Board of Directors

Dr. Alicia R. Derin
Executive Director/Teaching and Learning, Atlanta Public Schools

Charlie Henn/President
Attorney, Kilpatrick Stockton

Frank Jackson/CFO
VP and Client Advisor, SunTrust Bank

Kate Lee

Andy Macke
Director, Government and Community Affairs, Comcast Cable

Dr. Carol McGrevin
Educational Consultant

Anne Ostholthoff/Executive Vice President
Founder & Executive Director
Creating Pride, Inc.

Brian Parker
Senior Producer, Turner Broadcasting Systems

DePriest Waddy
Exe.VP/COO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta

Sherry Cohen
EVP, Post Properties Inc.

John Friend
Senior VP, Cartoon Network Enterprises

Keith Adams
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Advisory Board

John Ahmann
President, Ahmann, Inc.

Frank Bell
CEO, Intellinet

Dameron Black
Senior Vice-President, SunTrust Bank

Paul Blackney
Chairman, The Fort Street Company

Fred Bradley
President & CEO, YMCA

Lucinda Chapman
Community Volunteer/Educator

Holly Clifford Corral

Anne Cramer
Director Corporate Community Relation/Public Affairs, IBM

Tillman Douglas
President, Douglas Sales Company

Elaine Franklin
Senior Consultant, Global Access Learning

John Friend
Senior VP, Cartoon Network Enterprises

Robyn Furness
Vice-President for Capital Development and Special Projects, YMCA

Kwanza Hall
Atlanta City Council District 2

Edward Heys, Jr.
Deputy Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Deva Hirsch
Former Donor Consultant, AMB Foundation

Bob Kadrie
President, Point of Vision

Tom Karsch
Former Executive Vice-President & General Manager, Turner Classic Movies

Gregory King
Principal, Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary

Peter Knowles
CFO, Comcast Cable

Angela Leissa
Principal Dekalb County

Jerry Mabe
President & CEO, RightPath Resources, Inc.

Penelope McPhee
President, AMB Family Foundation

Guy Millner
CEO, Assurance America

Brenda Muhammad
Executive Director, Atlanta Victim Assistance, Inc.

Todd Murphy
Artist

David Myers
Associate Director, School of Music, Georgia State University

Allen Nance
President, Mansell Group

Bobbi Passavanti
Director of Marketing and Corporate Communication, The Paradies Shops

Nick Puglisi

Gene Shatlock
Senior Vice-President, Atlanta Region/Comcast Cable

Steve Smith
Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Turner Broadcasting Systems

Lee Ann Stone
Principal, North Highland Company

Dr. William "Sonny" Walker
Founder and Principal, The Sonny Walker Group

Teacher Advisory Council

A varied group of teachers are regularly pulled together in order to offer feedback to the Creating Pride team.

Parent and Student Council

There are over 200 parents and students who have offered to help guide and direct the work of Creating Pride. We regularly pull together small groups to gain feedback for both current activity and future plans.

Corporate Partners and Donors

ADAC
Allatoona Academy
Alston & Bird
AmericasMart, Inc.
Americorps
Ann Cox Foundation
Arian, Lowe & Travis
AT&T
AT&T Foundation
Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation
Atlanta Foundation
BellSouth
Bill Bartholomay Foundation
Bobo Jetmundsen
Booz Allen Hamiliton
Brannan Foundation
Cinergy
The City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs
Citizen's Trust Bank
City Cares, Inc.
The Coca Cola Foundation
Collaborative Education Partners
Collins, Cooper, Carusi
Comcast
Communicator
Communities in Schools
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Corporate Environments
Creating Pride Chicago
Daniel B. and Harriet S. Burke Foundation
The Dekalb Council for the Arts
Delta Air Lines - Legal Dept.
Dobbs Foundation
Douglas Sales Co.
Duke Realty
EXPO Design Center
Exposition Fund
Exxon Mobil
Feld Entertainment
Francis L. Abreu Charitable Trust
Gaitech
GE Energy
Genuine Parts Co.
The Georgia Council for the Arts
Georgia Power
Goddard Foundation
Harland Foundation
Hennessey Land Rover
Home Depot
IFDA
Imlay Foundation
Intellinet
James E. and Diane W. Burke Foundation
John and Mary Franklin Foundation
John McCrea Family Foundation
John Wieland Homes
The Kendeda Fund
Kids II
Kilgannon McReynold's
Kilpatrick Stockton
Kinko's
Kroger
Landmark Restorations
Lend Lease Real Estate
Leo Burnett
Mansell Group
Marta
Mary P Francis L Abreu Charitable Trust
Mary Ryan and Henry Kuhrt Foundation
Maverick Capital
Mayfield Dairy
Metro Atlanta Arts & Culture Coalition
Microsoft
Murphy Foundation
MI Holdings
National Christian Foundation
Net Bank
Nordson Corporation
North Highland Group
O'Karma - Jones
Pittulloch Foundation
Post Properties
Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Trust
Project GRAD
Project Healthy Grandparents
Publix Supermarket Charities
Rast Interiors
Realan Foundation
Rich Foundation
Rockdale Foundation
Saab Cars, Inc.
Sartain Lanier
Southern Education Foundation
SunTrust
Target
Turner Broadcasting Systems
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
The Thomas Reynolds Foundation
The Weather Channel
Time Warner Foundation
Tower Communications
United Parcel Service
Waffle House
The Robert Woodruff Foundation
Worldspan
YMCA/Metro Atlanta

