Carter Center: Founders and Board of Counselors

Carter Center: Founders and Board of Counselors

Founders

• Agha Hasan Abedi
• Senator Hajime Akiyama
• Ivan Allen III
• Dwayne O. Andreas
• Arthur and Diana Blank
• Richard C. Blum
• W. Michael Blumenthal
• Edgar M. Bronfman, Sr.
• James C. and Connie Calaway
• Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Carlos
• Anne Cox Chambers
• Warren Christopher
• Dominique de Menil
• Charles W. Duncan, Jr.
• His Majesty King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
• J.B. Fuqua
• Roberto C. Goizueta
• Walter and Elise Haas
• Armand Hammer
• Sidney Harman and Jane Frank Harman, Esq.
• Governor and Mrs. W. Averell Harriman
• Jess Hay
• Christopher B. and Patricia K. Hemmeter
• Philip M. Klutznick and Ethel Klutznick
• Mathilde Krim and Arthur Krim
• George P. Livanos
• Fraydun Manocherian
• G. William Miller
• Guy W. Millner
• George P. and Cynthia Mitchell
• Set Charles Momjian
• David Packard
• George and Thelma Paraskevaides
• Allen E. Paulson
• Lamar and Frances Plunkett
• John and Betty Pope
• James D. Robinson III
• Hasib J. Sabbagh
• Deen Day Sanders
• Ryoichi Sasakawa
• Walter H. Shorenstein and Phyllis J. Shorenstein
• Richard R. Swann
• R.E. Ted Turner
• Robert and Ann Utley
• Edie and Lew Wasserman
• Thomas J. Watson Jr.
• Milton A. Wolf
• Robert W. Woodruff
• Tadao Yoshida
• Erwin E. Zaban

Board of Councilors

“The Board of Councilors was founded in 1987 at the initiative of President Carter and Ivan Allen III. Ivan Allen III served as founding chairman, with Robert M. Holder Jr. as vice chairman.

“Since its creation, the board has been chaired by some of Atlanta's most distinguished civic leaders:

• Ivan Allen III 1987-1992
• Robert M. Holder, Jr. 1992-1996
• A. W. Bill Dahlberg 1997-1998
• James S. Balloun 1999-2000
• James R. Lientz, Jr. 2001-2002
• Paula Lawton Bevington 2003-2004
• Frank Belatti 2005
• Ingrid Saunders Jones 2006
• Phil Hickey 2007

