2012 Atlanta’s 100 Top Black Women of Influence
The Honorable Stacey Abrams
Mrs. Sheila Bronner
Minority Leader
Georgia State House of Representatives
Editor-in-Chief
Upscale
Ms. Erika Alexander
Ms. Rhonda Brown
Area Vice President Americas-Southern Region
Marriott International, Inc.
President
Wheat Street Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Kim Anderson
Ms. Lolita Browning Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
Families First
Past President
Buckhead Business Association
The Honorable Natalyn Archibong
Ms. Yvonne Bryant Johnson
Chair, City Utilities Committee
Atlanta City Council
Co-Chair, Board of Directors
Georgia Center for Child Advocacy
Ms. Sherry Armotrading
Ms. JaDawnya Butler
Local Sales Manager
The Networks of 11Alive
President
Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
Dr. Cheryl Atkinson
Ms. Ann-Marie Campbell
Superintendent
Dekalb County
President, Southern Division
The Home Depot
Mrs. Lilicia Bailey
Ms. Verna Cleveland
SVP Strategic Initiative & Chief People Officer
Manheim
Chief of Staff
Fulton County
Ms. Twanda Black
Ms. Shan Cooper
Public Affairs Director
Cox Broadcasting - Kiss 104
Executive Vice President & General Manager
Lockheed Martin Company
The Honorable Lisa Borders
Ms. Rhonda Copenny
President
Grady Health Foundation
President & CEO
Butler Street YMCA
Ms. Yvette Bowden
Mrs. Beverly Dabney
President & CEO
Piedmont Park Conservancy
VP, National Relations Manager
JPMorgan Chase
Ms. Rosalind Brewer
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum
President & CEO
Sam's Club
President
Spelman College
2012 Atlanta’s 100 Top Black Women of Influence
Mrs. Cynthia Day
Ms. Judy Forte
Senior Executive VP & COO
Citizens Trust Bank
Superintendent
Martin Luther King, Jr., NHS
Ms. Terri Denison
The Honorable Crystal Gaines
District Director
U.S. Small Business Administration
Chief Judge
Municipal Court of Atlanta
Dr. Joyce Dorsey
The Honorable Joan Garner
President/CEO
Fulton-Atlanta Community Action Authority
Fulton County Commissioner, District 6
Fulton County
Ms. Jocelyn Dorsey
Ms. Nena Gilreath
Public Affairs Manager
WSB Channel 2
Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director
Ballethnic Dance Company
Ms. Brooke Edmond
Ms. Karen Graham
Senior Vice President
Jackmont Hospitality, Inc.
Good Day Atlanta Co-Host
Fox 5 Atlanta
Mrs. Noni Ellison Southall
Ms. Karyn Greer
Senior Counsel
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Anchor/Reporter
WXIA-Channel 11
Ms. Donna Ennis
Ms. Cathy Hampton
Project Director
GA Minority Business Enterprise Center/Georgia
Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute
City Attorney
City of Atlanta
Ms. Patricia Harris
The Honorable Kimberly Esmond Adams
Judge
Fulton County Superior Court Atlanta Judicial
Circuit
Executive Director
The Edge Connection
Ms. Barbara Harrison
Ms. Lisa Flagg
Director External Affairs & Programs
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
Chief Operating Officer
The Fulton-Dekalb Hospital Authority
Ms. Anna Henderson
Ms. Nancy Flake Johnson
President
Black Chamber of Commerce
President/CEO
Atlanta Urban League
Ms. Cecilia Houston-Torrence
Community Involvement Officer
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
2012 Atlanta’s 100 Top Black Women of Influence
Ms. Angie Howard
Ms. Cheryl Lomax
Senior Human Resources Director
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Senior Vice President/Georgia Market
Manager/Corporate Social Responsibility
Bank of America
Ms. Sabrina Jenkins
Director, Special Events
Atlanta Braves/Turner Field
Ms. Janice Mathis
V.P. General Counsel Atlanta Bureau
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Ms. Indigo Johnson
CEO
Careers In Transition, Inc
Ms. Annie Matthews
Center Director
Atlanta Job Corps Center
Ms. Mae Jones
Executive Director
100 Black Men of DeKalb County, Inc.
Ms. Cheryl McAfee
Chairman & CEO
McAfee3 Architects
Ms. Rosemary Jones
Director, Supplier Diversity Program
TBS, Inc.
