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Jul 11, 2016 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
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Jul 12, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Jul 18, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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Jul 19, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Jul 19, 2016 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
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Jul 19, 2016 1:15 PM - 8:00 PM
It’s time to Visit Camp Kiwanis—Tuesday, July 19th |
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Jul 22, 2016 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
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Jul 26, 2016 1:15 PM
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Aug 02, 2016 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
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Aug 02, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Aug 08, 2016 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
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Aug 09, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Aug 13, 2016 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Aug 15, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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Aug 16, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Aug 23, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Aug 26, 2016 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
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Aug 30, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Sep 06, 2016 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Read to a child at the Dean Rusk Academy You can read at either 9:45 or 10:15 am for 30 minutes. Must arrive 15 minutes early. All Volunteers must have completed a Background Screening form prior to reading. Contact the office at KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com for a form. To Volunteer and for directions. please contact George Wieder, georgewieder@comcast.net |
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Sep 06, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Sep 10, 2016 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Sep 12, 2016 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
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Sep 13, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Sep 16, 2016 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
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Sep 19, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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Sep 20, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Sep 23, 2016 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
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Sep 25, 2016 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
39th Annual AMIS/Kiwanis International Student Welcome Concert & Reception 3 - 5 pm
Agnes Scott College, Decatur RSVP to Susan Anderson at susan@artreachfoundation.org |
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Sep 27, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Oct 01, 2016 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Kids Cultural Challenge - Boys and Girls Clubs from around the city compete against each other as each club chooses a country and displays its culture, costume, food and more! Contact: Michael Butkus
We need up to 20 Kiwanians to volunteer to serve as judges for various events at this festival that investigates the cultures of countries worldwide. You will be judging banners, displays and presentations. All Volunteers must have completed a background check prior to volunteering.
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Installation of 2016-17 Officers and Directors
Oct 04, 2016
MICHAEL C. HALPIN
Kiwanis Club of Atlanta President, 2016-17
Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Mike Halpin retired from a 47 year career in Public Broadcasting in September, 2015. During the first 27 years of his career he held both television production and broadcast engineering positions, working up to the senior management level at KRMA-TV in Denver, Colorado. In 1995, Halpin relocated to Atlanta to take a senior leadership position in the revitalization of Public Broadcasting Atlanta (WPBA-TV/WABE-FM.) He retired holding the position of Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. A life long active civic and philanthropic volunteer, he has received service awards from the Denver Rotary, Colorado Easter Seals, and Colorado Grand Masonic Lodge. Halpin was also active in the television professional advisory committees of the Public Broadcast Service, and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.Halpin became a member of the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta in August 2003. INSTALLATION: Mike Szalkowski
INVOCATION: Burt Vardeman
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Oct 04, 2016 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
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Oct 04, 2016 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Read to a child at the Dean Rusk Academy Please arrive between 9:30 and 9:45 to get books from our cart. Reading to the kids is at 10 am. Of course, feel free to bring personal books if you prefer. All Volunteers must have completed a Background Check prior to reading. Contact the office at KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com for a form. To Volunteer and for directions. please contact George Wieder, georgewieder@comcast.net |
