Emerging Leaders for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

About Us

We are a group of volunteer leaders with a passion for bringing awareness to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta through fundraising, advocacy and volunteering.

Under the oversight of the Children’s Foundation Board of Trustees, ELC educates members about Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and its vision for the future, in order to develop strong community ambassadors, fundraisers and future volunteer leaders. Regular business meetings, networking opportunities with Trustees and executives, volunteer engagement with patients, and member socials make for a meaningful ELC experience.

Core to ELC is the group’s signature fundraising event, The Scrubs Party, hosted each spring in support of a program voted upon by the group. The 2020 Scrubs Party will be held Saturday, March 14th, benefiting the Food Allergy Program at Children’s. Past events have funded the Aflac Cancer Center, Children’s Concussion Program, Center for Robotics, Child Protection Fellowship and Critical Care Program. In its early years, ELC also raised significant funding for brain tumor research and helped launch the Children’s childhood obesity prevention campaign in metro Atlanta by bringing the Strong4Life Program to three local elementary schools.

Apply for Membership

The online application for 2021 membership is open now through and mid-August 2020. The ELC Membership Committee personally interviews all candidates in order to determine a recommended slate. ELC typically accepts six to eight new members per year from a robust candidate pool. The initial term of service is three years.

2019 ELC Members

Brian Betkowski, Chair
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Jabian Consulting

Mackenzie Anderson
Global Strategic Communications Lead, The Coca-Cola Company

Brandon Ansley
Chief Executive Officer, Bellwether Ventures Group

Lindsay Carlson Backscheider
Director, Equity Capital Markets, William Blair

Selena Bauman
Senior Director, Campaign Management and Customer Experience, Cox Media Group

Emily Bentley
Executive Director, J.P. Morgan

Jeffrey Bicksler
Vice President, Investments, Nonami LLC

Shanna Bradley
Realtor, Ansley Atlanta Real Estate

Jim Briles
Community Volunteer

Staci Brill
Fundraising & Philanthropy Consultant

Margaux Charbonnet, M.D.
Medical Director, Complex Care, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

William Curtis
Managing Director, The Embleton Curtis Quackenbush Group
Rockefeller Capital Management

Kesha Ward Epps
Owner/Director, A Gift From Heaven Academy

Kaitlin Nugent Hammill
Attorney, Kenneth S. Nugent, P.C.

Valerie Harper
Accountant, The Arbor Company

John Hays
Executive Director, Sales Channel Strategy, Cox Communications

Kiran Hebbar, M.D.
Medical Director, Simulation, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Tom Lewis
Managing Partner, Flagstone Holdings LLC

Jennifer McKeehan
Vice President, Supply Chain, The Home Depot

Kavita Mistry
Community Volunteer

John Morgan Jr.
Co-Founder, President and CEO, South Coast Commercial LLC

Whitney Paulowsky
Community Volunteer

Lindsey Schoultz
Vice President, Human Resources, Rogers Electric

Leigh Rogers Slack
Director, People Development, Waffle House

Jodi Taylor
Associate General Counsel, Brasfield & Gorrie LLC

Jaime Theriot
Partner and General Counsel, Troutman Sanders

Olivia Mansfield Wall
Strategic Marketing Consultant, Mansfield Energy Corporation

Lissa Webber
Community Volunteer

Bill Weimar
Managing Director, Argonne Capital Group

Cliff Willimon, MD
Medical Director, Orthopaedic Quality & Outcomes, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Chris York
Co-Head, Life Science & Technology Finance, MidCap Financial

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