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Board of Directors

Jane Goldner, Board Chair.  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. Jane is the author of the book "Driven to Success: A 10-Point Checkup for Achieving High Performance in Business." 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.

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.

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.

Sheraun Britton-Parris. Marketing Committee Chair. Sheraun is a Vice President and Product Marketing Manager with RidgeWorth Investments. Her expertise lies in Consumer Brand Marketing and Financial Services with Fortune 500 companies. Sheraun is a graduate of Hampton University and the University of Rochester William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.

Stacey Winston, Board Development Committee ChairStacey 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.

June Carlson. June is Vice President of Private Banking for Georgian Bank, where she is responsible for developing and managing deposit and credit relationships of individuals and theirbusinesses in the Atlanta market. She has previously held leadership positions with Fidelity Bank, Wachovia, and Citicorp. She received her BS in Business Administration from C.W. Post University in New York.

Joanna Cheng. Joanna is a Certified Public Accountant and Financial Audit Senior with Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP. She prepares financial statements, related disclosures, and management reports for a client base within the manufacturing, technology, retail, and financial services industries. Joanna received a BBA with a concentration in Accounting from Kennesaw State University.

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.

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.

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 activemember 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.