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GEORGIA'S FIRST KIWANIS CLUB

Membership Newsletter
March 21, 2017

Kids Cultural Challenge with Boys and Girls Clubs
Kiwanis Club of Atlanta first annual  meeting in 1919
Camp Kiwanis in Danielsville, GA
Upcoming Speakers
Mar 21, 2017
"Crisis, Recession and Recovery: 2007-2016"
"Crisis, Recession and Recovery: 2007-2016"

Dennis P. Lockhart took office March 1, 2007, as the 14th president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. In this role, Lockhart is responsible for all the Bank's activities, including monetary policy, bank supervision and regulation, and payment services. In addition, he serves on the Federal Reserve's chief monetary policy body, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

From 2003 to 2007, Lockhart served on the faculty of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He also was an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.

From 2002 to 2007, he served as chairman of the Small Enterprise Assistance Funds, a sponsor and operator of emerging markets venture capital and private equity funds. From 2001 to 2003, Lockhart was managing partner at the private equity firm Zephyr Management LP, based in New York with activity in Africa and Latin America.

Prior to joining Zephyr, Lockhart worked for 13 years at Heller Financial, where he served as president of Heller International Group, which had activities in commercial finance and investment in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. In 2000, he served as chairman of the advisory committee of the U.S. Export-Import Bank.

From 1971 to 1988, Lockhart held various positions, both international and domestic, with Citicorp/Citibank (now Citigroup). Early in his career with Citibank, he worked in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Greece, and Iran. From 1978 to 1986, he served in Atlanta as Citicorp's senior corporate officer and head of corporate banking for the Southeast. From 1987 to 1988, he headed the firm's Latin American debt-to-equity swap investment program, designed to restructure sovereign debt.

Lockhart serves as a director of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Commerce Club and is past chair of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta, the Midtown Alliance, and the Carter Center's Board of Councilors. He is a trustee of the Georgia Research Alliance and serves on the advisory board of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

Lockhart was born in 1947 in Bakersfield, California. He earned a bachelor of arts in political science and economics from Stanford University in 1968 and a master's in international economics and American foreign policy from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in 1971. He also attended the Senior Executive Program at MIT, Sloan School of Management, in 1994. In 2012, he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Georgia State University. He served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1968 to 1974.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta serves the Sixth Federal Reserve District, which covers Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, and parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The Bank has branches in Birmingham, Jacksonville, Miami, Nashville, and New Orleans.

INTRODUCTION:  Jill Thornton
INVOCATION:  John Berry
Mar 28, 2017
State of the City Address
Apr 04, 2017
CONSUL GENERAL LUNCHEON - "Waging Peace, Fighting Disease: Carter Center Mission and Programs"
Apr 11, 2017
"The Passover/Easter Covenant: Serving the Homeless of Atlanta"
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Upcoming Events
Interclub - Druid Hills
Petite Viollette Restaurant
Mar 20, 2017
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
 
Atlanta Satellite Breakfast with Becky Katz
Landmark Diner
Mar 21, 2017
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM
 
Dean Rusk Reading
Dean Rusk Academy
Mar 21, 2017
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
 
International Relations Committee Meeting
Loudermilk Conference Center
Mar 21, 2017
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
 
Intraclub - Atlanta Satellite Breakfast
Landmark Diner
Apr 04, 2017
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM
 
Board of Directors Meeting
Boardroom, Loudermilk Center
Apr 04, 2017
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
 
Club Information
Learn. Serve. Connect.
We meet Tuesdays at 12:00 PM
The Loudermilk Center
40 Courtland St. NE
Atlanta, GA  30303
United States
VenueMap Venue Map
Breakfast Satellite Location
 
1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 7:30 am
Landmark Diner
3652 Roswell Rd. NW
Atlanta, GA  30352
Club Officers
President
 
