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BIOGRAPHIES


John Lewis, Jr.the chair of the board, is Senior Managing Litigation Counsel for The Coca-Cola Company in its global legal center.  Prior to joining Coca-Cola, Mr. Lewis worked for several years in private practice in Atlanta, Kansas City, and Washington, D.C., and served as a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee and state bar disciplinary hearing officer.  In addition to the Ethics Board, Mr. Lewis currently serves as Vice Chair of the board of The Coca-Cola Company Family Federal Credit Union. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics at Morehouse College and his law degree at The George Washington University National Law Center.  The Gate City Bar Association nominated Mr. Lewis.

Carol Snype Crawford is a community volunteer.  Her volunteer service has included the United Way Board of Directors, Chair of the Legislative Black Caucus Advisory Board, and Advocacy Team Leader for the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church, and she is an alumna of Leadership Atlanta.  She previously served in state government as the Executive Director of the Office of Minority Health, the Director of Long-Term Care Services and Community Services, and the Deputy Director for the Georgia State Health Planning Agency.  Ms. Snype Crawford received her Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Talladega College and her Masters of Social Work from Atlanta University; she is currently a Gammon Seminary student at the Interdenominational Theological Center.  Ms. Snype Crawford is the nominee of the Atlanta Planning Advisory Board. 

Charles B. Crawford, Jr., is the Chairman, President, and CEO of the Private Bank of Buckhead.  A banker for more than 22 years, Mr. Crawford has served as the president of Riverside Bank of Buckhead, Milton National Bank, and The Buckhead Bank and as an officer of Bank South and NationsBank.  He is the president and director of the Rotary Club of Buckhead, a trustee of the Georgia Tennis Foundation, and a 2005 graduate of Leadership Atlanta.  Mr. Crawford earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, a Bachelor of Science in management from the Wharton School of Business, and an Executive MBA from Georgia State University.  The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce nominated him to the board.

Cathy R. Daniels is the Secretary of the College of Spelman College. In that capacity, she serves as the principal administrative officer to Spelman’s Board of Trustees and assists the president on board matters and ceremonial activities.  Prior to moving to Atlanta in 2006, she worked for 16 years with the Writers Guild of America, West, in California as a member of its senior management team. She also is a former elementary school teacher.  Ms. Daniels is a graduate of the University of California-Santa Barbara and the University of California-Los Angeles School of Law.  She serves as the representative of the six major universities and colleges within the city -- Clark Atlanta University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College, and Spelman College

MaryAnne Gaunt is Associate Director of the Principals Center at Georgia State University.  She previously worked as executive director of APPLE Corps Inc., development coordinator at Agnes Scott College, and a research assistant for the Southern Regional Education Board.  Ms. Gaunt is a past president and long-time board member of the Atlanta-Fulton County League of Women Voters, volunteer for United Way Allocations, program director for the Atlanta Women's Network, member of GSU's Senate governing body, and active alumna of Leadership Atlanta.   She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology at the University of Kentucky and her Masters of Public Administration at Georgia State University.  Nominated by the Atlanta-Fulton County League of Women Voters, she serves as vice chair of the board.

Susan Housen is an attorney in private practice with an emphasis on litigation and employment issues.  Until March 2008, Ms. Housen was a partner with Holland & Knight, LLP.   Prior to entering private practice, she worked as an associate general counsel of The A.L. Williams Corporation, now known as Primerica Financial Services, and as an assistant solicitor for DeKalb County.  She served for several years on the board of Project Interconnections, Inc., a non-profit organization that develops housing in Atlanta for mentally ill and homeless people.  Ms. Housen is a graduate of Tulane University and Emory University School of Law.  The Atlanta Bar Association nominated her to the board.

Charmaine Ward is the Community Affairs Director for Georgia-Pacific.  During her more than 20 years in corporate America, she has held senior level positions in sales, marketing, community affairs, and diversity for IBM, Showtime Networks, Bank of America, and John H. Harland. Ms. Ward serves on the boards of the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, Atlanta Partners for Education, West End Medical Center, Atlanta chapters of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women and National Black MBA Association, and Atlanta Business League, which nominated her to the Board of Ethics.  An alumna of Leadership Atlanta, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Clark Atlanta University and an Executive MBA from Kennesaw State University.

Former Board Members
Jacquee Minor, Atlanta Business League, 2005-2008
Kenyatta Mitchell, Atlanta Planning Advisory Board, 2005-2008
Lawrence Levin, Ph.D., Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 2005-2008
John D. Marshall, Jr., Six Major Universities, 2002-2007
Leah Janus, Atlanta-Fulton County League of Women Voters, 2002-2006
Robert B. Remar, Atlanta Bar Association, 2002-2005
Chuck Barlow, Atlanta Business League, 2002-2005
Michael D. Johnson, Gate City Bar Association, 2002-2004
Gloria Bromell-Tinubu, Atlanta Planning Advisory Board, 2003-2004
Seth Lynn, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 2002-2004
Myrtle Davis, Atlanta Planning Advisory Board, 2002-2003