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Historic Rural Churches of Georgia
Oct 11, 2016
Sonny Seals, Chairman and Co-Founder
Historic Rural Churches of Georgia
Sonny Seals is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Historic Rural Churches of Georgia. Presently he is the Founder and Managing Director of Eton Partners LLC, a retained executive search firm. Prior to founding Eton Partners, Seals was a senior executive with A.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm, and Russell Corporation, a textile and athletic apparel company. Mr. Seals is an active member of the Atlanta Arts Community and has served on the executive committee of the Alliance Theater Company board of directors and the Alliance Theater advisory board for several years. He is a graduate of Georgia Tech and has served on several boards there including the Alumni Association Board of Trustees and the Ferst Center for the Performing Arts. He presently Chairs the external Arts Advisory Board at Georgia Tech. George Hart, President and Co-Founder
Historic Rural Churches of Georgia
George Hart is the President and Co-Founder of Historic Rural Churches of Georgia. He has a career that includes senior positions in the technology and real estate industries in Atlanta. He is especially interested in inner city, adaptive re-use developments. He has served on the board of the Atlanta Humane Society for many years and presently serves on the board of Historic Oakland Foundation, where he was the past Chair. He is Chairman of the Line Creek Community Association and has served on the Fairburn City Planning Commission. Mr. Hart is a former Naval Officer, a graduate of Emory University and the Harvard Graduate Business School. INTRODUCTION: Tom Gay INVOCATION: Russ Wagner
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Oct 15, 2016
Kiwanis Family Day at Georgia Tech Tech vs. Georgia Southern Game Time TBA pending TV $22 Ticket ($50 Value) $44 Tailgate & Ticket ($70 Value) Tickets include a $5 donation to Project Eliminate Buy tickets at gakeyclub.org/kiwanisfamilyday |
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Oct 17, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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CARE
Oct 18, 2016
MICHELLE NUNN, CEO, CARE USA Michelle Nunn is president and CEO of CARE USA, a global poverty-fighting organization that works in 90 countries and reached more than 72 million people in 2014. Michelle has spent 25 years in civic and public service, as a social entrepreneur, a nonprofit CEO and a candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia. She co- founded the volunteer-mobilization organization Hands On Atlanta before engineering its merger with Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. She served as its CEO from 2007-2013. The NonProfit Times has named Michelle seven times to its annual “Power and Influence Top 50” list of change agents from the nonprofit sector. Georgia Trend magazine named Michelle one of its “100 Most Influential Georgians,” and the Anti-Defamation League awarded her its 2005 Touch of Liberty. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Virginia, Nunn majored in history with a minor in religion. She received a Kellogg Fellowship to study faith and social justice in more than a dozen countries, from Peru to Namibia to Jordan. Nunn earned her Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where she received the prestigious Public Service Fellowship. INTRODUCTION: Jean Mori
INVOCATION: Martha Reich
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Oct 18, 2016 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Read to a child at the Dean Rusk Academy Please arrive between 9:30 and 9:45 to get books from our cart. Reading to the kids is at 10 am. Of course, feel free to bring personal books if you prefer. All Volunteers must have completed a Background Check prior to reading. Contact the office at KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com for a form. To Volunteer and for directions. please contact George Wieder, georgewieder@comcast.net |
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Oct 20, 2016 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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"The Next Generation of Sports in Atlanta”
Oct 25, 2016
Mike Egan, SVP and General Counsel of AMB Group, LLC
"The Next Generation of Sports in Atlanta - Mercedes Benz Stadium Set to be a Game Changer for Global Events”
Mike Egan is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of AMB Group, LLC, which is the holding company for the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, PGA Tour Superstores and Mountain Sky Guest Ranch. In addition to his legal responsibilities, Mike provides executive oversight for the construction and development of Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Prior to joining AMB Group in January 2015, Mike was for 25 years a partner in the Corporate Practice Group of King & Spalding and served as Co-Head of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. In that position, Mike acted as primary outside counsel to Arthur Blank and his businesses, including representing Mr. Blank in the acquisition of the Atlanta Falcons in 2002 and all negotiations with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and the City of Atlanta for the development of Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mike also regularly represented numerous other leading companies (including GE, Home Depot, Sprint and UPS) in significant transactions. Mike serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Westminster Schools in Atlanta and as a member of the Honors College Board at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Mr. Egan received his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1982 and clerked for former Chief Judge Elbert P. Tuttle on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate and Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. INTRODUCTION: Mason Stephenson
