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Kim Greene was named chairman, president and chief executive officer of Georgia Power in 2023. She leads Georgia Power in serving its 2.8 million customers across the state. The company is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the nation’s leading energy providers. Greene is a strong voice in the energy sector, especially on issues related to safety, emerging technologies, innovation and STEM-related education.  She is a respected thought leader and advocate for the future of energy – from national energy policy to the overall customer experience. 

Prior to her current position, Greene served for five years as chairman, president and CEO of Southern Company Gas. In this role, she ensured the delivery of clean, safe, reliable and affordable natural gas to more than 4.3 million utility customers in Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee and Virginia, and to over 600,000 retail gas customers served by SouthStar Energy Services in 10 states. In addition, she oversaw the nonutility businesses that deliver value through energy-related products and services, wholesale gas services and gas midstream operations, including gas pipeline investments and storage and fuels.  

Greene’s 34-year career in energy began in 1991 when she joined Southern Company as an engineer designing equipment for fossil and nuclear power generation stations. Throughout her career she has taken on diverse and challenging roles across all areas of the utility industry including engineering, operations, finance, external affairs, and asset management and trading. She has held  executive roles for Southern Company and its subsidiaries as well as the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), including chief executive  officer for Georgia Power and Southern Company Gas; chief operating officer for Southern Company; president of Southern  Company Services; chief generation officer for TVA; group president, Strategy and External Relations, TVA; and chief financial officer  for TVA. 

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Kelly Kinnish, PhD, is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Director of the National Center on Child Trafficking in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University. She has over 25 years’ experience working with maltreated and at-risk children and families in clinical, research, and administrative capacities with specific interest and expertise in child trauma and trafficking. She is actively engaged in the development, dissemination, and evaluation of interventions with trafficked children and their families as well the training of mental health providers and professionals across child serving systems to better recognize and respond to their needs. She was previously the Director of Clinical Services at the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy for 14 years and also Director of Project Intersect and the Envision Project, federally funded programs focused on improving the well-being of commercially sexually exploited and trafficked children.

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Daniel Pollock is a native Chicagoan who has lived in Atlanta with his wife Sally West since 1984.  A longtime Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologist who retired from the agency in 2021, Daniel also has a longstanding interest in Atlanta and American history.  He has led over 200 local history tours since the early 1990s, with a primary focus on Atlanta and the Civil War.  His published works includes essays about the Battle of Atlanta and the Cyclorama  painting of the battle, now displayed at the Atlanta history center.

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Courtney Hart currently serves as Director of Regional Development and Alumni Relations at her alma mater, the University of Georgia, working out of the Atlanta office. As a proud double Dawg, Courtney is passionate about helping alumni, families, and friends make a lasting impact on students while enriching their own Bulldog experience. In this role, she has the privilege of working across all areas of campus to connect people with opportunities that strengthen the Bulldog community and help UGA grow, thrive, and inspire future generations.

Before embarking on a 20-year career in Division I coaching, Courtney Hart represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, where she earned two gold medals in the 400-meter medley relay and the 400-meter freestyle relay. She also competed internationally on the Pan-American Games teams (1999, 2003), the Pan Pacific team (2002), and the United States World Cup Teams (2000–2004).

After graduating cum laude from UGA in 2001 with a degree in sports studies and communications, Hart worked as a motivational speaker for organizations including the NCAA, Coca-Cola, HealthSouth, and Arby’s. She also served as director of the Golden West Swim Lessons Program in Huntington Beach, California, before beginning her collegiate coaching career in North Florida. Hart joined Georgia Tech as an assistant swim coach in 2007 and was elevated to head coach in April 2009, a position she held with distinction for over 15 years. In August 2024, she stepped away from coaching to take on her current role at UGA. Hart earned her master's degree in sports administration from the University of Georgia in 2005.

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Emily Garcia covers many of Atlanta's largest and most influential public companies, including Coca-Cola, Home Depot, Norfolk-Southern and UPS. She joined Atlanta Business Chronicle in 2026. Before joining the Chronicle, she wrote about billionaires for Forbes, taught English in France and covered the business beat at The Post and Courier in South Carolina. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Georgia.

