Preserve. Promote. Revitalize.

Our Leadership

Board of Directors

Nancy Hall White

Chair and
Organization Committee Chair

Managing Director,
Whitehall Strategy Group

Kimberly Alexander Jackson

Vice Chair

DJP Properties/Odd Fellows Building

Mtamanika Youngblood

Chair Emeritus

Historic District Development Corporation
President

John Garner

Emeritus

Jennifer Ball

Secretary/Treasurer
Economic Development Committee Chair

VP, Planning and Economic Development,
Central Atlanta Progress

LeJuano Varnell

Executive Director

Nancy Hall White

Organization Committee Chair

Whitehall Strategy Group

Karen Huebner

Design Committee Chair

Rev. Dr. Dwight D. Andrews

Ex-Officio Member

Senior Minister
First Congregational Church

Liliana Bakhtiari

Ex-Officio Member

Atlanta City Council Member
District 5

Leslie Canaan

Ex-Officio Member

Senior Field Officer
National Trust for Historic Preservation

Amir Farokhi

Ex-Officio Member

Atlanta City Council Member
District 2

Jennifer Fine

Ex-Officio Member

Vice President, Planning and Strategic Initiatives
Invest Atlanta

Judy Forte

Ex-Officio Member

Superintendent
National Park Service

Emily Giordano

Ex-Officio Member

Assistant Director, Economic Development
City of Atlanta, Department of City Planning

Barbara Harrison

Ex-Officio Member

King Center for Non-Violent Social Change

Darryl Johnson

Ex-Officio Member

Executive Director
Old Fourth Ward Business Association

Chenee Joseph

Ex-Officio Member

Executive Director
Historic District Development Corporation

Devon Lee

Ex-Officio Member

Fourth & S.A.N.D.

David Mitchell

Ex-Officio Member

Executive Director
Atlanta Preservation Center

Dan Moore

Ex-Officio Member

Founder
APEX Museum

Trish O’Connell

Ex-Officio Member

Vice President, Real Estate Development
Atlanta Housing Authority

Jean-Luc Rivera

Ex-Officio Member

Off. of Congressman Nakema Williams
U.S. House of Representatives, 5th District

Ramesh Vakamudi

Ex-Officio Member

Vice President, Facilities & Planning
Georgia State University

Reverend John Vaughn

Ex-Officio Member

Executive Pastor
Ebenezer Baptist Church

Tiffany Bello

Customer Contact Center
Technology and Online Support Manager
Georgia Power

Terri Block

Office of CAO, Market Executive – Atlanta
Bank of America

Alena Green

Director, Economic Development
Central Atlanta Progress

Sheffield Hale

President & CEO
Atlanta History Center

Judy Hanenkrat

Fundraising Consultant
Sweet Auburn Works

Sonya Jones

Chef and Owner
Sweet Auburn Bread Company

Patricia Harris

Grant Writer
Sweet Auburn Works

Alfonza Marshall

Board Chair
Butler Street CDC