INVOCATION: Tim Solomon
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Oct 28, 2016 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
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Nov 01, 2016
National Philanthropy Day This event is sold out. To add your name to the wait list, RSVP to KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com |
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Oakland Cemetery
Nov 01, 2016
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Nov 01, 2016 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
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Nov 01, 2016 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Read to a child at the Dean Rusk Academy Please arrive between 9:30 and 9:45 to get books from our cart. Reading to the kids is at 10 am. Of course, feel free to bring personal books if you prefer. All Volunteers must have completed a Background Check prior to reading. Contact the office at KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com for a form. To Volunteer and for directions. please contact George Wieder, georgewieder@comcast.net |
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Nov 01, 2016 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
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Great Balls of Fire! "The Spark That Survived"
Nov 08, 2016
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Myra Lee Lewis, Author
"The Spark That Survived"
Myra Lewis moved to Atlanta in the 1970’s, worked as a secretary for a real estate brokerage, then became an agent in 1981. Since that time, she has become a highly successful Realtor and now manages one of the offices for her firm, All Atlanta Home Finders, Inc., owned by she and her husband, Richard Williams. She lives a very sedate lifestyle in a North East Atlanta suburb, but it wasn’t always that way. She has published two books about her life married to a ‘rock and roll’ star, Jerry Lee Lewis, and how their relationship changed the music world! The first was published in 1989, ‘Great Balls of Fire’ and the second earlier this year, ‘The spark that survived’. You will enjoy hearing first-hand the unabridged telling of this tale only a Southern Belle from Memphis can relate! INTRODUCTION: Jim Duffie
INVOCATION: Elizabeth Fullerton
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New Member Orientation
Nov 15, 2016
Breakfast Satellite Meeting - 7:30 am at Landmark Diner, Buckhead. Karen Losin is the Executive Director of the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta. She also served as president of the club in 2005-06, two terms as the Georgia District Lt. Governor, five years as the Georgia District PR/Marketing Chair, On To Indy Convention Chair and is currently the On to Paris Convention Chair. At this New Member Orientation, members will learn more about the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta, its relationship to the Georgia District and Kiwanis International, its committees and activities, and ways that members can get more involved! |
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VETERAN'S DAY PROGRAM: The Heavy Lifting of Emergency Management at the Local Level
Nov 15, 2016
NOVEMBER 15, 2016 Colonel Terry Ebbert, USMC Retired
Veteran's Day Program: The Heavy Lifting of Emergency Management at the Local Level
Colonel Terry Ebbert, United States Marine Corps Retired, founded Ebbert & Associates to provide consulting, planning, training, and education in all aspects of emergency preparedness, public safety, disaster management and security matters. Colonel Ebbert completed a distinguished career in the United States Marine Corps where he served as the Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps and Commanding Officer of The Basic School for Marine Officers. He was awarded the Navy Cross for actions as a Company Commander for the Republic of Vietnam. Colonel Ebbert is the former Director of Homeland Security for the City of New Orleans. In this role he was responsible for the administration and leadership for all Public Safety agencies, which included Police, Fire, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Preparedness and Criminal Justice organizations. Serving as “Incident Commander” during aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, he coordinated all local, state and federal response to New Orleans in the largest disaster in the history of the United States. Colonel Ebbert’s views have been documented in extensive federal testimony, books, articles, television, lectures, and personal sessions with the White House and Department of Homeland Security. His input has led to the creation of national reforms for emergency planning and operations. His extensive