The Atlanta Historical Society was founded in 1926 to preserve and study Atlanta history. In 1990, after decades of collecting, researching, and publishing information about Atlanta and the surrounding area, the organization officially became Atlanta History Center. What began as a small, archival-focused historical society grew over the decades to encompass 33 acres of curated Goizueta Gardens, four historic houses, varied programming, and a range of signature and temporary exhibitions housed in the Atlanta History Museum (completed 1993).
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Susana Braner
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Paul Carriere
Chief Operating Officer
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Pola Changnon
Chief Content Officer
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Paul Crater
Vice President of Collections & Research Services
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Tim Frilingos
Director of Exhibitions
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Shatavia Elder
Vice President of Education
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F. Sheffield Hale
President & Chief Executive Officer
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Claire Haley
Vice President of Special Projects
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Jackson McQuigg
Vice President of Properties
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Jeff Rutledge
Vice President of Finance & Information Technology
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Jamie Salen
Senior Director of Marketing
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Kristian Weatherspoon
Vice President of Digital Storytelling
Hailey Morgan
Senior Director of Education
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Elizabeth Monix
Manager of Goizueta Children’s Experience
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Barbara Manwell
Manager of Education Programs
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Juliana Bluhm
Manager of Group Sales and Logistics
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Isadora Hohaia
Manager of Education Outreach
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Ashley Sankey
Education Programs Assistant
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Nik Kekel
Historic House Manager
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Brett Bannor
Manager of Animal Collections
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Laurie Carter
Horticulturist
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Mikey Del Valle
Senior Horticulturist, Formal Gardens
Jace Dovale
Associate Horticulturist, Formal Gardens
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Michael Dreyer
Urban Agriculturist
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Lexly Evans
Horticulturist, Entrance Gardens
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Travis Fisher
Senior Horticulturist & Plant Records Manager
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Tiffanny Jones
Director of Horticulture
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Jena Tegeler
Horticulturist, Quarry Garden
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Cameron Wethern
Senior Horticulturist, Entrance Gardens
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Staci Catron
Senior Director of Cherokee Garden Library
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Teresa Burk
Librarian
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Kate Daly
Visual Culture Archivist
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Erica Hague
Collections Manager
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Jena Jones
Digital Services Manager
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Ariana Lee
Processing Archivist
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Maggie Inman
Research Assistant
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La’Neice Littleton
Director of Community Collaborations
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Kathryn Turnbull
Research Manager
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Jennie Oldfield
Senior Technical Librarian/ Supervisory Archivist CGL
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Ginny Van Winkle
Cherokee Garden Library Project Archivist and Outreach Assistant
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Sue Verhoef
Director of Oral History & Genealogy
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Jon Beavers
Graphic Designer
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John Schmidt
Media Relations and Communications Coordinator
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Gemma Solomons
Senior Manager of Content Production
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Taylor Williams
Marketing Associate
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Peter Finnerty
Director of Major Gifts and Individual Giving
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Anna Patsy
Director of Institutional Giving
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Ariana Yandell
Director of Membership and Donor Data
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Lena Denton
Membership Manager
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Lucy Abell
SpecialProjects Research and Writing Assistant
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John Schmidt
Special Projects Programs Associate
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Q. Turner
Manager of Volunteer and Intern Services
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Atlanta History Center is a non-profit, public-benefit organization. The Board of Trustees of Atlanta History Center serves in the public interest as it relates to the constituent parts of Atlanta History Center and considers itself accountable to the public as well as the institution. The Board acts as the ultimate governing authority for Atlanta History Center and is responsible for the formulation and maintenance of its general policies, standards, conditions, and procedures
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Joia Johnson
Chair
Joia M. Johnson is an experienced public and private company director. She retired in 2021 as Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE: HBI), a leading global marketer and manufacturer of apparel. In her nearly 15-year tenure there, she served as executive leader for the board’s Governance and Nominating Committee, and during her tenure she oversaw the legal, corporate social responsibility, real estate and government/trade relations functions of the company. For four years, she also oversaw the human resources function and served as executive leader of the board’s Compensation Committee.
Johnson has held leadership positions on both corporate and civic boards. She currently serves on the board of Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading Fortune 500 payments technology company, Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE: RF), one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of banking, wealth management, and mortgage products and services, and Sylvamo Corporation (NYSE: SLVM), the world’s paper company. Johnson is a member of several different committees among those boards and chairs the Compensation Committee at Regions.
For eight years, Johnson was a member of the board of Crawford & Company (NYSE: CRDA and CRDB). For four of those years she served as Chair of the Compensation Committee, and throughout her tenure she served as a member of the Audit Committee. As well, and for 15 years, Johnson was a member of the board of H.J. Russell & Company, a private real estate development, construction and property management business.
A native Atlantan, Johnson earned her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, her Master of Business Administration degree from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and her bachelor’s degree from Duke University. Johnson serves on the board of The Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan organization that promotes constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs, and on its Executive Committee. She also serves on the Board of the Woodruff Arts Center, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta History Center. She has served on and chaired the boards of several other non-profit organizations over the years.
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