2012-2013 Leadership
The Junior League of Atlanta Board of Directors ensures the future of the entire organization at all levels. Board members act as trustees and stewards on behalf of our members, including financial management of the League. The Board also provides vision and helps govern the vision across our multiple Council systems – which includes Advocacy and Initiatives, Community, Fund Development, Training and Development, Membership, Marketing and Communications, and the Advisory Planning and Nominating Committees. The Board also makes sure that all our League programs are consistent with our mission and that our strategy is pushed forward according to yearly strategic priorities.
2012-2013 Board of Directors
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President |
 President-Elect Michelle Wells
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Sustainer Representative |
Advisory Planning Chair |
 VP of Community
Jen Bennecke |
 VP of Advocacy & Initiatives Grayson Pratt
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 VP of Fund Development
Marie Hannon |
 VP of Internal Operations
Stacy Brees |
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VP of Marketing & Communications |
VP of Training & Development |
VP of Membership |
Parliamentarian |
 Recording Secretary Aimee Moynihan
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 Nominating Committee Chair Sara Youd |
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Community Advisory Board
The Junior League of Atlanta’s Community Advisory Board (CAB) provides strategic guidance in helping the League assess community needs and advisement on community related issues. In addition, Board members help communicate the League’s purpose and programs to our community. The Board is comprised of community leaders representing various areas of expertise - health and human services, government, media, business and industry, law, and the arts.
The Junior League of Atlanta is honored to have such exemplary members participating on the Community Advisory Board.
2012 - 2013 JLA Community Advisory Board Members
The 2012-13 JLA CAB will be instrumental in helping to assess the proposed new 5-year strategic plan, the potential effects of the JLA’s intent to evolve to an issue-based community impact placement model (IBCI), and help us develop long-range, strategic plans in the areas of policy, resource development and getting our message out in meaningful way that connects and leverages power.
(Chair) Terri Badour Duckett, CEO, American Red Cross of Georgia & Former President of the Junior League of Atlanta
Kathy Ashe – JLA Sustainer & Former Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives
John Deushane - President & General Manager, WXIA/WATL
Dr. Leon Haley - Chief of Service, Emergency Medicine, Grady Health System
Carole Hogue - Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Camille Kesler, The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc. President and Independent Communications Consultant
Lucy Klausner - Director of Strategic Partnerships for Child Wellness, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Milton Little, Jr. – President, United Way Atlanta
Susan O'Farrell - Chief Procurement Officer and VP of Enterprise Asset Management, Home Depot
John O’Kane - Senior Vice President, Cox Curry & Associates
William Pate - President & Chief Executive Officer, Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Dave Penrod – Chairman, Belk, Inc. Southern Division
Deborah Ryan – Interim Chief Executive Officer, Atlanta’s Women’s Foundation
Jane Turner - Executive Director, Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta
Joy Walker - Former Chief Judge, Recorders Court of DeKalb County; Current Chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Paralegal Studies at Bauder College/Kaplan Higher Education Corp. and Adjunct Professor at Strayer University
Michelle Wells, The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc. President-Elect and Lead Medical Physicist at Piedmont Hospital
Pat Willis – Executive Director, Voices for Georgia’s Children
Comer Yates – Executive Director, Atlanta Speech School
The Value of the Junior League of Atlanta as Voiced by our Community Advisory Board Members
The Atlanta Women's Foundation
“I have over 10 years experience working in the non-profit sector serving women and girls (as CEO YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas and CEO of the Atlanta Women’s Foundation). Throughout my tenure, I have witnessed the significant benefit the JLA provides to its communities - both through its leadership training and its active community service and support. Many of the women who have gone on to become the most highly evolved leaders, philanthropists and community advocates have done so because they began their community service with the JLA. Personally, the best board members I have ever worked with were all JLA members. And, when I ran a program organization, we received the direct benefit of JLA’s financial and volunteer support… a significant benefit to my organization and my programs.”
— Barbara Mosacchio, Former CEO, The Atlanta Women's Foundation
United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta
"As president of United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, I work at the intersection of need and means—sandwiched between poverty and wealth. On any given day, I dine with CEOs of major corporations, foundation officials and government leaders, and talk with women and their children in homeless shelters. Although their life’s positions are drastically different, the irony is that these people are more alike than not.
Each takes pride in their community. They want the best for their families, and they believe deeply in the power of giving back. The women of the Junior League of Atlanta also work where poverty and wealth meet. They are one of metro Atlanta’s best examples of the unselfish investment of time, talent and treasure to make our community better and stronger.
For more than 90 years, Junior League of Atlanta has been a staple of hope and inspiration for all sectors of our community. Similarly to my work as president of United Way, you bring the stories of those in need to those with the means to help, and by doing so, you enrich the lives of everyone. As leaders, you rally together to help and to galvanize the community in your efforts. In an intimate way, you are making metro Atlanta a place where all individuals and families thrive—a place I am proud to call home.
Thank you for your 90-plus years of successful hard work and continued dedication to helping those less fortunate and for grooming our next generation of civic and philanthropic leaders."
— Milton Little, President, The United Way of Metropolitan of Atlanta