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Dr. Scott A. Hughes is the Executive Director of Trinity Community Ministries, where he leverages his extensive experience to lead the organization in fulfilling its mission of empowering men to reclaim their lives and return to their families and communities as mentors and leaders. As a member of the Board of Directors of New Life Community Alliance (NLCA), his ability to foster a collaborative environment, empower teams, and develop talent has been instrumental in the organization's success.  

Scott is also the President-Elect for the 100 Black Men of DeKalb County and works to better the future of our community through his mentorship of young adults at the 100 Black Men of DeKalb County Leadership Academy.  As a seasoned executive and dedicated community leader, he has carved a distinguished career by inspiring individuals and organizations to reach their full potential. 

His dedication to giving back is evident in his volunteer work with numerous outreach organizations and his involvement in many other community service programs.  Dr. Hughes is a minister at New Life. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Hughes' passion for service and commitment to excellence became guiding principles after a life-change more than 2 decades ago.

Gordon Murray serves on the Board of Directors of Trinity Community Ministries, and is Principal at Infastream Corp.

Richard Howell graduated from The Westminster Schools and then earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton in 1970.  Subsequently, he earned his law degree at UGA in 1974 and practiced law in Atlanta with the firm of Swift Currie from 1974 through January 1985.  In February 1985, he started a sports management business in Atlanta as the President and CEO of Robinson-Humphrey Sports Enterprises.  As a lawyer/agent, Richard developed a sports management practice concentrating on representing individual professional athletes and collegiate coaches.  In terms of athletes, Howell concentrated on professional football and basketball as well as professional tennis players.

Howell has represented close to two dozen first round draft selections in the NFL and NBA.  In 1993, Howell represented the Most Valuable Player in the National Football League, Emmitt Smith, as well as three of the 24 NBA All-Stars who participated in the 1993-94 All-Star Game – as well as a Top 10 player in the world in professional tennis, Mikael Pernfors.  

In June of 1996, Howell took the sports management practice private as President and CEO of Richard Howell Sports Management, Inc.  He practiced in the sports management field full-time for over 30 years.  

Richard was the State high school Singles Champion for four consecutive years at Westminster and played collegiately at Princeton.  While at Princeton, he played anywhere from #1 to #3 singles on three championship varsity teams; and he came within 1 point of being undefeated in his Varsity singles career in Ivy League play.  He is married to Connie Wright Howell, and they have two sons, Rush (a partner at Kirland & Ellis in Chicago) and Wright (a teacher at Ben Franklin Academy in Atlanta).

Gil Rogers is the director of the Southern Environmental Law Center’s Georgia office, where he oversees a team of 30 employees, including 15 lawyers.  The Southern Environmental Law Center was founded in 1986 to protect the South’s natural resources and promote healthy communities in Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia.  SELC employs the full spectrum of legal tools to work with partners at the local, state and federal levels to advance environmental protections in the South and across the country. 

Gil grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and attended Princeton University, where he studied biology and environmental science.  After graduating from Harvard Law School, Gil joined SELC’s Georgia office in 2002.  Before becoming the office’s director, his primary focus was on water pollution and water management, including work on the Tri-State Water Wars between Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.  Gil has led SELC’s clean water program and has been recognized as Water Conservationist of the Year by the Georgia Wildlife Federation and River Hero by the Alabama Rivers Alliance.  He has also served as a Wasserstein Fellow at Harvard Law School.

Sarah Edmondson is a Canadian actress and voice-over artist who has starred in multiple TV series and more than a dozen films. Her whistleblower story following her departure from personal and professional development company NXIVM ("nex-ee-um") is told in her memoir, Scarred, the CBC podcast Uncover: Escaping NXIVM, and critically acclaimed HBO documentary series on NXIVM, The Vow. Her TEDx talk, “How to spot a cult,” is featured on TED.com.

As an actor and former college athlete, Anthony “Nippy” Ames was drawn to NXIVM’s goals program. In his twelve years with the organization, he rose steadily up the ranks as a teacher, built centers in New York and Vancouver, and met Sarah, his now wife and podcast co-host. When he learned that the company was, in fact, a dangerous cult, he wasted no time in doing exactly what needed to be done: Helping burn its carefully constructed public image to the ground.

Now based in Atlanta, Sarah and Nippy continue the conversation with the A Little Bit Culty podcast and now book of the same name—exploring the healing process with the help of experts, advocates, and fellow survivors. They attend conferences and events as speakers and cult-recovery advocates.