congressional testimony and work with the White House after action report team brings a unique understanding on the emergency preparedness expectations of multiple Federal, State and Local agencies. Colonel Ebbert’s previous positions have included serving as the Director of the New Orleans Police Foundation and as the Director of Security for the National Strategic Petroleum Reserve. He currently serves as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow for the Department of Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute, the ” think tank” for DHS. He has been selected by the University of Maryland’s Center for Health and Homeland Security, and approved by the US State Department, to be the lead instructor for Mass Sheltering and Evacuation presentations to international delegations at Senior Crisis Management seminars hosted by the US Department of State Office of Antiterrorism Assistance. Recent seminars have been held with Malaysia, Indonesia, Kenya, Mali, Turkey, Ecuador, Bangladesh and Nigeria, Mexico and Pakistan. He is currently working Incident Command Systems Training in Bulgaria. Colonel Ebbert led a team selected by the US Department of State to create and deliver extensive “Pipeline Security Training” to the leadership of the Secret Service Department of Pipeline Protection in Azerbaijan. This instruction included students from Lieutenant to General Officer. INTRODUCTION: Bill Whitaker
INVOCATION: Bob Wiggins
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Nov 15, 2016 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
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Nov 15, 2016 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Read to a child at the Dean Rusk Academy Please arrive between 9:30 and 9:45 to get books from our cart. Reading to the kids is at 10 am. Of course, feel free to bring personal books if you prefer. All Volunteers must have completed a Background Check prior to reading. Contact the office at KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com for a form. To Volunteer and for directions. please contact George Wieder, georgewieder@comcast.net |
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Nov 15, 2016 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
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Nov 19, 2016 1:00 PM - Nov 20, 2016 11:00 AM
Camp Kiwanis Family Weekend! Enjoy all the activities of camp with family camping Activities includ archery, nature hikes, fishing kayaking, S'mores, night hike and more! To Register: https://goo.gl/forms/5BVjHyuOZrEaHQ3w2
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Nov 21, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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“The Power of Partnership – How Kiwanis and UNICEF are Changing the World"
Nov 22, 2016
Jeremy Cole is currently the Managing Director for the Southeast Regional Office of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, where he leads a team that works throughout the Southeast to increase support for UNICEF’s work. His work includes managing a board, expanding the regional major gifts pool, overseeing annual UNICEF events in Atlanta, expanding the organization’s footprint into South Florida, and bringing exposure about UNICEF’s work to communities throughout the Southeast. Previous to this position, he served as the Deputy Director and a Major Gifts Officer in the same office. Prior to coming to the U.S. Fund, Jeremy was the Director of Development for the International Community School, a charter school in DeKalb County, Georgia. Jeremy has over 16 years total working in all aspects of the non-profit sector, including running programs for resettled refugee families and children in metro Atlanta, managing a program for homeless families, and teaching English as a Second language. Jeremy received his Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies from Georgia State University, his M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Georgia received, and his B.A. from Oberlin College. In 2012, Jeremy was selected as a Marshall Memorial Fellow, travelling to Europe for three weeks to learn about Europe’s civic institutions. He currently serves on the board of the Georgia Alliance for School-Based Health Centers. INTRODUCTION: Mary Pat Crouch
INVOCATION: Karen Carlisle
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“First Century Jerusalem(B.C. and A.D.)"
Nov 29, 2016
“First Century Jerusalem(B.C. and A.D.): A Historic Overview Of The Competing Forces Leading To The City’s Magnificent Growth And Destruction And The Birth OF Christianity” Marbury is a native of Selma, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1970 and Harvard Law School in 1975. In between college and law school he served as a lieutenant in the United States Army, Southern Command, stationed in Panama. Following law school in 1975, he joined the Atlanta law firm of King and Spalding, which he left in 1981 to become a founding partner of his current firm Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs. He is recognized by Chambers USA as a Leading Business Lawyer, is included in "The Best Lawyers in America" for Commercial Litigation, and has been selected for many years as a Georgia "Super Lawyer" by Law and Politics Magazine. Marbury currently serves the Kiwanis Club as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Kiwanis Foundation of Atlanta and as co-chair of the Program Committee. He just finished a four-year term as Chair of the University of Alabama President's Cabinet and has served his alma mater in many other roles over the years. He is a past president of the Harvard Law School Association of Georgia. Marbury currently is a board member of Atlanta Community Ministries and the Georgia Justice Project. He has served as deacon chair in his prior church, taught adult Sunday School classes for many years, and currently co-teaches the Anchor Class at Peachtree Presbyterian Church. Marbury and his wife Kathy live in Buckhead. They have two grown sons who live nearby and two grandchildren. INTRODUCTION: Dan Gerding
