MS Leadership Class 2013 Graduation
may 2, 2013 Cherokee Town Club 155 West Paces Ferry Road, NW Atlanta, GA 30305
Creating a world free of MS. This graduation ceremony has been generously underwritten by Elaine and John Carlos.
Graduation Cocktail Reception & Dinner
Guest Speaker
Thursday, May 2, 2013 • 6:00-8:00 PM Cherokee Town Club 155 West Paces Ferry Road, NW, Atlanta, GA 30305
Program Agenda 6:00 pm
Cocktail Reception
6:45 pm
Welcome and Introductions
All Wight M. Mixon, Sales Associate
Dorsey Alston 2013 Co-Chair
Ronen Arad, Director PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 2013 Co-Chair
6:50 pm Invocation
Brock Darby, District Manager The Home Depot
6:55 pm
Dinner
All
7:00 pm
Opening Remarks
Jovita Moore, Senior Anchor WSB-TV MS Leadership Class 2013 Honorary Chair
7:10 pm Guest Speaker
Kelvin Cochran, Chief Fire Rescue Department, City of Atlanta
7:15 pm
Video “The Makings of a Leader” All
7:20 pm Presentation of Awards Hall of Fame 2013 Inductees
Jovita Moore Wight M. Mixon Ronen Arad
8:00 pm Closing Remarks
Roy A. Rangel, President National MS Society, Georgia Chapter
This graduation ceremony has been generously underwritten by Elaine and John Carlos.
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Kelvin J. Cochran Fire Chief Kelvin J. Cochran is Fire Chief of the City of Atlanta Fire Rescue Department with thirty-one years in the fire service industry from Firefighter to Fire Chief of Shreveport, Louisiana to Fire Chief of Atlanta, Georgia. He was appointed as the United States Fire Administrator by President Barack Obama in 2009 and re-appointed by Mayor Kasim Reed as Fire Chief of the City of Atlanta Fire Rescue Department in 2010. He is a graduate of Wiley College in Organizational Management; and Louisiana Tech University in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Kelvin is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana and is married to Carolyn Marshall. They have two daughters, a son and one granddaughter. Kelvin is a member of Leadership Atlanta Class of 2013.
A letter from the Chairman of the Board Congratulations to you for successfully completing the 2013 MS Leadership Class. Since 2009, the MS Leadership Class has allowed leaders in our community to display their passion and desire to excel in personal commitments and to share their business successes with the MS community. From my attendance at several of your events, I know that the 2013 program provided opportunities for you to meet these objectives. I trust your experience was worthwhile and rewarding and that it will serve to enhance your executive leadership adventure. Your generous gift of time, talent and treasure to the National MS Society will have a long-lasting impact on the lives of people with multiple sclerosis. Because of you and many others who support our mission, we continue to improve our understanding of the scientific mechanisms that lead to disease progression in MS so that we can stop, restore and end MS forever. Your selfless commitment and extraordinary contributions will inspire meaningful partnerships in the research community in order to connect ideas and vital resources to accelerate the development of new therapies for MS. With no exaggeration, I can say that you are helping our organization change lives. Your active participation allowed you to network through service projects that help us meet our mission. You’ve seen and heard first-hand the challenges and hardships that people with MS face. You’ve heard what it takes to inspire and motivate a superior, loyal staff using proven leadership skills. And you’ve unlocked some creativity in your commendable fund raising efforts. I join our MS volunteers, staff and clients in urging you to continue to positively influence the world around you by staying involved with the National MS Society beyond your accomplishments in the Class of 2013. We know that your good work has just begun. Lastly, I hope that you will continue to make giving a priority – that you promote a value system grounded on respect for others and a strong belief in self-worth. In a time when self-absorption is prevalent, you instead stepped up and demonstrated leadership values including honesty, integrity, confidence, and compassion. Thank you.
