Carter Center Appoints Atlanta Leaders to Board of Councilors

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ATLANTA....The Carter Center, a not-for-profit organization working to promote health and peace worldwide, recently appointed 28 new members to its Board of Councilors, bringing its membership to 195.

The Board of Councilors is a leadership advisory group that promotes understanding of The Carter Center and its activities among opinion leaders and the broader community. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter and staff give updates on Center activities to board members throughout the year.

"The Board of Councilors features some of Atlanta's most dynamic business leaders," President Carter said. "When we founded The Carter Center, Rosalynn and I envisioned a Board of Councilors that would help to create an intimate link between the Center, the city of Atlanta, and the state of Georgia. These new members will continue to promote the work of the Center in their communities."

Since its founding in 1987, the Board of Councilors has been led by some of Atlanta's most distinguished civic leaders including its current chair, Paula Lawton Bevington, vice president of development of SciTrek, and vice chair, Frank Belatti, chairman of AFC Enterprises.

The Board of Councilors' new members are:

Kevin Abel, President, Abel Solutions
Claire Lewis "Yum" Arnold, CEO, Leapfrog Services
John H. "Pepper" Bullock, Managing Director, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Kathleen Day
Larry I. Dorfman, President and CEO, APCO/EasyCare
Paul E. Francis, Managing Principal, The Cedar Street Group
Jeffrey L. Freemyer, Chairman and CEO, iReadyWorld
E. Alex Gregory, President and CEO, YKK Corporation of America
Bruce C. Gunter, President, Progressive Redevelopment
Ellen Weaver Hartman, President, Atlanta, Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Joan E. Herbig, Chief Executive Officer, XcelleNet
Eric Joiner, President and COO, AJC International
Joseph Mallof, Chief Executive Officer, Ciba Vision Corp.
Charles S. Mayfield III, Representative, Prudential Financial
Thomas C. Meredith, Chancellor, University System of Georgia
Robert L. Nardelli, Chairman, President and CEO, The Home Depot
James R. Nowicki, Enterprise Client Executive, EDS
Jeffrey Craig Pope
James H. Reese, Chief Executive Officer, Randstad North America
Patricia B. Reid, Plant Manager, Ford Motor Company-Atlanta
Walter H.Sanderson, Chairman, Sanderson Industries
George W. Sands, Managing Partner, KPMG
P. Joe Sisson, Sisson Company
Constance Swank, Chief Operating Officer, The Junior League of Atlanta
Jack H. Ward, President, Hodges Ward Elliott
Leonard W. Wood, Director, Wood Partners
Gina Wright, President and CEO, The Leader Publishing Group
James E. Young, President and CEO, Citizens Trust Bank

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