Individual Donors

100% Staff Giving!
100% Board Giving!
Rahmah Abdulaleem
Vernon G. Abrams
John Ahmann
Carolyn Z. Alford
Anne & William Armstrong
Joel Babbit
Todd Bailey
Eleanor T. Banister
Bank One
Joseph Bankoff
Susan Banner
Patricia T. Barmeyer
Bill Bartholomay
Frank Bell
Melissa Benjamin
Dameron Black
Dorothy Blount
Paulette Bolton
David Botsford
Stephen Boyd
Mr. and Mrs. George S. Branch
Nancy Brennan
Eli Broad
Bruster's Ice Cream (Nicole Gandy, Tony Horner)
Robert P. and Sarah B. Bryant
Daniel Burke
James E. Burke
Steve & Gretchen Burke
William & Karen Burke
Jack & Sheryl Bushmeyer
Jeanie Caggiano
Robert & Barbara Cargill
Thomas & Kristin Clyde
Julie Cooper
C. Corish
Dwight J. and Brenda E. Davis
Olga C. deGoizueta
Stephanie Digman
Barry Dillion
Meghan Doyle
Karen J. Edmiston
DeCarlo Eskridge
Paul Ferdinands
Alexa Foreman
Elaine & Stephen Franklin
William B. and Sade D. Fryer
Robyn Furness
Chris and Bob Gamble
Stacey K. Geer
Buffi Gibbons
Bob & Kathi Goddard
Judith "Judi" L. Goldman
Charles H. Green
Martin A. Greenburg
Deryl R. Griswold
Benjamin Gott
David Gustafson
Lori Stewart Harvey
Jennifer Hayslett
Richard Hicks
Alyson Higgins
Carol J. Hoekstra
Richard & Mary Horder
Jeffery A. Howard
Candi Howington
E.C. Huntington
Connie Jackson
Patricia A. Jackson
Alice Johnson
David Johnson
Eric and Kelly Johnson
Rebecca Johnson
Terry Johnson
Frank C. Jones
Randy Karsch
Tom Karsch
Nan Brown-Keezer
Daniel J. and Karen W. King
Thomas & Mary Beth Kloiber
GG & Fred Kopilak
Kate Lee
Kate Levin
Rachel Levine
Susan Linnell
Doug & DeAnne Liptac
Hector E. and Carolyn S. Lorens
Edgar Lugo
John Manley
Elena Mappus
Franziska P. Marchant
Mr. and MRs. Christian Matulich
Arthur & Lauren Mazor
Glenn and Chrysan McCoin
Denise McFall
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. McGahan
Carol & Gene McGrevin
Terry Medin
Donnita Meredith
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Millner
Shelia & Paul Monardo
David Myers
Gary Neul
Joey Nord
Thomas J. O'Haren
Anne Ostholthoff
Joseph Ostholthoff
James A. and Mary C. Pardo
Brian & Andria Parker
Roberta Passavanti
Jonathan & Donna Pavluk
Laura Peavy
Scott M. Peterson
Nicole C. Pittman
Robin H. Pitts
Thomas A.III Reynolds
John Rice
Mr. and Mrs. James Ernest Riddle
Laura Roe
Barbara B. Rose
Harvey S. TTEE Ross
Nancy W. Ross
Janice S. & Jack Roth
Ed & Tena Russ
Edmond Russ
Lita Dianne Sanford
Michael Sater
Richard A. and Helen S. Scneider
Bryant W. Scott
Portia A. Scott
Nakissa Serry
Joyce R. Shenk
Horace H. Sibley
Anne Sigg
Jerilene S. Slaughter
Michael R. and Susan L. Smith
Stephen O. and Lynda A. Smith
Southern Equity Holding
William R. Spalding
Andy & Sandra Stanley
Robert L. Steed
Betty Stephens
Mason W. and Linda P. Stephenson
Lee Ann Stone
Sara Stutzenstein
Madalyn Suits
Virginia Tate
Joseph Tinnerello
Karen M. Vereb
Dr. Gary Wenzel
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Westmorland
Thatcher White
Camilla & Michael Williams
Scott Woelfel
Richard G. Woodward
Terrell Worthem-Spruill
Tom Wright

ArtsNow Steering Committee and Primary Collaborators

Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education
Sharon Story
Emory University Dept. of Theater Studies Janice Akers
Georgia State University Center for Educational Partnerships in Music
David Myers
Savannah College of Art & Design, Atlanta
Denise McFall

Collaborating School Systems

Atlanta Public Schools
Cobb County Schools
Decatur City Schools
DeKalb County Schools
Fulton County Schools
Gwinnett County Schools
Marietta City Schools
Sumter County Schools
Walton County Schools

Creating Pride Staff

Anne Ostholthoff
Pamela Millice
Maribeth Yoder-White
Rob Harper
Michele Dumas
Shanequa Gay
Ellen Repasky

Creating Pride Support Staff

Becky Ahmann
Christina Paloski
Mike Uchida

AmeriCorps Service Volunteers

Amy Armour
Afrika Cotton
Seth Firestone
Anisa Lewis
Tiara Lewis
S'heelia Marks
Omari Mayberry
Brandon Odom