Sincerely, William J. Holley, II Chairman of the Board National MS Society, Georgia Chapter
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MS Leadership Class Hall of Fame The MS Leadership Hall of Fame is a distinguished group of business men and women who earn special recognition for their fundraising efforts exceeding $3000. These members lead the way in our community as a driving force behind our vital MS research funding.
Joe Surber
William P. Reddick
Congratulations MS Leadership Class 2013!
William R. Barney, III
of Buckhead and Decatur
David Sirna
Wight Mixon
Brian DeFrates
Proud business partner of the National MS Society Georgia Chapter
Brent Adams A. Grant Bell
Tom Holler
Nancy Jo McDaniel
Executive Vice President, Senior Banking Officer and Inaugural MS Leadership Class 2009 Alumnus
Tara E. Murphy
Oliver W. Holmes
Michael Wall
404.264.7979 | 404.809.3930
Photos are arranged according to the fundraising report on page 5.
www.PrivateBankofBuckhead.com www.PrivateBankofDecatur.com
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Member FDIC | Equal Housing Lender
MS Leadership Class Hall of Fame continued
MS Leadership Hall of Fame David Alexander
Tara Brashear
Shana Deluca
Solomon Nixon, Jr
Carson Matthews
Chelton D. Tanger
Terry Brantley
Jennifer D. Guarton
Brian D. Granville
Harrison Rohr
Becky Robinson
Karen Steadman
Todd Ellis
Monica Davis
Renee Spivy
Edmund Burke
Kristine White
Ranse Partin
Larry Clements, MD
Chris LIngle
Rebecca Hoke
Lisa Lepping
Eileen Ponich
Lee Kolber
Chris White
Jon Howell
Kurt D. Witter
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MS Leadership Class Hall of Fame Name 1 Joe Surber 2 William P. Reddick 3 William R. Barney, III 4 David Sirna 5 Wight Mixon 6 Brian DeFrates 7 A. Grant Bell 8 Tom Holler 9 Nancy Jo McDaniel 10 Tara E. Murphy 11 Oliver W. Holmes 12 Michael Wall 13 David Alexander 14 Solomon Nixon, Jr. 15 Carson Matthews 16 Jennifer D. Guarton 17 Brian Granville, Esq. 18 Tara E. Brashear 19 Terry Brantley 20 Chelton Tanger 21 Harrison Rohr 22 Becky Robinson 23 Shana Deluca 24 Karen Steadman 25 Todd Ellis R. 26 Monica Davis 27 Renee Spivy 28 Edmund Burke 29 Kristine White 30 Ranse Partin 31 Larry Clements, M.D. 32 Chris Lingle 33 Rebecca Hoke 34 Lisa Lepping 35 Kurt Witter 36 Eileen Ponich 37 Lee Kolber 38 Chris White 39 Jon Howell
Company Total Donations* AGL Resources $14,275.00 Celtaxsys $11,250.00 Play It Again Sports-Buckhead $10,455.00 GE Energy $ 7,953.00 Dorsey Alston $ 6,615.00 Southern Company $ 6,525.00 William Gallagher Associates $ 6,250.00 UPS $ 6,033.25 NJM Photography $ 5,825.00 360 Media, Inc. $ 5,025.00 Georgia Commerce Bank $ 5,000.00 Troutman Sanders, LLP $ 4,718.00 ScottMadden, Inc. $ 4,426.01 Franks & Associates Insurance $ 4,114.00 Atlanta Fine Homes, Sotheby’s International Realty $ 4,000.00 Atlanta Business Chronicle $ 3,765.00 The Graville Group, LLC $ 3,702.00 Freeman $ 3,700.00 Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP $ 3,610.00 PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP $ 3,600.00 The St. Regis Hotel $ 3,550.00 Chatterhouse Communications $ 3,465.00 Liaison Technologies $ 3,350.00 Leadership Futures, Inc. $ 3,180.00 NAI Brannen Goddard $ 3,175.00 Partners Atlanta $ 3,165.00 Medical Doctor Associates, LLC $ 3,165.00 Merrill Lynch $ 3,150.00 Hewlett Packard $ 3,125.00 Partin Law Firm, PC $ 3,120.00 Kemar Pediatrics $ 3,096.28 Wells Fargo $ 3,075.00 Aquesst $ 3,075.00 EnviroScent, Inc. $ 3,045.00 Sugar Hill Christian Academy $ 3,040.00 Data Symphonics $ 3,025.00 InterContinental Hotels Group $ 3,001.00 Cushman & Wakefield $ 3,000.00 Georgia Health Care Association $ 3,000.00
Total
Fundraising report as of April 16, 2013 Company information may have changed since year inducted. PAGE 5
$180,643.54
Class 2012 2011 2012 2012 2011 2013 2012 2009 2009 2011 2010 2011 2013 2011 2012 2011 2011 2012 2010 2009 2009 2013 2012 2013 2009 2011 2012 2013 2013 2009 2009 2013 2013 2010 2011 2013 2010 2011 2012
Class of 2013 Powerful people promoting high ideals.
