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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 » OFFICERS

Chairman of the Board
Tiffany A. Altizer
Keith Altizer & Co., P.A.
Maitland, Florida

President
Farhad Aghdami
Williams Mullen
Richmond, Virginia

Vice President
Zachary M. Leder
Bennett Thrasher LLP
Atlanta, Georgia

Treasurer
Jeffery S. Drummonds
LBMC, PC
Brentwood, Tennessee

Secretary
Cameron N. Cosby
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Washington, DC

Special Advisor to the Board
Brant J. Hellwig
NYU School of Law
New York, New York

 » BOARD

Michael J. Desmond
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Los Angeles, CA

John W. Hackney
Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry
Atlanta, Georgia

George A. Hani
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Washington, DC

Christopher J.C. Jones
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
Charlotte, North Carolina

Michael A. Laing
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Cincinnati, Ohio

Martha Louise R. Lewis
Ernst & Young (Retired)
Greenville, South Carolina

Alan F. Rothschild, Jr.
Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, P.C.
Columbus, Georgia

David C. Sojourner, Jr.
Sojourner Caughman & Thomas, LLC
Columbia, South Carolina

James B. Sowell
KPMG LLP
Washington, DC

Kimberly H. Stogner
Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

R. David Wheat
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Houston, Texas

Lisa M. Zarlenga
Steptoe LLC
Washington, DC

 » ADVISORY

David D. Aughtry
Atlanta, Georgia

George S. Bailey
Columbia, South Carolina

Scott Y. Barnes
Charleston, South Carolina

Herschel M. Bloom
Atlanta, Georgia

William M. Blume, Jr.
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Thomas A. Caldwell
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Thomas N. Carruthers, Jr.
Birmingham, Alabama

Reginald J. Clark
Atlanta, Georgia

Jean Taylor Cox
Durham, North Carolina

Mark S. Dray
Richmond, Virginia

Charles H. Egerton
Orlando, Florida

William C. Fowler
Atlanta, Georgia

Peter J. Genz
Atlanta, Georgia

Stephen F. Gertzman
Washington, DC

Lawrence B. Gibbs
Washington, DC

James C. Gooch
Nashville, Tennessee

Lauch M. Magruder, Jr.
Highlands, North Carolina

Neill G. McBryde
Charlotte, North Carolina

Pamela F. Olson
Golden, Colorado

Mark J. Silverman
Washington, DC

Kenneth L. Thrasher
Atlanta, Georgia

Robert C. Walthall
Birmingham, Alabama

Joyce A. Waterbury
Carrboro, North Carolina

 » Executive Director

Mallory L. Decker
Richmond, Virginia