Board of Directors & Staff
INSTITUTE STAFF
Leisa R. Easom, PhD, RN Executive DirectorLaura J. Bauer, MPA Director of National Initiatives
Gayle Alston, MA Director, Community Initiatives & Caregiver Support Center
Cindy Holloway, RN Georgia Care Consultation Project Manager Mandy Barr, BA
Caregiver Coach, Operation Family Caregiver
Kelly Turman, MBA
Program Assistant, National Initiatives
Elaine Larkin, BA
Training Coordinator
Angela Foster Assistant to the Executive Director
Amanda Dean Special Projects Coordinator
Angel L. Ramos, MBA
Data Manager
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive Committee Rosalynn Carter, President Carter Presidential Center Atlanta, GAKathryn Cade, Co-Chairperson
Newton, MA
Betty Pope, Board Secretary
Americus, GA
Mike Cheokas, Co-Chairperson
Cheokas & Cheokas
Americus, GA
Members
Alice Argo
Americus, GA
Everett Byrd, PhD
Americus, GA
Annette Carter
Peachtree City, GA
Patricia Clark, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing, Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Greg Fricchione, MD
Associate Chief of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Jennifer Friday, PhD
The Friday Consulting Group
Redan, GA
John J. Gates, PhD
Hayesville, NC
Ellen Weaver Hartman, APR Fellow PRSA
President & CEO, Hartman Public Relations
Atlanta, GA
Shirley Loflin
Americus, GA
Donald J. Lollar, EdD
Director, Oregon Institute on Disability and Development
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Joan M. Lord, PhD
Vice President for Education Policies, Southern Regional Education Board
Atlanta, GA
Raymond P. Lorion, PhD
Dean, College of Education
Towson University
Towson, MD
Wallace D. Mays, MD Americus, GA
Beth Ragan, Executive Director Middle Flint Behavioral Healthcare
Americus, GA
James M. Skipper Jr., Esquire
Gatewood, Skipper & Rambo, PC
Americus, GA
Dr. Thomas F. Updike Americus, GA
Abraham Wandersman, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology University of South Carolina,Barnwell College Columbia, SC
Paula Gill Williams Gill Drug Americus, GA
May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN Florence Cellar Professor of Nursing Dean, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
Board Members Emeritus
William Capitan, PhD
Americus, GA
Ray Fowler, PhD
La Jolla, CA
Monica Kaufman Pearson
WSB-TV
Atlanta, GA
J. Robert Newbrough, PhD
Nashville, TN
Russell Thomas, Jr.
Americus, GA
Ex-Officio
Brian U. Adler, PhD
Vice President Academic Affairs
Georgia Southwestern State University
Americus, GA
Thom Bornemann, EdD
Director of Mental Health Program
Carter Presidential Center
Atlanta, GA
Kendall A. Blanchard, PhD
President,Georgia Southwestern State University
Americus, GA