President Elect
 
Vice President
 
Past President
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Stories
Kiwanis Club of Atlanta Annual Elections
All members of the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta are asked to attend our April 4 meeting and cast your vote for club officers and directors!  Those serving on our Board of Directors represent the club in all matters of club business including budget and policies.  Your vote is important and is a privilege of membership ... please vote!
To be eligible to serve on the Board of Directors, members must be a full, active member in good standing (current on dues, support the Kiwanis Foundation of Atlanta, and have served in a leadership position on a club committee).  The following members received the required 10 nominations to be placed on the ballot.  On April 5, club members will choose 5 individuals to serve a 2 year term, beginning Oct. 1, 2017 through Sep. 30, 2019.
Michael Butkus
Karen Carlisle
Rodgers Lunsford
Jackie Montag
Marbury Rainer
Mason Stephenson
Bill Whitaker
Dennis Withers
 
In addition, members will elect officers for the following positions:
President Elect - James Ottley
Vice President - Sandy Welfare
Treasurer - Patrise Perkins-Hooker
 
Attend on April 4, 2017 and participate in the club elections!
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KCA Polo Shirts - Get Yours Now!
If you don't have a Kiwanis Club of Atlanta club polo shirt, be sure to order yours today! 
Be sure to get your KCA Club Polo Shirt and wear your shirt at all of our club events such as reading to the Dean Rusk head start kids, greeting the troops at the airport with the USO, volunteering with Philanthropy in the Classroom, and more!  Cost is only $21.40 for shirt sizes Small - Extra Large. An Additional charge for shirts XXL and XXXL.  The shirts fit pretty true to size and have a good quality brushed cotton feel.  Please email KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com with your order by Monday, March 20th and shirts should arrive by end of April.
 
Show your Kiwanis Pride with a club polo shirt!
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Member Networking - Have a Spotlight Shine on You!
Do you want to let the members of our club know more about you and your business?  Do you want to network and cultivate more business contacts?  If you answered yes, then you need to sign up to do a "Member Spotlight" at one of our club meetings!
Spotlights are done every 2nd and 4th Tuesday luncheon meeting (and the occasional 5th) each month.  You have two minutes to showcase your business and tell the other members how you can benefit them!  To get on the schedule, just email Karen at KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com.
 
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Member Spotlights
Just in case you missed the last couple Member Spotlights at the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta luncheon meeting, we have listed the last few below.  The next time you need someone with their expertise, please, "Do Business with a Kiwanian!"
"Do Business" with these Kiwanians!
 
Kevin Isakson is a Principal with Isakson Living the developer and manager of Park Springs and Peachtree Hills Place, a corporate member of our club.  Kevin’s responsibilities include site selection, acquisition and zoning as well as overseeing the Marketing and Sales of their communities.
 
Phillip Rogers is a founding employee and senior vice president of Capital Markets with Atlantic Capital Bank, a publicly traded, multi-state community bank offering superior financing solutions and treasury services to mid-market and emerging growth companies.  He can be reached at Phillip.Rogers@atlcapbank.com
 
Clay Prickett is an engineering design & manufacturing consultant for the consumer goods industry, helping corporations and individuals alike bring their ideas for new products to market. He can be reached at 404-326-0229 or clayprickett@gmail.com.
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Donate to the Foundation through Amazon SMILE!
Do you shop at Amazon?  Then SMILE smiley and go to Amazon Smile for your next purchase and help our club's Foundation!
AMAZON SMILE - Shop at the Amazon Smile website and .5% of your purchases can be donated to the Kiwanis Foundation of Atlanta!  Just go to CLICK HERE TO START SHOPPING and let your fingers do the donating!
 
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Kiwanis Club of Atlanta Car Decals
Don't get the BOOT!  Be sure your car has a Kiwanis Club of Atlanta car decal properly displayed on your vehicle.
The security company contracted by Lanier Parking will be booting all cars that are parked in the reserved parking places and that do not have a valid decal on their car identifying them as attending the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta luncheon.  So if you arrive prior to 11:45 am on Tuesday, please make sure you have a parking decal on your car.  You can get a decal from Karen at the luncheon meeting, and then place it on the right back window (passenger side) from inside your car.  They are static cling, so easy to put on and take off!
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2016-17 Committee Interest Forms
Have you filled out your 2016-17 Committee Interest Form?
Don't forget to fill out your Committee Interest Form for next year to choose the committees on which you would like to serve!
 
You can download one from the homepage of our website or contact the office at KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com.
 
 
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