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ANNA ROACH
BILL SCHNEIDER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO, ATLANTA
REGIONAL COMMISSION
VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, FOX 5
ATLANTA/WAGA-TV
Formerly COO for Fulton County,
Roach became ARC’s first female
CEO in 2022. The agency is a leader in the booming Atlanta region,
working with local governments and community partners on issues like transit, aging
services, and workforce development. Roach
serves on the boards of the Council for
Quality Growth, the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, and Drawdown Georgia.
Going into his 16th year leading
FOX 5 Atlanta, Schneider continues to enhance the station’s recognized position as a local media
powerhouse. Known for breaking news updates and popular shows “Good Day Atlanta”
and “The Georgia Gang,” Schneider’s team
includes news director Scott Stucky, assistant
news director Amy Oates and managing editor Cal Callaway.
DAVID RUBINGER
LEAH WARD SEARS
PUBLISHER, ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE
INTERIM PRESIDENT, EMORY UNIVERSITY
Beginning his career in journalism
at the Atlanta Business Chronicle in
1989, Rubinger returned to the
paper in 2015 as publisher after
turns as a communications executive for
several major Atlanta companies. One of the
largest business journals in the U.S., the
Business Chronicle’s influence and circulation
rivals that of Atlanta’s daily newspaper. It is
published by the Charlotte-based American
City Business Journals.
This proud Emory Law School
alumna has remained close to her
alma mater across a trailblazing
legal career, which included becoming the first African American woman to
serve as a superior court judge in Georgia and
the first woman to serve on the Supreme
Court of Georgia. Sears is leading Emory
through a transitional period as it searches
for its next full-time president.
PAUL SHAILENDRA
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Tracy Brundage
Albany State University
Robert Scott
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Ingrid Thompson-Sellers
Augusta University
Russell Keen
Clayton State University
Georj Lewis
College of Coastal Georgia
Johnny Evans
Columbus State University
Stuart Rayfield
Dalton State College
John Fuchko
East Georgia State College
Kyle Marrero (Interim)
Fort Valley State University
Paul Jones
Georgia College
STEVE SADOW
PRESIDENT, SG PROPERTY SERVICES
ATTORNEY, STEVEN H. SADOW, P.C.
This Emory law school graduate
has enjoyed a reputation as one of
Atlanta’s most talented criminal
defense lawyers as the sole practitioner with his own firm. Notable clients
have included various rappers, the owner of
Atlanta’s now-defunct Gold Club and President Donald Trump.
Apart from his day job as a prominent commercial real estate executive, Shailendra is a proud Georgia
Tech alumnus and major athletics
booster. An avid outdoorsman, Shailendra is
a former appointee to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and currently
serves on the board of the North Georgia
Mountains Authority.
KATHERINE SAEZ
SACHIN SHAILENDRA
Georgia Southwestern State University
GEORGIA REGIONAL PRESIDENT, TRUIST
PRESIDENT, SG CONTRACTING
A 26-year career at Truist (formerly SunTrust) has led Saez all the
way to the top of the bank’s vital
Georgia division, where she manages the bank’s commercial and middle market sectors. Her Peach State roots grow even
deeper with board seats for the Woodruff
Arts Center, Metro Atlanta Chamber, and
Junior Achievement of Georgia.
A former chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of
Regents, this well-connected businessman’s record of projects reads
like a “Wall of Fame” among subcontractors,
architects and designers. He chairs the Rowen Foundation, overseeing development of a
2,000-acre Gwinnett County “knowledge
community” which is envisioned to be a
global research destination.
Michelle Johnston
DEREK SCHILLER
PRESIDENT & CEO, ATLANTA BRAVES
BOB SHAW
Schiller oversees the Braves’ dayto-day business operations, including all business and ballpark
functions of the team, from corporate partnerships to concessions. His next
major project is sorting out the team’s next
television deal, as the Braves look to launch
their own network following the collapse of
FanDuel Sports Network.
FOUNDER AND CEO, ENGINEERED FLOORS
In 1967 Shaw founded Shaw Industries alongside his brother Bud, a
hugely successful carpet and flooring company that would help reinforce Dalton’s reputation as the “Carpet Capital of the World.” After selling that company
to Berkshire Hathaway in the early 2000s,
Shaw’s career got a second wind when he
founded Engineered Floors in 2009, which
itself has grown to become the third-largest
residential flooring provider in the world.
Cathy Cox
Georgia Gwinnett College
Jann Joseph
Georgia Highlands College
Mike Hobbs
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ángel Cabrera
Georgia Southern University
Kyle Marrero
Georgia State University
Brian Blake
Gordon State College
Donald Green
Kennesaw State University
Kathy Schwaig
Middle Georgia State University
Christopher Blake
Savannah State University
Jermaine Whirl
South Georgia State College
Greg Tanner (Interim)
University of Georgia
Jere Morehead
University of North Georgia
Michael Shannon
University of West Georgia
Michael Johnson
Valdosta State University
William “Bill” Crowe (Interim)
