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Changing board leadership and shifting responsibilities for Center staff

By Paul Ficklin-Alred. The Center for Ethics Advisory Council transitions to a new leadership this year. John Wieland, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, completed his term as chair this summer, but will continue his relationship with the Center as a council member.

Wieland is a founding member of the Council and the first chair. Wieland joined the group in 1994 and is one of two members who have served on the Council during the entire ten-year history of the Center. He has led the Council since 1997.

Wieland is a graduate of Amherst College and the Harvard Business School. In 1993 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Amherst College. He is involved in a number of volunteer activities, including the Woodruff Arts Center 's High Museum of Art and the International Board of Habitat for Humanity, was the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and is an elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA).

A new leadership team will guide the Council. Pierre Ferrari, President of the Hot Fudge Social Venture Group, began his service as Advisory Council chair at the fall meeting. Ferrari joined the Council in 1999. Filling the roles of Vice Chairs are Peter Moister, President of Corbin Investment Holdings, and Lesley Ward, a private practice psychologist and consultant. Moister and Ward have been Council members since 2002.

Ferrari holds a masters degree in economics from the University of Cambridge and a MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a consultant in the field of Conscientious Commerce, with a particular focus on creating and nurturing the internal conditions that lead to enhanced socially responsible behavior among businesses. Ferrari's son graduated from Emory College in 2003.

Moister earned a degree in economics from the University of North Carolina and an MBA from Columbia University, and received his M.A. in Religion (cum laude) from Yale University. Some of his local charitable and civic interests include The Episcopal Media Center, The Atlanta Botanical Gardens and the Buckhead Lions Club. In 1995, he enrolled in the doctoral program for Ethics and Society at Emory University, withdrawing in 1999 to refocus on business.

Ward graduated from The College of William and Mary with a degree in economics, and earned degrees in counseling from Georgia State University. She is a member of The Southern Center for International Studies, the Atlanta Women’s Foundation, and Trinity Presbyterian Church.

The Advisory Council, formed in 1994 with five members, advises Center leaders on the direction of the Center and its mission, and members act as liaisons to the business, professional and civic communities. The Council, which is comprised of Atlanta business and community leaders, currently has sixteen members. A list of Council members can be found on page 11. A Faculty Board of Advisors, chaired by Goizueta Associate Dean Jeff Rosensweig, also advises the Center.

The Center will honor Mr. Wieland for his years of Council service at its December 8 Holiday Party.

Administrative responsibilities for some Center staff are shifting this year as the Center prepares for an upcoming capital campaign and building program.

Jim Fowler is now Executive Director of the Center and will spend more time focusing on external relations, fundraising and working with the Center’s Advisory Council and Board of Advisors.

Kathy Kinlaw, in addition to her other roles, will serve as Director, taking primary administrative responsibility for the everyday operations of the Center. She will have primary oversight of the budget and staff support issues.

Paul Ficklin-Alred will carry the role of Assistant Director for Administration, assuming increased administrative duties and working closely with the boards, as well as providing support for Fowler. Kinlaw and Ficklin-Alred will join Fowler in representing the Center at Executive Building Committee meetings and in shaping the Center’s future building plans.

Karen Trotochaud, Assistant Director of the Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia, will take on additional leadership responsibilities for the consortium.

[ Posted by Paul Ficklin-Alred at December 1, 2004 10:58 AM | More Fundraising & Development articles | More General Center for Ethics News articles ]

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