Board of Counselors

• Paul R. Garcia - Chairman, President and CEO, Global Payments
• Mary Ellen Garrett - First Vice President—Investments, The Garrett Group/Merrill Lynch
• Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III - President, Office/Multi-Family Cousins Properties
• W. Reeder Glass – Partner, Holland & Knight
• John T. Glover
• Eugene J. Godbold, Jr. - Georgia President Bank of America
• Jose Ignacio Gonzalez - Executive Director, Hemisphere Inc.
• Margo Grbinich Hunt
• E. Alex Gregory - President and CEO, YKK Corporation of America
• Philip M. Greifeld - Chief Executive Officer, Huddle House
• Bruce Gunter – President, Progressive Redevelopment
• Jack Guynn - Retired President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Richard L. Hammonds, M.D.
• Hubert L. Harris, Jr. - Chief Executive Officer, INVESCO North America
• Ellen Weaver Hartman - President, Atlanta Weber Shandwick Worldwide
• Stanford R. Harvey III – Principal, Urban Collage
• Babette Henagan - Managing Partner, Linx Partners
• B. Harvey Hill, Jr. – Partner, Alston & Bird
• R. Glenn Hilliard - The Hilliard Group
• Thomas D. Hills - Chief Financial Officer, State of Georgia
• John R. Holder - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Holder Properties
• Janice M. Holyfield, M.D.
• G. Thomas Hough - Area Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
• C. Tycho Howle – Chairman, nuBridges
• L. Phillip Humann - Chairman and CEO, SunTrust Bank
• Jerry Hunt
• M. Christine Jacobs - Chief Executive Officer and President, Theragenics Corporation
• T. Stephen Johnson – President, T. Stephen Johnson Associates
• W. Thomas Johnson
• Eric J. Joiner - President and COO, AJC International
• Lewis H. Jordan - Wingspread Enterprises
• W. Hamilton Jordan
• Blaine Kelley, Jr.
• Jay Kelly – Director, Jay Kelly Interactive Design
• Richard C. Kerns - Richard Kerns Truck Parts
• James A. Kilberg - Senior Vice President, Plum Creek
• Thomas W. Kitchin
• Joel M. Koblentz – Partner, Morgan Howard Worldwide
• James B. Langford, Jr. - State Director, The Trust for Public Land
• Donald M. Leebern, Jr. - Chairman and CEO, Georgia Crown Distributing Company
• William H. Linginfelter - Chief Executive Officer, Wachovia Bank of Georgia
• Scott A. Livengood
• Gay M. Love - Chairman of the Board, Gay and Erskine Love Foundation
• Mylle Mangum - Chief Executive Officer, International Banking Technologies
• Charles S. Mayfield III – Principal, Chappell, Mayfield & Associates
• James J. McAlpin, Jr. – Chairman, Powell Goldstein
• Robert F. McCullough - Senior Partner, AMVESCAP
• James F. McDonald - Chairman, President and CEO, Scientific Atlanta
• Wade F. McKenzie – President, PhyTest
• Steve Merritt
• D. Kris Miller – President, Ackerman & Co.
• Leo F. Mullin
• Dan Myers - President and CEO, Alimera Sciences
• Thomas E. Noonan - President and CEO, Internet Security Systems
• James R. Nowicki - Vice President & CDC, Enterprise Client Executive Affiliated Computer Services
• Colleen Nunn
• Dorothy B. Padgett
• Mike Patel – President, Diplomat Companies
• Elizabeth Plunkett-Buttimer – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bowdon Manufacturing Company
• Jeffery C. Pope
• Mark C. Pope IV – President, Geographics
• Laura Heery Prozes – President, Laura Heery Architecture & Planning
• Richard C. Ramsden – Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• David M. Ratcliffe – Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company
• Robert J. Ratliff
• Robert L. Rearden, Jr. – Kestrel Communications
• James H. Reese
• Spurgeon Richardson – President and CEO, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Clarence H. Ridley – Chairman, Haverty Furniture Companies
• Joseph A. Riedel, Jr.
• James O. Robbins
• Karen A. Robinson – President and CEO, Prime Point Media
• DeWitt R. Rogers – Partner, Troutman Sanders
• Gerald and Ingrid Rosenthal – Rosenthal & Levy
• Herman J. Russell – Chairman, H. J. Russell & Company
• Louise Sams – President, TBS International, Turner Broadcasting System
• Rory Sanderson – President and CEO, Sanderson Industries
• R. K. Sehgal
• Jerry W. Seneker – Executive Vice President, Old Fashion Foods
• Charles M. Shaffer, Jr. – President and CEO, Marcus Institute
• Mit Shah – President and CEO, Noble Investment Group
• William M. Sharp, Sr. – Partner, Sharp and Harrison
• William Sharp – Sharp Advertising
• Rajen Sheth – Managing Director, Insight Capital Management
• Sharon N. Shirley – Chief Executive Officer, Newell Recycling of Atlanta
• Jane E. Shivers – Shivers Consulting
• Arnold P. Silverman – President, Silverman Construction Program Management
• Calder P. Sinclair Esq. – President, Sinclair, Townes & Company
• Joe Sisson - Sisson Company
• Scott S. Smith - Vice President, Coalition America
• Sean S. Smith - Chairman and CEO, Coalition America
• W. Thomas Smith, Jr. - Managing Partner, Total Technology Ventures
• William R. Spalding - Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives Caremark Rx
• Connie W. Stewart
• Rebekah Stewart - Brigadoon Lodge
• Wally Stover – CEO, Wally Stover Homes
• Carolyn A. Stradley - Founder and CEO, C & S Paving
• Marcia Taylor - President and CEO, Bennett International Group
• Timothy C. Tuff - Chairman, President and CEO, John H. Harland Co.
• Mark A. van Weegen - Vice President, A. T. Kearney
• Jack H. Ward – President, Hodges Ward Elliott
• John F. Ward
• William L. Warren – Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
• John Watts - President & CEO, National Accounts Wellpoint
• Livia Whisenhunt-Johnson - Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PS Energy Group
• Eric J. Wilhelm - Chief Executive Officer, Wilpak
• Don L. Williams - President and CEO, Princeton Healthcare
• Sam Williams – President, Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
• Debora J. Wilson – President, The Weather Channel
• Scott Woodall - Woodall & Broome
• Albert C. Woodroof III - Chairman/President, Spectrum Stores
• Gina Wright - Founder and Chair, The Leader Publishing Group
• Yasuo Yoshioka
• James E. Young - President and CEO, Citizens Trust Bank

Ex-Officio Members

• The Honorable Sonny Perdue – Governor, State of Georgia
• The Honorable Shirley Franklin – Mayor, City of Atlanta
• James W. Wagner, Ph.D. – President, Emory University