Avery Munnins, Partner, Deloitte & Touche. Connect with Avery on LinkedIn. Akila McConnell is the owner and founder of Unexpected Atlanta Walking Tours, which is the parent company of Atlanta History Tours and Atlanta Food Walks. She is also a food writer and historian who focuses on telling the story of Atlanta. The Sydney Herald Sun in [...]

According to LinkedIn only 21% of women in sales make it to VP, and only 23% of all CXOs are women. Close(Her) is committed to changing that by building a community of women in sales that will prepare them for leadership opportunities. Kara Brown with SmithBrown Marketing Jordan Arogeti with Sales Loft Annie Smith with Cushman [...]

Anthony Flynn is the newly appointed Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc. (The 100), one of the city s most influential African-American organizations focuses on leadership development, educational support, economic empowerment, and health and wellness. As a successful leader in the business world with numerous Fortune 100 [...]

The work of Women in Technology has an incredible impact. Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEAM. In her new role as leader of the 25-year-old [...]

Margaret O Brien, with Zentripy Global Insurance, is a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) and a registered Health Insurance Counselor (HIC) with over 25 years experience in the insurance market. Margaret approaches each client interaction as an opportunity to educate her clients on all aspects of the insurance market. She stays with her clients to ensure that [...]

Brian Peters is regional executive and head of the Southeast for Citizens Bank. He was hired in December 2016 to lead the expansion of the $160 billion asset Rhode Island-based super-regional bank s commercial banking operations in the Southeast. He has nearly 30 years of banking experience and, before joining Citizens, was a managing director at [...]

Oneda Maryon Castillo was born in Akron Ohio, where she and her two brothers were raised by their single mom Ruth in Cleveland Ohio and Buffalo New York. She and her husband Ron of 47 yrs, have made Fayetteville, Georgia their home for the past 24 years. Oneda and Ron have been blessed two children [...]

Baiyina Jihad is a native of Atlanta who was raised in the communities of West End and East Atlanta. Baiyina loved the city so much she attended Georgia State University. During her senior year in college, she applied and got accepted to Teach for America. She is now entering her 4th year of teaching 3rd-grade [...]

Nancy R. Mansfield serves as the Director of the WomenLead Program and Senior Faculty Associate for Women’s Leadership Development at Georgia State University. Professor Mansfield has long been committed to excellence and innovation in undergraduate education and to experiential learning as part of the university experience. She brings significant depth and breadth of experience to [...]

Dr. Ben Lawrence is the Aziz Hashim endowed Professor in Franchise Entrepreneurship. Lawrence focuses on topics that intersect service operations and marketing with a particular interest in franchise relationships . Lawrence’s broad domains of interest include the impact of organizational form on performance, consumer coproduction, and service innovation. He has published research articles in such [...]