Advisory Council Chair, Dorothy Yates Kirkley.
Ms. Kirkley is a founding partner of the law firm Kirkley & Hawker in Atlanta, Georgia. She has over 30 years of experience in commercial and criminal litigation in both federal and state courts. Ms. Kirkley currently serves on the board for the Atlanta Women’s Foundation. She was Chair of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin’s Ethics Task Force and was a recipient of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Leadership Award for 2003. She was also an award recipient of the YWCA of Greater Atlanta’s 2002 Salute Academy of Women Achievers. Ms. Kirkley served as Chair of the Board for the Piedmont Park Conservancy.
Council Member, Lynette Bell.
Ms. Lynette Bell is the First Vice President of Community Development at SunTrust Bank in Atlanta, Georgia.
Council Member, Matthew Bozzelli.
Mr. Matthew Bozzelli is a counsel in King & Spalding’s Corporate Group. Mr. Bozzelli advises public company clients on a variety of SEC reporting, corporate governance and disclosure matters and he works closely with King & Spalding partners serving as counsel to public company boards. Mr. Bozzelli represents issuers and underwriters in a range of corporate finance transactions and securities matters including public and private securities offerings. Mr. Bozzelli also represents parties in both public and private mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bozzelli received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree, cum laude, from the University Of Notre Dame in 1999. Mr. Bozzelli received his J.D., cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School in 2002. Mr. Bozzelli is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Atlanta Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Mr. Bozzelli is also a board member of the Georgia Micro Enterprise Network.
Council Member, Connie Bryant.
Connie Bryant is the Vice President, Sr. Community Development Officer Greater Georgia Region, Wells Fargo of Atlanta. With more than 20 years of banking experience with Wells Fargo, and 12 markets, Connie has gained a high degree of respect from her colleagues and customers alike and is recognized as an expert in the area of CRA and community development outreach. Prior to her role as a Community Development Officer, Connie has held several key positions with the bank ranging from Branch Manager; Volunteer Coordinator for the State of GA, to a First Union loaned executive for The Atlanta Project and Community Development Officer for Atlanta. She started as an Assistant Manager and eventually became a Vice President and a top performer amongst her Community Development peers in and out of the state of Georgia. She also has become a regional expert for Wells Fargo relative to Micro Enterprise Development, Individual Development Accounts (IDA’s) and Financial Literacy.
Council Member, John Kirkley, MBA.
Mr. Kirkley is a principal at Southeast Energy Environment and Design Finance. Mr. Kirkley served as CFO of Alterra Bioenergy during the construction of a 15 million gallon biodiesel Plant in Macon, Georgia and distribution center in Plains, Georgia. While attaining an MBA degree at the University of California at Davis, he helped create the 200 million dollar CalPERS environmental investment fund. Mr. Kirkley graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in policy studies.
Council Member, Greg Lauderman, MBA.
Greg Lauderman currently serves as Executive Director of the Technology Cluster Initiative at Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute, and provides Education and Outreach for Health@EI2. He has been developing and implementing innovative technology-oriented economic development programs for Georgia Tech for over ten years. Mr. Laudenman is pursuing a doctorate in Learning and Leadership at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, has master degrees in Public Policy from Georgia Tech and Telecommunications from Michigan State, and a bachelor degree in Mass Communication from UTC. He is the past president and board member of the Rural Telecommunications Congress. Mr. Lauderman’s diverse experience—always focused on how information and communications technologies make communities and organizations more competitive, innovative, and productive—has contributed to his capabilities as an analyst, communicator, facilitator, and organizer. Prior to his work at Georgia Tech, Mr. Lauderman worked in major corporations such as BellSouth and MCI, in small businesses, and as an entrepreneur, gaining firsthand insights into the range of enterprises that make economies go. He has also done volunteer work in advocacy and organizing for amateur sports and outdoor recreation.
Council Member, Sam Moss.
Moss is the former President of Gray Matters Capital’s sister enterprises, the Gray Ghost Microfinance Fund and the Rockdale Foundation where he worked to identify opportunities to advance the viability of microfinance as an investment option. Moss spent 25 years in investment and commercial banking at Wachovia focused on relationship and business development in domestic and international markets. He is on the boards of several Atlanta arts organizations and is a graduate of Williams College. Current Board chair of the International Association of Microfinance Investors (IAMFI), he also serves on the Gray Ghost Fund Investment Committee, the Council of Microfinance Equity Funds, and contributes to the growth of the industry as a speaker at conferences and symposia.
