Chair Robert L. Brown, Jr. President and CEO, R L Brown and Associates, Inc.
Vice Chair Mike Garrett President & CEO, Georgia Power Company
Secretary/Treasurer Reuben McDaniel President & CEO, Jackson Securities LLC
Past Chair Phil Jacobs Retired |
Sylvia Anderson | President, AT&T Georgia |
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| Brooks Coleman | Chair, House Education Committee |
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| Kathy Cox | State Superintendent of Schools | Ann Cramer | Corporate Community Relations, IBM Corporation | Leslie Cushman
Erroll Davis | Georgia PTA
Chancellor, University Sysrtem of Georgia |
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| Stephen Dolinger | President, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education | Sally FitzGerald | Director of Education, League of Women Voters of Georgia | Herb Garrett | Executive Director, Georgia School Superintendents Association | Sis Henry | Executive Director, Georgia School Boards Association | Ed Heys | Deputy Managing Partner, Deloitte | George Israel | President, Georgia Chamber of Commerce | Ron Jackson
Emily Jennette
Mike Kucey | Georgia Department of Technical & Adult Education
2008 Georgia Teacher of The Year
Senior Regional Manager, Washington Mutual | Allene Magill | Executive Director, Professional Association of Educators | Lewis Massey | President, Massey & Bowers |
| | Holly Robinson | Commissioner, Bright from the Start, Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning | Maritza Pichon | Executive Director, Latin American Association | Jim Puckett | Executive Director, Georgia Association of Educational Leaders | Jennifer Rippner | Executive Director, Governor's Office of Student Achievement | Diane Sandifer | President, Georgia School Boards Association | Beheruz Sethna | President, University of West Georgia | Steve Smith | VP-Corporate Responsibility, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. | Rob Teilhet | Georgia House of Representatives, Education Committee | Michael Thurmond | Commissioner, Department of Labor | Linda Torrence | Director, Community Relations/Public Service, Fox 5 WAGA Atlanta | Chris Turner | Executive Director, Georgia Association of Educators | Dan Weber | Georgia State Senate, Education and Youth Committee | Pat Willis | Executive Director, Voices for Georgia's Children |
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The Georgia Partnership's Board of Directors is comprised of professionals from many different fields but all are united in a common goal: raising student achievement in Georgia. We are grateful for their governance and service and especially proud when they are recognized for individual achievement. Here is just a sample of some of their past honors and accolades:
Emily Jennette
Jennifer Rippner
Michael Thurmond
Kathy Ashe
Sally FitzGerald
Ann Cramer
George Israel
Maritza Pichon
VOICES Award Winners
Four of the seven honorees at the first annual VOICES for Georgia’s Children “Big Voice” awards dinner have strong Georgia Partnership ties. U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, a current Partnership Board member; Tom Upchurch, past president of the Partnership; Mel Kruger, CEO, L.E. Schwartz & Son, Inc., Macon, current board member and one of the Partnership’s founding members in 1990; and Otis Johnson, current Savannah mayor and Board member, were all honored for their tireless efforts on behalf of making children a priority in Georgia. |