INVOCATION: David Moore
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“A Perspective on Conservation in Georgia”
Dec 06, 2016
A native of Toccoa, Georgia, Robert Ramsay graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.A. in Anthropology. To put himself through college, he worked as a professional fly fishing guide, a career that he enjoyed for decade while splitting his time between Montana, Alaska, Patagonia Argentina and Arctic Russia. Coupled with a childhood spent in the woods of northeast Georgia, his conservation ethic was formed at an early age. Upon leaving the guiding profession, Ramsay spent five years working as a financial advisor for Raymond James Financial Services, where he built and managed a book of 250 individual investment clients and approximately 350 retirement plan participants. Longing for an opportunity to work in the conservation field, heaccepted an offer to become the first full time president of the American Fly Fishing Trade Association where he worked to help sustainable grow the industry by working to grow participation in the sport and advocating for protection and restoration of freshwater and marine habitat, both critical for survival and growth of sport fishing in this country. Ramsay became exclusively engaged in conservation when he was hired by The Nature Conservancy in Georgia. There he played a significant role in developing and executing the strategies for that organization’s three-year $25 million capital campaign. He became president of the Georgia Conservancy on July 1, 2014, following three years’ service as the organization’s development vice president. Ramsay is a past member of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s policy council and Board of Directors of Casting for Recovery. He is a current supporter of the Coastal Conservation Association and Trout Unlimited. He is an avid angler who takes every opportunity to enjoy the natural wonders offered by our state. Special Introduction by Ed Dobbs, Board Chair, Georgia Conservancy INTRODUCTION: Marbury Rainer
INVOCATION: Lisa Wise
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George World War I Centennial Commission
Dec 06, 2016
Sam Friedman was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and received his BA from Brown University and MBA from Georgia State. For his military career, he served in the Air National Gard and the Air Force Reserves. He is the Founder and owner of AFCO Realty since 1971 and also served as a director for Avalon in the 80’s. Professionally, he received the Alvin B Cates Award in 1993 for the Most Outstanding Real Estate Transaction by the Atlanta Board of Realtors as well as the 1997 Phoenix Award. He has earned the professional designations awarded by the National Association of Realtors – CCIM, CPM, CRE, SIOR. In the community, Friedman served as a Director and Founding Chairman of the Path Foundation from 1991 – 2016, as well as a director with the USO of Georgia and the National Infantry Museum. He is on the advisory committee of the Georgia Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America. A Kiwanis Club of Atlanta member for 35 years, Sam serves as a trustee and Chairman for its Foundation. He is an Angel Flight Volunteer and past board member and Board Chairman for the Atlanta Union Mission, Past Commissioner and Chairman of the Atlanta Housing Authority (appointed by Mayor Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young), Board member and past Chairman for Buckhead Coalition and a Commissioner – Georgia World War I Centennial Commission, appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal. |
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Dec 06, 2016 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
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Dec 06, 2016 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Read to a child at the Dean Rusk Academy Please arrive between 9:30 and 9:45 to get books from our cart. Reading to the kids is at 10 am. Of course, feel free to bring personal books if you prefer. All Volunteers must have completed a Background Check prior to reading. Contact the office at KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com for a form. To Volunteer and for directions. please contact George Wieder, georgewieder@comcast.net |
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Dec 10, 2016 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Dec 11, 2016 1:05 PM - 4:30 PM
Join your Kiwanis Friends from across Georgia at the 2nd Annual GA Family Day at the Atlanta Gladiators. Face Off: 2:05 PM Doors Open: 1:05 PM Discount Tickets of $17 available through groups.atlantagladiators.com or contact Scott Johnson, at sej2008@bellsouth.net The Infinite Energy Arena, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth |
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"If You Can Keep It..."