David Alexander Senior Associate ScottMadden, Inc.
Xiomara Bailey Caregiver Self-employed
Wade B. Beacham Commercial Insurance Broker McGriff, Seibels, & Williams, Inc.
Edmund M. Burke Financial Advisor/ Corporate Wealth Merrill Lynch
Celeste H. Burr Real Estate Specialist Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc.
Stefanie Chambers Audit Associate Grant Thornton LLP
Rosalie Collado Account Director KPMG LLP
Sharon D. Cooper Owner, “The Transformer� Opulent Elegance
Jamie Cornelius Director of Training Walton Communities
Brock Darby District Manager Home Depot
Brian DeFrates Systems Analyst Team Lead Southern Company
Jay Gillespie Vice President Ernst & Young LLP
Jason Greene Financial Advisor Merrill Lynch
Caroline M. Grimes Associate Director Exec MBA Admissions Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Erin M. Hall Director of Communications & Marketing Building Owners and Managers Association
Christy Harris Associate Broker Harry Norman REALTORS
Diane B. Harris Business Consutlant/Trainer Dale Carnegie of Georgia
Amy Conroy Hassinger Director, Global Sales Operations Infor Global Solutions
M. Vanessa Hicks Entrepreneur/ Support Team Lead US Bancorp/Elavon
Rebecca Hoke Managing Director Aquesst
Amanda Hurtt Marketing Support Specialist NCR Corporation
Romy Heylen Joyita Hegde Principal Consultant Global Head & Liaisons Technologies, Inc. SVP Client Services Software Paradigms International
Lynn E. Kaden Director, Business Development DLP Construction Company, Inc.
Rena Kilgannon President Kilgannon Group LLC PAGE 6
Class of 2013 continued
Tim Martin Owner/Financial Planner Timothy Martin & Associates, LLC
Travis R. McKeone VP, Information Technology Focus Receivables Management
Jennifer Moll Director PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Charles Krauth Client Executive William Gallagher Associates
Chris Lingle Senior Vice President Investments Wells Fargo Advisors
Shanna Morning Division Director Robert Half International
Barry Nash Agent Barry Nash State Farm Agency
Scott Nichols VP Account Director Dalton Agency
Melissa Patterson Tablet Product Manager Fiserv
Uran Piedra Marketing Specialist Axion BioSystems, Inc.
Eileen M. Ponich Principal Consultant Data Symphonics
Becky Dent Robinson Managing Partner Chatterhouse Communications
Betsy Robinson Partner Jobtopia LLC
Toby Spry Director PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Karen Steadman CEO Leadership Futures, Inc.