Ms. Terri McClure
Chief Legal Counsel
UPS
Ms. Cynthia Jones Parks
President
Jones Worley Design, Inc.
Dr. Lydia McKinley-Floyd
Dean, School of Business Administration
Clark Atlanta University
Ms. Stacey Key
President & CEO
Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council
Ms. Vikki Millender-Morrow
President & CEO
G-CAPP
Ms. Gwen Keyes Fleming
Southeast Regional Administrator
Environmental Protection Agency
Ms. Bernice King
CEO
The King Center
The Honorable Yvette Miller
Chief Judge
Georgia Court of Appeals
Ms. Rhonda Mims
President
ING Foundation
Mrs. Allegra Lawrence-Hardy
Partner
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Ms. Roz Lewis
Executive Director
Georgia Women's Business Council
Ms. Sheilah Montgomery
President & CEO
Credit Union of Atlanta
2012 Atlanta’s 100 Top Black Women of Influence
Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice
Dr. Josephine Reed-Taylor
Dean and Executive Vice President
Morehouse School of Medicine
Deputy Commissioner
Technical College System of GA
Ms. Jovita Moore
Ms. Angela Rice
News Anchor & Reporter
WSB-TV Channel 2
Director of Programming & Production
Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters, Inc.
Ms. Candy Moore
Ms. Violet Travis Ricks Esq.
Senior Vice President Southeast Community
Development
Wells Fargo
Executive Director
City of Atlanta and Fulton County Recreation
Authority
Mrs. Loretta Parham
Ms. Angela Robinson
CEO & Library Director
AUC Robert W, Woodruff Library
Host
In Contact
Ms. Mary Parker
Ms. Tanya Rodriguez
President/CEO
ALL(n)1 Security Services, Inc.
President
Frank Ski Kids Foundation
Ms. Jackie Parker
Mrs. Lovette Russell
Vice President, Corporate Philanthropy and
President, Newell Rubbermaid Foundation
Newell Rubbermaid
Community Volunteer
Ms. Sylvia Russell
Ms. Patrise Perkins-Hooker
President
AT&T Georgia
Vice President & General Council
Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
Ms. Donata Russell Major
Dr. Alvetta Peterman Thomas
President
H. J. Russell Foundation
President
Atlanta Technical College
Ms. Beverly Scott
The Honorable Earnestine Pittman
GM & CEO
MARTA
Mayor
Mayor City of East Point
Dr. Rhonda Scott
Ms. Scarlet Pressley-Brown
Senior Vice President / Chief Nursing Officer
Grady Health System
Vice President of the Delta Air Lines Foundation
Director, External Affairs & Community
Relations
Delta Air Lines
Ms. Sheryl Sellaway
Executive Director-Public Relations
Verizon Wireless
2012 Atlanta’s 100 Top Black Women of Influence
The Honorable Joyce Sheperd
Ms. Wendy Williams
Chair, Community Development & Human
Resources
Atlanta City Council
General Manager
Jazz 91.9 WCLK Clark Atlanta University
Mrs. Brenda Wood
Ms. Cynthia Smith
Regional Manager of Minority Recruitment and
Diversity Outreach
American Red Cross
Dr. Jane Smith
Executive Director, LEADS
Spelman College
Anchor
11Alive News
The Honorable Evelyn Wynn Dixon, PHD
MSW
Mayor of Riverdale
The City of Riverdale Georgia
Ms. Andrea Young
Mrs. Wanda Smith
Host and Comedianne
V-103 Frank and Wanda Morning Show
Executive Director
Andrew Young Foundation
Ms. Carolyn Young
The Honorable Horacena Tate
Senator, District 38
Georgia General Assembly
Ms. Alicia Thompson
VP, Communications & PR
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
The Honorable Daphne Walker
Chief Magistrate Judge
Clayton County Magistrate Court
Ms. Charmaine Ward
Director, Community Affairs
Georgia-Pacific LLP / Consumer Products &
Building Products
Ms. Myrna White
Director, Marketing & Stakeholder Engagement
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Intl. Airport
Ms. Vanessa Williams
Executive Director
National Conference of Black Mayors, Inc
Community Volunteer
Goodworks International