Monique Honaman, Chief Execuitve Officer and Partner, ISHR Group
  • Brian Hooker, Executive Director, McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority
  • Bob Hope, President and Co-Owner, Hope-Beckham
  • Vaughn Irons, Chief Executive Officer, APD Solutions
  • Ehab Jaleel, Executive Director, Amana Academy Charter School
  • Erika James, Dean, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
  • Simms Jenkins, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, BrightWave
  • Jewelle Johnson, Senior Counsel, Chief Employment Counsel, Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
  • Ronald Johnson, Professor of the Practice, Georgia Tech
  • Tharon Johnson, Managing Director, McKenna Long & Aldridge
  • Jeremy Jones, Partner, Frazier & Deeter, LLC
  • Cassandra Kirk, Chief Judge, Fulton County Magistrate Court
  • Grace Kolvereid, Vice President, Tax, AGL Resources Inc.
  • Jeetendra Kumar, IT Director, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
  • Joshua Lesser, Rabbi, Congregation Bet Haverim
  • Yolanda Lewis, District Court Administrator and Chief Administrative Officer, Superior Court of Fulton County
  • Willie Lovett, Judge, Fulton County Juvenile Court, Atlanta Judicial Circuit
  • Dana Lupton, Executive Director, Moving in the Spirit
  • Jason Martin, Executive Director, Community Guilds Inc
  • Courtney McBurney, Chief Compliance Officer, Energy Management, General Electric
  • Paedia Mixon, Chief Executive Officer, New American Pathways
  • Richard Moultrie, Deputy Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia
  • Melissa Mullinax, Senior Advisor to Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
  • Carol Naughton, Senior Vice President, Purpose Built Communities
  • Reginald O’Shields, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
  • Zachary Parker, President and Chief Executive Officer, DLH Holdings Corporation
  • Randy Patterson, Chief Human Resources Officer, BlueLinx
  • Michael Paulhus, Partner, King & Spalding LLP
  • Chris Peck, Corporate Vice President, Human Resources, UPS
  • Jannquell Peters, Mayor of East Point
  • Hunter Pierson, Vice President, Goldman, Sachs, & Co.
  • Condace Pressley, Manager, Programming Operations and Community Affairs, Cox Media Group Atlanta
  • Steve Reis, Principal, McKinsey & Company
  • Lauventria Robinson, Vice President, Multicultural Marketing, The Coca-Cola Co.
  • Shana Rooks, Commissioner, Clayton County Board of Commissioners
  • JaKathryn Ross, Director, Community Affairs & Executive Director, YEGeorgia, Georgia-Pacific LLC
  • Rodney Sanders, Senior Vice President and Market Credit Executive, PNC Bank
  • Steve Sear, Senior Vice President Global Sales, Delta Air Lines Inc.
  • Salaam Semaan, Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Puneet Seth, Managing Partner, New York Life Insurance Co.
  • Tina Shah, Assistant General Counsel, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
  • Margaret Stagmeier, President, TI Asset Management/TriStar Investment
  • Tara Stoinski, President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer, The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
  • Alan Stukalsky, Chief Information Officer, Randstad US
  • Katerina Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, DeKalb Chamber of Commerce
  • Timothy Wilkerson, Vice President, Store Operations, The Home Depot Inc.
  • Catheren Woolard, Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Catheren Ml. Woolard, Inc.

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