Attorney (UGA), West Point grad, U.S. Army Military Intelligence Officer with 20 years of coast-to-coast capital campaign experience; believes nonprofit campaigns should be run like a military operation complete with occasional use of camouflage face paint and frequent use of “Hooah!” (Per Wikipedia, “hooah” means “anything and everything EXCEPT ‘no'”).
Labor / Employment Law Attorney (UGA) and University of Michigan graduate with 14 years in the practice of law, and a decade in fundraising and capital campaign management; multi-campaign winner and emerging industry leader; twin citizenship (US and U.K.), twin kids, two pups, one husband, and a whole lotta iron fist in a velvet glove!
A highly experienced development professional (15 years in the business!) with multiple degrees, Laura runs the P10 command center with agility and alacrity; this former ballerina keeps POWER 10 staff and clients on their toes and on task – somehow managing to project urgency and calm simultaneously.
Communications pro and former senior executive at 4 (!) top southeast chambers; has creatively generated new high-impact economic development initiatives — as well as songs for the Nashville crowd; hobbies include being named to Top 40 lists (not yet Casey Kasem’s) and building shelves to hold his many awards; accomplished guitar player and artist, and proud papa to twin daughters.
Sports marketer of Olympic proportions (involved in THREE Olympic games!), and marketing / corporate sponsorship specialist for big name clients (Atlanta Braves / Falcons, X Games, FIFA World Cup); professional “roots” at Delta and he’s kept climbing since – to include penning two aviation-related novels; Bucknell grad; proud husband of Heidi.
Prolific United Way fundraiser who leapt up the Metro ATL UW ladder and hauled in $36 million over 10 years; honed his leaping / sprinting skills on the Morehouse gridiron; well-traveled international man of mystery who helped the U.S. bring representative democracy to Southeast Asia and West Africa; married to his high school sweetheart, Maryam, with three kids, and a significant pastoral and journalism family legacy; misses his black and red childhood Air Jordan’s but still believes there is magic in the motto, “Just Do It!”
Crackerjack finance pro (14 years at Philips, Schlumberger, Harman, K-Swiss) who tames spreadsheet circular references with a glance and a laugh, and brings California cucumber cool to stressed executives; mama to Henry (her Goldendoodle), and nearly as much love for her other favorite dawg, Uga of the Red and Black; believes the answer to almost every question is an In-N-Out burger and a glass of wine.
Highly experienced strategic planner at the city, county, regional, state, national, global and galactic levels; simultaneously fell in love with economic development and her future husband, Chuck, while they were grad students at Georgia Tech; Peachtree Road Race runner for the past 20 years; proud mom of two teens; reps the SEC with her Vandy undergrad, in lieu of joining the ranks of the Bulldogs… Kathy – there’s still time!
