Advisory Board

M. Khurram Baig

Owner / Attorney, The Baig Firm

Kenny Blank

Executive Director, Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

Mike Cassidy

Executive Director, Emory Innovations, Inc.

Cannon Carr Jr

Chief Executive Officer, CornerCap Investment Counsel

René Diaz

President and CEO, Diaz Foods

Arnold Evans

Managing Director, Co-Head of Emerging Middle Markets, JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking

Kevin Gooch

Partner, Holland & Knight

Rawson Haverty Jr.

Senior Vice President, Haverty Furniture Companies

Greg Hiebert

Founding Partner, LeadershipForward

Amir Kazmi

Chief Information and Digital Officer, WestRock

Stacey Key

President & CEO, Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council; GDOT Board-5th Congressional District

Dennis Lockhart

President (Retired), Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Richard Makerson

CEO & Managing Partner, BlueFletch

Veronica Maldonado-Torres

President and CEO, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Natalie Morhous

CEO, Race Trac

Ashley Preisinger

Former President, Georgia Proton Therapy Center

Gary Reedy

CEO (Retired), American Cancer Society

A.J. Robinson

President, Central Atlanta Progress and Atlanta Downtown Improvement District

Jeff Rosensweig

Associate Professor of Finance; Director, Global Perspectives Program, Goizueta Business School

David Rubinger

Market President and Publisher, Atlanta Business Chronicle

Kashi Sehgal

Co-Founder and CEO, Gigabark

Jim Simpson

Senior VP - Enterprise Business Services Kaiser Foundation Health Plan

Chris Sizemore

CEO, Incisive

Pam Stahl

President, Avalon Healthcare Solutions

Will Williams

Vice Chair, Operations, KPMG US

Beverly Wright

Vice President - Data Science & AI, Wavicle Date Solutions

Joseph Blanco

President, Crawford & Company

Walter M. (Sonny) Deriso

Chair of the Board, Atlanta Capital Bank, Retired

Paul J. Gennaro

Senior Vice President and Corporate Communications Officer, Voya Financial

Doug Hertz

President and CEO, United Distributors

Eve Hoffman

Writer/Poet

Joel Koblentz

Founding Partner, The Koblentz Group

Jennifer Sherer

Founder, Innovator, Educator, Startup Ecosystem Builder