Dec 13, 2016
Hunter Hill is a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, a combat veteran, Georgia State Senator and president of Tommy Newberry Coaching, LLC. A life-long student of leadership, Hunter graduated from the Airborne, the Air Assault, and the US Army Ranger Schools before leading five different teams on three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. In June 2001, Hunter took command of a rifle platoon with the 101st Airborne Division, which he led into battle in Afghanistan in 2002. Hunter subsequently led another platoon into battle in Iraq in 2003, and led a team that mentored and trained the Afghan National Police in 2007-2008. In addition to his combat roles, Hunter also served as a General’s aide in Iraq, and earned two Bronze Stars, the Meritorious Service Medal, and two Army Commendation Medals. After retiring from the military as a Captain, Hunter entered the private sector, implementing successful business plans and managing projects in both the real estate and security industries. As a Georgia State Senator since 2013, Hunter has also been serving the residents of Georgia’s 6th District. Hunter was honored by the Chamber of Commerce as the Freshman Legislator of the Year, among other awards. As President of Tommy Newberry Coaching, Hunter leads and manages the company. With online coaching programs nationwide, and renowned live coaching programs, Tommy Newberry Coaching impacts thousands of lives each year by helping clients clarify and implement the right priorities to achieve maximum success. INTRODUCTION: Mason Stephenson
INVOCATION: Elizabeth Fullerton
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Dec 13, 2016 10:30 AM - 11:45 PM
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Dec 13, 2016 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
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Dec 16, 2016 6:00 PM - Dec 17, 2016
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NO MEETING TODAY
Dec 20, 2016
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Our annual holiday celebration and distrubtion of grants!
Dec 20, 2016
Celebrate the Holidays at the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta's annual holiday program! Bring an unwrapped gift for the youth at Hillside and Boys and Girls Clubs! (See article for more information) Enjoy the sounds of the season from the Kiwanis Singers! Meet the recipients of the 2016 Kiwanis Foundation of Atlanta Grants! DISBURSEMENT OF GRANTS: Sam Friedman and Blake Young
INVOCATION: Rodgers Lunsford
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Dec 21, 2016 6:00 PM - Dec 22, 2016
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NO MEETING TODAY
Dec 27, 2016
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Chairman, MARTA
Jan 03, 2017
Robert Ashe is an Associate with Bondurant Mixson and Elmore LLP. Ashe represents both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts. He focuses on issues involving politics, governments and governmental authorities throughout Georgia, particularly the City of Atlanta, metro Atlanta governments and the Georgia General Assembly. In 2010, he was appointed by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and the Atlanta City Council to serve on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) and was elected by his colleagues to serve as the Chairman of the Board for 2014, 2015 and 2016. Previous Experience includes Senior Policy Director, Election Campaign, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, 2009 and Intergovernmental Affairs Manager, Mayor’s Office of the City of Atlanta.
Government and political experience includes negotiating transfers of government assets worth tens of millions of dollars, supervising teams of governmental finance experts and attorneys in the evaluation, negotiation and implementation of issue and planning and executing a multi-year, public communications and advocacy campaign resulting in a successful multi-billion dollar sales tax referendum. Representative Work includes succesfully defended a $250 million food and beverage concessions contract award through an administrative protest, an administrative appeal, and multiple rounds of litigation. He also won an extraordinary motion for a new trial on behalf of a bank seeking to enforce a guaranty. INTRODUCTION: Marbury Rainer
INVOCATION: David Childers
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“The Changing Landscape of Healthcare”
Jan 10, 2017
Morgan Kendrick is president of National Accounts for Anthem, Inc., the parent company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia. Most recently, he was president and general manager for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, the state’s oldest and largest health insurance company, where he was responsible for the management of all health insurance business in Georgia, including sales, account service, marketing and underwriting, as well as for maintaining customer relationships. Morgan has been with BCBSGa and Anthem, Inc., since 1995. Before leading Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, Kendrick held several sales leadership positions and served as Vice President, Sales, of the National Accounts Strategic Business Unit (SBU), managing the plan’s largest, Blue multi-state employers, who represent a growing share of the Anthem membership. Morgan serves on the Boards of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. He has also served as the Chairman of the Georgia chapter of the American Cancer Society’s CEOs Against Cancer Committee. INTRODUCTION: Mike Skrynecki
INVOCATION: Emily Acker
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Jan 10, 2017 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
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