2011 Board of Directors

Barry H. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Chair & President (New York, NY)
Director, Dreyfus Health Foundation of The Rogosin Institute
Board of Directors of Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation, Kornfield Foundation, and New York City Rescue Mission

Sally K. Walden, Vice President and Secretary (Columbus, GA)
Community volunteer; Board of Directors of Open Door Community, Girls Inc., St. Francis Hospital, and Junior League of Columbus

Richard N. Hubert, Esq., Treasurer (Atlanta, GA)
Senior Attorney with Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams and Martin, L.L.P.
Dean's Counsel, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Advisory Board, Duke University; Trustee, The O.C. Hubert Trust

D. Keith Calhoun (Atlanta, GA)
Chief Executive Officer, Purchasing Power, LLC
Board Member, Trinity Community Ministries

Rev. James C. Cantrell
(Norcross, GA)
District Superintendent, Atlanta Emory District of the United Methodist Church

Elvan C. Daniels, M.D. (Atlanta, GA)
Associate Director and Director of Women's Health, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine

William D. Hoyt (Atlanta, GA)
Senior Credit Manager – Vice-President, SunTrust Bank (Retired)
Board member, Good Samaritan Health Center
Mission Committee, Mission Volunteer, and Sunday Servant, Northside UMC

Lea Ann Hudson (Marietta, GA)
Director of the Office of the President, Agnes Scott College
Active member, Mount Zion UMC (Marietta, GA)

Nancy Brooks Jones (Chapel Hill, NC )
Teacher and Faculty Advisor - AFS-Student Foreign Exchange Club (Retired)
Chair, The D.W. and Ruth Brooks Foundation; Trustee, NC Wesleyan College

Parmindar S. Lotay (Nairobi, Kenya)
Chief Executive Officer, Pharm Access Africa, Ltd.
Chairman, Grassroots Alliance for Community Education, Africa & Rotary Club of Nairobi
Advisory Board Member, National Organization of Peer Educators (Kenya)

Helen F. McSwain, M.D. (Atlanta, GA)
Physician (OB/GYN), Peachtree Women's Specialists & Piedmont Hospital staff
Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Richard W. Riley
(Gainesville, GA)
Partner, Sawyer Riley Compton (Retired)

Jo (Elna) Sheetz (Atlanta, GA)
Education Coordinator, Community Action Center
Deaconess, United Methodist Church; Member, North Georgia United Methodist Housing and Homeless Council

Patricia M. Simone, M.D. (Dunwoody, GA)
Principal Deputy Director, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Rebecca B. Work, CNM, MSN, MPH, Atlanta, GA
Former faculty, Dept. of Ob/Gyn, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
Community volunteer, Emory University Alumni Association & Cathedral of St. Philip; Past President, Riverwood High School PTSA and Board member of the school’s Foundation


Kathleen Eidson, Director Emerita
Financial Officer (retired) Lathem Time

Julia T. Gary, Ph.D., Director Emerita
Dean of College Emerita, Agnes Scott College; United Methodist Minister (Retired)

Claude H. Grizzard, Sr., Director Emeritus
Chairman Emeritus, Grizzard Communications Group

L. Bevel Jones, III, D.D., Director Emeritus
Bishop, United Methodist Church (Retired)

 

 

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