Advisory Board Georgia

Hunter Amos is a Director with the multifamily investment sales team at Newmark Knight Frank.

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.

Alex is currently Director of Product Management for EPAM systems, a leading global product development, digital platform engineering, and top digital and product design agency.

Jocelyn has been with WSB-TV for more than 40 years. She has been Director of Editorials & Public Affairs at Channel 2 since 1983. From 1973-83, Jocelyn was an anchor/reporter/producer and assignment editor for WSB-TV's Channel 2 Action News. In fact, she was the first African-American anchor of a Channel 2 newscast as well as the first African American news anchor in the Atlanta market.

Chris Graham is a senior vice president and leads the Compliance & Ethics Capability for Georgia-Pacific. 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. 

Jim Irwin is the President of New City, LLC and directs the company’s real estate development and consulting operations, as well as new business pursuits. Over the course of his career, Jim has been responsible for over $1 billion of new investment around the United States.  New City’s current work includes major mixed-use projects along the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail and in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Suzanne Masters has been active in nonprofit work for twenty years, working to build thriving communities in the areas where she lives.  Suzanne believes that in order to be truly healthy, individuals and families need nature, recreation, fresh food, housing and access to well-rounded healthcare.  Based on her personal experiences of the powerful impact of nature in her early life, Suzanne believes in the necessity of a relationship with mental health and nature especially among populations that are underserved.

Gary is a graduate of University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business with a degree in Risk Management.  He has had a State Farm Insurance agency for 32 years.

Carlos Pagoaga is Group Director, Partnerships for The Coca-Cola Company where he is responsible for managing the Company’s community engagement efforts including strategic partnerships, grant making and matching gifts.  He has 29 years of national and international experience in external facing roles including Community Relations, Public Relations and Grant Management with The Coca-Cola Company and The Coca-Cola Foundation.

As a Partner, Executive Vice President with The Shopping Center Group, Michele focuses on creating and maintaining meaningful client relationships in commercial real estate while working meticulously to meet client needs. Consequently, she is consistently one of the top-performing brokers in her firm and has earned an esteemed reputation in Atlanta’s commercial real estate industry.

Jeff Seavey is a wealth advisor and managing director with GenSpring | SunTrust Private Wealth. Jeff has over 30 years of broad commercial, corporate, and personal financial services experience. As a Wealth Advisor, Jeff advises a select number of high net worth families on investment policy and asset allocation, tax, financial planning and estate strategies, private banking, asset protection, and business succession planning.

Emily is the General Counsel for RangeWater Real Estate. In this role, she is responsible for all legal matters across the company. Emily is a member of RangeWater’s Investment Committee and sits on the Board of Directors of the RangeWater Impact Foundation.

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