Leadership DeKalb Team

Shara Garwood Sanders ‘17

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

LEADERSHIP DEKALB
EMAIL:  shara@leadershipdekalb.org

Mike Jacobs ‘16

(Executive Committee, Board Chair)

JUDGE

STATE COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY

Marquetta J. Bryan ‘16 (Executive Committee, Past Board Chair)

PARTNER

NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH

Brent Adams ‘17

(Executive Committee, Treasurer)

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND AREA EXECUTIVE

SOUTHSTATE BANK

Shalamar Parham '18

(Executive Committee, Secretary)

ATTORNEY

GEORGIALINK PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP

Adria Welcher '21

(Executive Committee, Program Chair)

DIRECTOR OF GENERAL EDUCATION

MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

Matt Hicks '02

(Executive Committee, Nominating Chair)

VICE PRESIDENT

SELLERS DORSEY

Dorian DeBarr ‘19

(Executive Committee, At-Large)

PRESIDENT

DECIDE DEKALB DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Andrea Arnold ‘01

CITY MANAGER

CITY OF DECATUR

Tim Cairl '19

SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC POLICY

METRO ATLANTA CHAMBER

Tremese Davis ‘15

DIRECTOR, SUPPLIER DIVERSITY

SOUTHERN COMPANY GAS

LaTisha Dear Jackson ‘06

SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE

DEKALB COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

Amity Farrar ‘19

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

POWER 10 CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS

Alecea Quintyne ‘16

IT PROJECT MANAGER

ENVISION HEALTHCARE

Kevin Riley ‘22

FORMER EDITOR

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

J. Nichole Simms ‘20

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

TO DEKALB COUNTY CEO 

Geralyn Smith '09

TALENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIST 

WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM

Troy Vincent ‘21

PRESIDENT

THE ENGRAVING HOUSE