Leadership & Staff
Board of Directors
Joanne Truffelman, President
Chairwoman
MADWOMEN
Samuel Olens, Esq., Vice President
Partner, Public Policy
Dentons
Fran L. Friedrich, Secretary/Treasurer
Vice President, Managing Director, Private Client
Renasant Bank
W. Imara Canady
National Director, Communications & Community Engagement
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)
Chair, Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition
Charles A. Chesnutt
SVP Treasurer
Genuine Parts Company
Barbarella Diaz
Executive VP of Community Affairs
Diaz Foods
Alexandra Jackson Harris
Singer/Musician
Jerry Nix
CFO (Retired)
Genuine Parts Company
Samit Roy
CEO
Scicom Infrastructures Services, Inc.
Maranie Brown, MBT
Vice President, Data Platforms & Solutions
BlackRock
Directors Emeriti
Kessel D. Stelling
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
Synovus Financial Corp.
Percy Vaughn
Regional Executive Director, Sales Operations
Kia Motors America, Inc.
Clare Richardson
President Emeritus
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
Jack Ward
President & CEO
JF Ward Enterprises, LLC
Barbara E. Williams
Former State Farm Agent
& Cobb County Commissioner
Education Advisory Committee
Ashley Suta
Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education
Britney Lee
Clayton County Schools
Catherine Keyser
Forsyth County Schools
David DuBose
Gwinnett County Schools
Elizabeth M. "Betsy" Eppes
Fulton County Schools
Jessica Kiger
The Atlanta Opera
Dr. Katie O. Anderson
Paulding County School District
Dr. Kirby Meng
Rockdale County Public Schools
Dr. Liss Maynard
Cobb County School District
Dr. Matt Koperniak
Fulton County Schools
B. Paul McClain
Georgia Department of Education
Dr. Prince T. Bowie
Clayton County Public Schools
Rae Presley-King
Fayette County Public Schools
Dr. Sara Womack
Cobb County School District
Sharon Story
Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education
Susan Bowman
Homeschool Field Trip Club
ArtsBridge Foundation Staff
Elizabeth "Beth" Lenhart
Director of Arts Education
(770) 916-2808
elenhart@artsbridgega.org
Janay Jefferson
Program Coordinator
(770) 916-2805
jjefferson@artsbridgega.org
Jessica Guthrie
Development Coordinator
(770) 916-2817
jguthrie@artsbridgega.org
