Advisory Board Georgia

Marcia Bansley, retired from her role as Executive Director of Trees Atlanta, has been active in non-profit management for over 20 years.

Dr. Mark Simpson Berry, P.E., is vice president of Environmental & Natural Resources for Georgia Power.
Named to the position in August 2015, he is responsible for maximizing the value from Georgia Power-owned natural resources, acquiring real estate to support company operations and managing the company's environmental compliance and stewardship programs to meet or surpass all environmental laws and regulations.

Mary Calhoun is a homemaker and mother of two boys, 8 and 6. She serves on the board of the Atlanta Opera and chairs various committees at Atlanta Classical Academy, Cherokee Garden Club, and Cathedral Antiques Show. She is also a judge for the James Beard Restaurant and Chef awards in the southeastern division.

Cushman’s background in corporate finance, including running the financial planning department for a $3 billion wireless company, provides her with a unique financial perspective based on diverse positions within operating companies. Cushman has worked in business valuation, and served as an interim General Manager of a wireless company where she managed both retail operations and agent distribution. As a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and having served as the teacher of the economics review section for the CFA Review course for the Atlanta Society for Financial Analysts, Cushman understands both the theory and practice of finance and economics. She earned her MBA in Finance from Georgia State University.

Adina Alford Erwin is Vice President & General Manager of the Fox Theatre, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the historic Atlanta entertainment icon, including managing a team of 140 employees and 1,500 volunteers and the award-winning Fox Theatre Institute, a consulting and community engagement division for the Fox Theatre.

Lewis Glenn is the Vice President of Real Estate Brokerage for Sea Island Properties.

Chris Graham leads the Compliance, Safety and Investigations group in the Georgia-Pacific law department. In addition to his legal role, Chris also manages the corporate security capability. Prior to working at GP, Chris was the General Counsel for INVISTA and an in-house lawyer for Koch Industries in Wichita, Kansas. Before working for the Koch family of companies, Chris was a partner with Hunton & Williams in Richmond, Virginia. He came to Hunton & Williams after serving as a Captain in the United States Army as a Judge Advocate at Fort Benning, Georgia.

John Hardman is the CEO of WildArk, an effort to protect as much of the world’s biodiversity as possible, while inspiring people to reconnect with nature through various digital and physical experiential learning offerings.  John also serves as the Managing Director of Internative Investment Group, a business advisory and investment firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Paula Hennessy grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia.

Henry retired from Wachovia Bank, where he enjoyed a 30-year career in banking in Atlanta. He is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Business School.

Lee Loughran is Head of Global Partner HR for McKinsey & Company, a leading management consulting Firm. She oversees the Partner Personnel function which sets and administers Partner HR policies globally. She also supports the development and administration of new Partner career paths, strategic special programs, and flexibility options. In her role, Lee counsels senior talent on career decisions, thinks strategically about creative ways to retain and support that talent, and manages the HR operations that document Partner personnel records.

Born in Greensboro,  Libby Prickett spent most vacations at summer camp in the mountains in western North Carolina, enjoying hiking, horseback riding, and canoeing. A love of nature was born.

Esther Stokes has been a landscape designer in Atlanta since 1985 and is owner of Stokes Landscape Design, LLC.