Jennifer Owens, Chair. Jennifer is the Philanthropy Coordinator for Georgia Organics. Previously, Jennifer served as the Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of Georgia. She also worked on issues relating to air quality, smart growth and transportation for The Clean Air Campaign. Jennifer’s background includes leadership on many grassroots issue campaigns and get-out-the-vote projects as well as candidate campaigns. 

Tracy Paden, Chair-Elect.  Tracy is an Account Supervisor with Cookerly Public Relations Company and has over ten years of experience in the Public Relations field. She is active in community volunteerism with organizations including Hands On Atlanta, the Atlanta Community Food Bank and the Genesis Shelte. She is a past board member of the Atlanta Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications.

Colin Edelstein, Secretary.  Colin is a partner with Cortland Partners, a full service real estate development company.  The cornerstone of Cortland’s success lies in its highly entrepreneurial spirit.  As such, Colin is experienced in virtually all aspects of real estate development as well as managing business operations. Colin graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science.

Rebecca Clements, Treasurer. Rebecca is Vice President of Global Pricing Strategy for Nova Information Systems. She formerly held the position of Director, Strategic Pricing/Marketing with BellSouth Corporation. Rebecca has extensive experience in marketing and developing strategies that ensure success in marketing endeavors. She is active in community philanthropic event planning.

Natalie Updike, Resource Development Chair.  Natalie is a Senior Writer at Coxe Curry and Associates.  During the past seven years, she has been a fundraising consultant for nonprofit organizations, assisting organizations with case summary development and resource development strategy.  She graduated from University of Notre Dame with a major in American Studies and a minor in Gender Studies.

Liz Calloway. Liz is the District Sales Manager for Grainger. She recently retired from AT&T with over twenty-two years of experience in the telecommunications industry including extensive experience in large team management, consultative selling, service delivery and operations. Liz holds an MBA degree.

Cheya Dunlap. Cheya is the Human Resources Manager with GE Energy based in Atlanta, GA where she provides overall HR leadership for the Inspection & Repair Services business which includes 3800+ employees in 65 worldwide locations.  Cheya is an active member of GE Energy’s African-American Forum, Women's Network, and GE Volunteers. She has a BS from Tuskegee University and MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University.

Jane Goldner.  Jane is an organizational consultant with The Goldner Group, specializing in leadership and organizational effectiveness consulting. Her clients have included Coca-Cola, BBDO Atlanta, and Piedmont Hospital among others. Committed to the development of strong female leaders, Jane volunteers her time as a member of the Georgia 100, mentoring and coaching female

business leaders.

Maureen Healy.  Maureen is Vice President of Customer Communications for UPS, where she directs all enterprise-wide customer communications activities including interactive communications, direct marketing and diversity marketing communications. Prior to joining UPS, Healy worked several years at a direct marketing agency and a trade show management company. Healy earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics at Boston University and studied at New York University.

Kathryn Herring. Kathryn is currently a graduate student studying rhetorical acts and artifacts that clear public space for women and transform communities. She returned to school after a twenty year career focused on marketing/business development and organizational capacity and sustainability. Previously she served as an executive and a consultant in the non-profit and private sectors, and volunteered with various non-profit organizations including as co-founder of a thriving private high school.

Mary Kate Hewes.  Mary Kate is the sole proprietor of Mary Kate Hewes Jewelry Design. She studied art abroad, in Corona, Italy and received her certification to teach art from Georgia State University. She is certified to teach in Kindergarten through the 12th grade and has taught in both the Georgia and Missouri Public School Systems. Mary Kate is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School and earned her BA in Art History form the University of Georgia.   

Lindsey Mosby. Lindsey works with the strategy and design firm Matter where she brings extensive experience in user research, brand strategy, and change and organizational management. She has spent the past 8 years working with multiple, top-level executives on mission-critical, strategic planning initiatives. Some domestic and international clients include—UPS, Coca-Cola, Philips (North America and Eindhoven offices), The Well Project, UNICEF-USA, ING Group and ING-USA, and The Gap.

Lewis Perkins. Lewis is the Director of Sustainable Strategies with Mohawk Industries. His background includes both the non-profit and private sector, having most recently worked for The Clean Air Campaign. Lewis holds a BA degree from Washington and Lee University and an MBA from Emory University's Goizueta Business School. His additional volunteer roles include The One Love Learning Foundation, The Dallas Austin Foundation and The March of Dimes.

Raluca Qawi. Raluca is Vice President and Client Advisor in the Wealth and Investment Management  group at SunTrust Bank. She specializes in working with high net worth individuals and families in meeting their financial planning, investment and risk management needs. She studied Business Management and Marketing abroad and obtained a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) designation from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta in addition to various securities and insurance licenses.

Erinn Robinson.  Erinn is an Associate with the law firm of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP. Her area of expertise is intellectual property and she has experience handling a wide variety of intellectual property litigation, prosecution, and client counseling matters, including patent, copyright, trademark, unfair competition and trade secret issues.

Mary Schoeffler.  Mary holds the position of Counsel Global Sourcing for General Electric Energy. She was formerly an Associate with Troutman Sanders, LLP and King & Spalding. Mary is an active member of the GE Women's Network.  She received her BA and JD from Vanderbilt University.

Jenny Wingard.  Jenny is the Vice President of Health Care Operations for Kaiser Permanente-Georgia Region. She has been with this not-for-profit integrated health care delivery system for over 20 years. During her tenure she has held many management positions within Human Resources and Operations.  Jenny earned a BS degree in Human Resources Management from Auburn University.

Stacey Winston.  Stacey is Dean of Students at The Paideia School. She is the former Dean of Students at Atlanta Girls' School and has eighteen years experience in the independent school arena as an administrator, teacher and coach.

Robin Zamarripa.  Robin has over 20 years management and technology experience in the telecommunications industry. Until 2001, she was a Business Systems Analyst with AT&T and has broad experience in program and project management, strategic analysis and planning, technology and software consulting.