Joli Cooper
GreenLight Fund
Alan Ferguson
Atlanta Habitat for Humanity
Ronnie Galvin
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Kat Guillaume Delemar
Center for Community Progress
Kenneth Jones
MacArthur Foundation
Ray Pennie
Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Inc.
Will Lambe
Southern Bancorp
Amy Lancaster – King
Long Game Solutions, LLC
Tameka Rish
AMB Sports & Entertainment
Dale Royal
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Amy L. Russell
Four-N-One Delivery, Inc.
Taifa Smith Butler
Dēmos
Nonet Sykes
Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
Jon Thompson
Comunidad Connect
Tené Traylor
Urban Institute
Antrell Tyson
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Courtney Collins
Courtney Collins is a nonprofit leader with more than a decade of providing leadership in strategy and operations. Courtney specializes in helping nonprofits improve their operations and administrative functions so that nonprofits can focus on their core mission. Her areas of expertise include operational planning, financial planning, policy development, and implementation, compliance, and people management. Before joining AWBI, Courtney served as the VP of Administration & CFO for the Atlanta Police Foundation. The highlight of her time at the APF was securing $4 million funding through New Market Tax Credits to support the building of two new At-Promise Centers. The At-Promise Centers are state-of-the-art learning and community facilities with specialized services providing specialized programming for youth and young adults ages 12 to 24 who reside on Atlanta’s Westside. Courtney was also instrumental in leading the post-merger integration for two historied nonprofits in the Atlanta area (Genesis Shelter and Our House) whose missions were to support families experiencing homelessness and generational poverty.
Courtney is driven by a sense of commitment to use her talents to invest in the community. She is a proud Double Dawg and graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor’s degree in History and a Master's of Public Administration and Policy.
Kim Addie
Kim Addie is a visionary, results-focused, racial-justice senior leader with an extensive background leading collaboratives and strategic initiatives in the non-profit and philanthropic sector. Kim brings a community and equity-centered lens to all of her work in order to advance conditions for Black and Brown communities. With over 16 years’ experience in a variety of roles, Kim has guided public-private partnerships, managed diverse investment portfolios and nurtured grassroots initiatives from start up to regional scale. She is a creative thinker who honors lived experience alongside research and best practices. Kim brings a wealth of knowledge and experience of designing initiatives that are collaborative, holistic and achieve measurable results.
Kim most recently served as Associate Vice President of Place Based Initiatives at United Way of Greater Atlanta. In this role, she led a team who was responsible for designing and cultivating multi-year, cross-sector initiatives and directing neighborhood-focused investments to improve outcomes for communities of low child well-being throughout metro Atlanta. Through this and other roles she has guided more than $20 million in investments to achieve lasting results including: systems level changes in health care for BIPOC women and infants, increased mental health services and care coordination that led to reduction in discipline issues and improved academic outcomes for low-income children, the development of a neighborhood data system that integrates community voice with public data.
Kim is an ABFE fellow, a student at Georgia State University pursing her degree in Public Policy and a sought-after motivator and public speaker, and the kind of leader who loves helping everyone tap into their fullest potential. Originally from New York, Kim is a mom to 4 amazing humans’ beings and lives in Atlanta with her husband and dog Bailey.
Alex Camardelle, Ph.D.
Dr. Camardelle most recently served as the Director of Workforce Policy at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, where he led a program that centers Black workers in policy debates concerning the future of work, workforce development, and access to good jobs. Dr. Camardelle also served as the Senior Policy Analyst for Economic Mobility at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute where his research and advocacy supported policy reforms shaping workforce development, worker justice, and access to core safety net programs for individuals and families with low incomes. Lastly, he worked at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, where he was responsible for strengthening economic opportunity through research, grantmaking, and partnerships.
Dr. Camardelle serves on the board of directors for the National Skills Coalition, an organization that advocates to remove barriers to high quality training and employment services through policy change and Foreverfamily, Inc., a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting youth with incarcerated parents. He also serves on the advisory boards of Neighborhood Nexus and LISC - Atlanta. The Georgia Center for Nonprofits recognized Dr. Camardelle as one of its 2017 30 Under 30, a distinction for professionals who are making a powerful impact in Atlanta by exhibiting outstanding leadership, innovation, and commitment to their community work. He is also part of Georgia State University’s 40 under 40 alumni class.
Dr. Camardelle holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Alabama. He is also a graduate of Georgia State University, where he earned his Master’s of Public Administration degree in policy analysis and evaluation and Ph.D. in policy studies. Alex’s scholarship focuses on race, workforce development, and political economy. He is also a proud member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. He lives in Atlanta with his partner Ricky and “gerberian shepsky” Zora.
Natasha Battle
Natasha Battle comes to AWBI with more than 20
years of experience working within the philanthropic
and nonprofit sector as a grants and project manager.
She brings a wealth of knowledge in grants
management, program development, and business
strategies such as strategic planning, CRM
implementation and administration, and people
management. Before joining AWBI, Natasha served
as the project manager for Easterseals of North
Georgia; consultant with the Georgia Department of
Administrative Services supporting its Georgia
Charitable Contribution Program; and an 18 year
tenure with the Community of Foundation for Greater
Atlanta serving in multiple capacities.
Natasha is a certified Project Manager Professional (PMP) through the Project
Management Institute and serves on the association’s Atlanta Chapter and
Volunteer Engagement Committee, which provides pro bono project management
support to nonprofit/community efforts. She holds B.A. in Business
Administration and Legal Studies, and an M.B.A from Kennesaw State University.
Meka Murray
Meka Murray started her career as an administrative professional almost 15 years ago with the Georgia Department of Public Health. For eight years, she served as the Program Associate and Early Intervention Specialist with the Babies Can’t Wait Program serving families with children affected by developmental delays across 16 counties. In 2016, Ms. Murray went on to join the Office of Inspector General as a Business Support Analyst supporting the Georgia WIC Program and the Deputy Inspector General for the Department of Public Health.
Currently, Ms. Murray is the Special Assistant to the CEO and Board Liason for Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative (AWBI).
A proudly self-proclaimed “Wildcat,” Ms. Murray received her Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling & Case Management from Fort Valley State University. She received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Phoenix, and her Associate of Applied Science degree in Criminal Justice from Columbus Technical College.
Meka is a true Georgia native residing in the state for more than 30 years and growing up only 10 miles away from Fort Benning, Georgia. Ms. Murray enjoys spending time with her family and is a volunteer for It’s a Military Life Inc., a non-profit that helps families navigate the challenges of balancing active duty and civilian lifestyles. She is a member of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) and is also a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
One of my favorite quotes by Oprah Winfrey: “The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now.”
It is a great reminder of the importance of being content in what you already have and realizing how far you have come.
Jarryd Bethea
Jarryd champions the creation of equitable communities by creating and scaling social impact initiatives that engage philanthropy, corporate partners, and local communities. Raised south of the Atlanta-metro area, he experienced the effects of unaddressed social, political, and economic issues within his community. This has motivated him to solve growing, complex social inequities and reimagine the relationship between businesses and the communities they serve.
He holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Southern California, where he concentrated in Social Innovation, and a Bachelor of Science in Human and Organizational Development from Vanderbilt. Prior to this role, he worked as a Research Assistant for the Sol Price Center for Social Innovation and a Racial Equity Project Manager for McMaster Carr, developing sustainable practices to promote equity in the workplace. He has furthered his work in the social space for organizations like Social Enterprise U.K., Chevron, Colgate Palmolive, and more.