Council Member, Jonathan Tescher.
As Georgia Organics’ Farmer Services Coordinator, Mr. Tescher works to build capacity for sustainable agriculture in urban and rural Georgia. The Farmer-to-Farmer Mentoring Program and Urban Agriculture Training Program are two programs he manages in his position with Georgia Organics in addition to collaborating with industry stakeholders in academia, government, business and community. Jonathan graduated with an M.B.A. from Georgia State University and a B.A. in marketing from the University of Texas. He has worked with the Director of the Center of Ethics and Corporate Responsibility focused on environmental sustainability and corporate responsibility. Jonathan founded the East Atlanta Village Farmers Market, where he developed partnerships with state and federal agencies to be the first farmers market in Georgia to accept food stamps.
Council Member, Charles Whatley.
Charles Whatley is the Director of the DeKalb County Office of Economic Development and the DeKalb County Jobs and Economic Growth Group. Mr. Whatley represents DeKalb County on the MAC Economic Development Committee, MAC Supply Chain Innovation Council, and Georgia Access to Supermarkets Task Force. He is a member of the advisory boards for ACE Georgia Green Loans and Southface Energy Institute. Mr. Whatley is a native of Atlanta and received his BA in Economics from Yale University.
Council Member, Carolyn Wills.
Ms. Wills is a sustainable economic and community development consultant and project manager specializing in entrepreneurship and rural issues, serving a variety of clients in the business, government and nonprofit sectors. Georgia Trend magazine named Carolyn one of its “Top Forty under Forty – Best and Brightest Young Georgians”. Ms. Wills was awarded the 2006 Georgia Builders Award for her support of Georgia’s micro businesses by the Georgia Micro Enterprise Network at the 2006 Association for Enterprise Opportunity national convention. From 2001-2004, Wills served as Executive Director of Economic Development for the Fannin County Development Authority. The Georgia House of Representatives passed House Resolution 1960 to recognize Ms. Wills works in Fannin County. She resides in Blue Ridge, GA.
Customer Representative, Sarah Dougherty, MBA.
Sarah Dougherty joined Hannah Solar in 2011, bringing 10 years of marketing, analytical and partnership building experience to the team. Born and raised in the Atlanta area, Ms. Dougherty is the operations manager for marketing and sales at Hannah Solar. She holds a BA in Economics from Colgate University and a MA in Economics and Public Policy from Georgia State. As a personal passion, Ms. Dougherty has followed alternative energy and climate change closely both as an energy analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, where she worked for seven years, and as a clean energy and climate change blogger, using economics to discuss the challenging issues of developing, financing and deploying energy solutions. Ms. Dougherty also led the educational outreach program at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and then joined the Carter Center, working with political leaders, NGOs and civil society in Latin America and Africa to increase government transparency. Her current work at Hannah Solar is guiding sales and marketing at this rapidly growing company to efficiently expand and bring solar power to more of Georgia and beyond.
Customer Representative, Antoinette Nue.
Author, speaker and green living expert Antoinette Nue is The Green Living Goddess. Ms. Nue is a former certified green builder, home energy rater and building superintendent. She spent 18 months in Central Eastern Europe promoting green building products and sustainable development before turning her attention to presenting green living workshops and educational videos with an eye toward having her own TV show. Ms. Nue has been a featured guest on NPR Radio, Urban Business Roundtable with Roland Martin, the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show, and on various Atlanta television shows. Well–versed in sustainable workplace issues, she updated the European-born corporate sustainability model, The SIGMA Guidelines, into a streamlined change management tool, aptly named SIGMA Guidelines 2.0, which she teaches to sustainability managers and corporate leaders on behalf of the Atlanta Metro Black Chamber of Commerce. She is a featured speaker and Lunch and Learn host at such companies as energy industry giant GE Energy. As a workshop facilitator, she makes it easier for audience members to go green by demystifying global warming/climate change and green living concepts, which inspires them to explore the fun, funny and sexy side of sustainable living.