Andre T. Tennille, III Associate Conley Griggs Partin LLP
Benson Ward Attorney Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP
Kristine Werner White Documentation Program Manager HP
Ben Wilcox Director PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Not pictured: Rebecca Hickman Audit Manager Grant Thornton LLP
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Special Thanks Elaine and John Carlos National Distributing Company Robert C. O’Leary Cox Enterprises, Inc. (Retired) Andrew C. Carlos MS Institute at Shepherd Ben W. Thrower, MD AGL Resources Joe Surber Celtaxsys William P. Reddick
Dale Carnegie of Georgia Ercell Charles Wendy Johnson
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Chelton Tanger Ronen Arad
Deloitte Jeff Lund Monique Francois Margie Painter
Shirley and Ed Schiffer
King & Spalding Paul J. Murphy
UPS Tom Holler
Lisa and Steve McCoy
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2013 Board of Trustees National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Georgia Chapter officers: Chairman William J. Holley, II Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP Vice Chairman Cindy Nofi Wells Fargo Private Bank Secretary Cherise Mlott AT&T Treasurer Keith Keller Protiviti trustees: Elaine and John A. Carlos National Distributing Company, Inc. Jeffrey English, MD MS Center of Atlanta
Gary B. Grant Glenridge Solutions LLC
Wight Mixon Dorsey Alston
Thomas A. Holler, Jr. United Parcel Service, Inc.
Paul J. Murphy King & Spalding
Weyman T. Johnson, Jr. Paul, Hastings LLP
Mark A. Neville The Coca-Cola Company
Rena Kilgannon Kilgannon Group LLC
Robert C. O’Leary (Ret’d) Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Kevin W. Kuntz McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Bill Reddick Celtaxsys
Neil Lava, MD Emory MS Clinic
Chelton D. Tanger PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Jeff Lund Deloitte & Touche LLP
Ben Wade Thrower, MD MS Institute at Shepherd
Annette Mengert Colliers International Management-Atlanta
Mitzi Joi Williams, MD MS Center of Atlanta W. Tal Wright COMM360
Greg Michels Travelers
Roy A. Rangel, President Georgia Chapter
A special thanks and congratulations to my nominees in this year’s
with Write Advisors!
MS Leadership Class:
Chris Lingle Benson Ward Amanda Hurt
Wade Beacham David Alexander Christy Harris
Your efforts have brought us closer yet to a cure for MS. Bravo to you all!
Bill Barney PAGE 11
2013 MS Leadership Class Planning Committee Co-Chairs: Ronen Arad PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 1075 Peachtree Street, Suite 2600 Atlanta, GA 30309 678.419.7309 ronen.arad@us.pwc.com Wight Mixon Dorsey Alston 100 West Paces Ferry Road, NW Atlanta, GA 30305 404.234.1003 wightmixon@dorseyalston.com
Advisory Council Members William R. Barney, III Play It Again Sports-Buckhead 4279 Roswell Rd., #501 Atlanta, GA 30342 404.257.0229 wbarn3@bellsouth.net
A. Grant Bell William Gallagher Associates 2 Ravinia Drive, Suite 1540 Atlanta, GA 30346 404.661.5571 gbell@WGAins.com Bonnie B. Daneker WriteAdvisors 855 Peachtree Street, #3412 Atlanta, GA 30308 404.783.5678 bbdaneker@gmail.com Shannon Johnston Mspark 5901 Highway 52 East Birmingham, AL 35080 404.895.7140 shannon971@gmail.com Rena Kilgannon Kilgannon Group LLC 1382 West Wesley Road Atlanta, GA 30327 404.644.9206 rena@kilgannongroup.com
Bill Reddick Celtaxsys 686 North Saint Mary’s Lane Marietta, GA 30064 404.915.5838 breddick@celtaxsys.com
Key Chapter Staff Roy A. Rangel President roy.rangel@nmss.org 678.534.3648 Hilary Burke, MSW Director, Clinical & Chapter Programs hilary.burke@nmss.org 678.534.3587 Terri Cool Development Coordinator terri.cool@nmss.org 678.534.3642
congratulations! Ms Leadership Class 2013 Graduates Wight Mixon
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Congratulations to the 2013 MS Leadership Class
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