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. Past events have funded the Food Allergy Program, 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.
This year, Emerging Leaders for Children’s is proud to support the new Behavioral and Mental Health Initiative at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Now more than ever, our children need healthy strategies for dealing with anxiety and stress. Join us as we walk beside our children, building resilience and emotional skills to face life’s ups and downs. To learn more about emotional wellness, visit Children’s Strong4Life website.
Apply for Membership
The online application is now open for 2022 membership and will remain open until mid-August 2021. 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.
Current members can access the ELC Member Portal here.
2020-2021 ELC Members
Olivia Mansfield Wall, Chair
Strategic Marketing Consultant, Mansfield Energy Corporation
Brandon Ansley
Chief Executive Officer, Bellwether Ventures Group
Lindsay Backscheider
Director, Equity Capital Markets, William Blair
Selena Bauman
Senior Director, Campaign Management and Customer Experience, Cox Media Group
Natalia Beinenson
Tax Incentives Expert, Tax Incentives Expert, Inc.
Emily Bentley
Executive Director, J.P. Morgan
Brian Betkowski
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Jabian Consulting
Jeffrey Bicksler
Vice President, Investments, Nonami LLC
Lorena Ferro Borges
Head of Finance & Compliance, GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation Inc.
Shanna Bradley
Realtor, Ansley Atlanta Real Estate
Jim Briles
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Terra Worldwide Logistics
Staci Brill
Fundraising & Philanthropy Consultant
Eric Bromley
Multifamily Advisory, SVP & COO, Colliers International
Margaux Charbonnet, MD
Medical Director, Complex Care, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Kit Johnson Cottone, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Veritas Collaborative
Banu Asik Elizondo
Private Banker, Bank of America Private Bank
Kesha Ward Epps
Owner/Director, A Gift From Heaven Academy
Evan Georgiou
SVP – Private Wealth Advisor, Rockefeller Capital Management
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, MD
Medical Director, Simulation, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Jeffrey Hobbs
Senior Portfolio Manager, Voya Investment Management
Joanne Hsieh
Chief Operating Officer, Walker & Company
Glen Iannucci, MD
Physician, Children’s Heart Center
Stacey McCoy
Consultant, SDM Consulting, Inc.
Jennifer McKeehan
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, Peloton
Kavita Mistry
Community Volunteer
John Morgan Jr.
Co-Founder, President and CEO, South Coast Commercial LLC
Wilds Ogie
CEO, Corrugated Machine Works
Jarod Pardue
General Manager, Domestic Pricing, Delta Air Lines
Aisha Parker
Owner and CEO, Ally Research Partners
Whitney Paulowsky
Community Volunteer
Lindsey Schoultz
Chief Executive Officer, Rogers Electric
Leigh Rogers Slack
Vice President, Recruiting & Development, Waffle House
Mary Beth Stevenson
Senior Counsel, Hartman Simons & Wood LLC
Jodi Taylor
Associate General Counsel, Brasfield & Gorrie LLC
Kate Aconfora-Thomas
Director, Employee and Culture Communications, The Coca-Cola Company
Bill Weimar
Senior Vice President, 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
David Adams
Parker Poe
Amy Hertz Agami
Community Volunteer
David Amar
Merrill Lynch
Mackenzie Anderson
Global Strategic Communications Lead, The Coca-Cola Company
Butler Ball
MedMal Direct Insurance
Mara Berman
Community Volunteer
Ali Blaisdell
Community Volunteer
Matt Brill
Mr. Mister Mosquito Control
Silvette Bullard
Waldorf School of Atlanta
Jack Cay IV
Palmer & Cay
Nikhil Chanani, MD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Farah Cook
Kilpatrick Townsend
Richard Courts IV
Atlantic Realty Co.
David Cummings
Atlanta Tech Village and Atlanta Ventures
William Curtis
Managing Director, The Embleton Curtis Quackenbush Group
Rockefeller Capital Management
Richard Deriso
TPA Group
Barbarella Diaz
Diaz Foods
Ed Eschleman
Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman
John Hardman
WildArk
Michelle Falconer
Community Volunteer
Kristine Faulkner
Cox Communications
Courtney Fletcher
Doosan Infracore International
Nick Fletcher, MD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Lige Gillis
UBS
Dan Gordon
Emory University
Rand Hagen
Community Volunteer
Dex Harris
Aflac
Anne Park Hopkins
Community Volunteer
Dan Ingevaldson
TechOperators
Jeff Klick, MD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Tom Lewis
Managing Partner, Flagstone Holdings LLC
Caroline Lockerman
Community Volunteer
Mitch Masters
Microf LLC
Kim Miller
Booster Enterprises
Ashish Mistry
BLH Venture Partners
John Portman
Portman Holdings
Asif Ramji
Paymetric
Tripp Rawls
UBS
John Rooker
Rooker Real Estate Development
Brook Dennard Rosser
Talent Acquisition and Retention Specialist
Kenneth Saffold
BlackRock
Allison Barnes Salter
Cobb County State Court
Dana Sample
Delta Air Lines
Ann Shearer
Community Volunteer
Matt Shulman
The Ardent Companies
Ami Sirlin
Goodway Group
A. Rian Smith
The Integral Group
Austin Stephens
Merrill Lynch
Tracy Stillman
Community Volunteer
Jaime Theriot
Partner and General Counsel, Troutman Sanders
Ellen Turner
TurnerBoone
Marti Walsh
The Coca-Cola Company
Adam Wasserman
H&W Printing
Lissa Webber
Community Volunteer