Boards
Atlanta Board of Visitors
The Atlanta Board of Visitors is a voluntary board comprised of leaders in business, government, education and art and design. The Atlanta Board of Visitors serves the university as an advocacy and support organization, with a special focus on facilitating the growth and development of SCAD in Atlanta.
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Robert (Bob) L. Nardelli is CEO of Cerberus Operations & Advisory Company, LLC, CEO of Freedom Group, and serves as first vice chair of the Savannah College of Art and Design Board of Trustees. Prior to his position at Cerberus, he served as the CEO of Chrysler. He earned a bachelor's degree in business from Western Illinois University and earned a master's of business administration from the University of Louisville. Nardelli began his professional career at General Electric, then joined Case Corporation and returned to General Electric before moving to The Home Depot, were he was the president and CEO. Nardelli previously served on President Bush's Council of Service and Civic Participation. |
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| Chris Allen is a former principal at the Bessemer Trust where he managed their business development throughout the Southeast. Allen has provided investment consulting and private equity management services for family offices and private investors since 1978 when he graduated from Covenant College. He received his master's of business administration in 1989 from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has served on the advisory board of the CDC Foundation, the investment committee for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the faculty of the Institute for Private Investors and the board of Covenant Community, a residential rehabilitation facility for addicted homeless men.
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| Peter Arnell is founder, chairman, CEO and chief operating officer of Arnell Group, a branding and consulting firm, and founder of Intellectual Capital Group. He holds a bachelor's degree in design from Princeton University and a master's of architecture degree from Columbia University. His client list with Arnell Group includes Pepsi, Samsung, Donna Karan/DKNY, Banana Republic, Bank of America and Reebok. Arnell serves on the Special Olympics Board of Directors and is the honorary fire commissioner and chief creative officer of the New York City Fire Department. He was honored with a humanitarian award from the City of New York and was awarded the Renaissance Award by the Abyssinian Development Corporation for his contributions to the Harlem community.
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| J. Veronica Biggins is an Atlanta-based partner of Hodge Partners and leads the company's diversity practice. Prior to joining Hodge, she served as managing partner of the Heidrick & Struggles Diversity Services Practice. Biggins served as assistant to the President of the United States and director of presidential personnel. Prior to her work at the White House, she began her career with Bank of America, formerly NationsBank Corporation. When she left NationsBank to join the White House, she was one of the highest-ranking female bankers in the country. Biggins holds a master's degree from Georgia State University and a bachelor's degree from Spelman College. In addition to serving on the Atlanta Board of Visitors, she serves on the Trustee Board of the Woodruff Arts Center.
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| Xernona Clayton is president and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation Inc. and creator and executive producer of its Trumpet Awards. She was a corporate executive at Turner Broadcasting System Inc. for nearly 30 years. Dedicated to promoting racial understanding, Clayton has been a leader in civic projects and civil rights activities for several years, including previous work with the late Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, the late Coretta Scott King. She has received numerous media awards and holds an honorary doctorate of letters degree from Clark Atlanta University.
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| Rodney Cook Jr. is a graduate of Washington and Lee University. Cook is recognized for having initiated the campaign to successfully save the 6,000-seat Fox Theatre in Atlanta. In 1982, he established Rodney M. Cook Interests, a design/development company and, five years later, went on to establish Polites, Cook and Associates architecture firm, which designed the Newington Cropsey Museum, NY, housing the largest American collection of Hudson River School paintings. He is a founding trustee of The Prince of Wales's Foundation for Architecture and helped organize the design and construction of the Princes' Olympic Games Monument in Atlanta with Anton Glikine, et al. Cook is on numerous boards of directors, including the Hearst Foundation/Hearst Castle, Atlanta Landmarks (owner of the Fox Theatre), the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America and The New York Philomusica, and he is a past president of Animal Health Trust U.S., Newmarket, England. Cook's work has been published in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times of London, Pravda, Izvestia, The New Yorker, The Weekly Standard, Forbes and USA Today.
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| John K. Dewberry is chairman and CEO of Dewberry Capital Corporation. After spending two years with the New York-based Marine Midland Bank, he started Dewberry Capital, which has developed, or has under construction, more than 2 million square-feet of property throughout the Southeast. Dewberry is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he studied industrial management. Georgia Trend magazine named him one of the "Top 100 Most Influential Georgians." Recently, Atlanta Business Chronicle awarded Dewberry Capital Corporation the "Best in Atlanta Real Estate Award," and Dewberry has been named one of Georgia's "Top 40 under 40" by Georgia Trend. In 2005, he graced the cover of Catalyst magazine's "Top 50 Entrepreneurs" issue. Dewberry serves on the Georgia Institute of Technology Foundation Board of Trustees, the Board of Governors for the Midtown Alliance and is a trustee of the Paul Anderson Youth Home for Boys.
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| Brenda Freeman is chief marketing officer for Turner Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media, which supports Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang, along with online businesses and the digital enterprises Game Tap and Super Deluxe. A veteran brand marketing and promotion executive, Freeman was previously senior vice president of integrated marketing and promotions for Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group. She also served as vice president of consumer marketing for VH1. Freeman also held senior marketing positions with companies such as ABC, Mobil Oil and PepsiCo. She earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering and a master's of business administration degree in marketing and finance, both from the University of Maryland. She serves on the boards of the Women in Cable and Television and Usher's New Look. She also serves on the advisory board for the University of Maryland College of Engineering.
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| David Hume Kennerly has been shooting on the front lines of history for four decades. He has photographed eight wars and seven presidents and has traveled to more than 140 countries capturing images of important historic events. Kennerly won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for his photographs of the Vietnam War while he was chief White House photographer for President Gerald R. Ford. Kennerly also won the Overseas Press Club's Olivier Rebbot Award for "Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad," and two first-place prizes in the World Press contest. Kennerly was a contributing editor for Newsweek magazine and has been a contributor for Time and Life magazines as well as George, the magazine started by the late John F. Kennedy Jr. His fourth book, "Photo du Jour," was selected as one of the best books of 2002 by American Photo magazine. Kennerly resides in Los Angeles.
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| James (Jim) Jacoby is founder, chairman and CEO of Jacoby Development, a company that specializes in mixed-use development such as the highly acclaimed Atlantic Station. JDI is recognized as one of the leading green developers in the world, specializing in environmentally sensitive multi-use properties and impaired site reclamation. JDI is the owner of Marineland Research Resort in Florida. Prior to starting JDI, Jacoby spent six years as a leasing agent, a broker and later as a developer. He also served in the Naval Reserve Security Group and attended Miami-Dade Community College. He is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Urban Land Institute and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and is on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Aquarium.
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| Christopher W. Klaus is the founder and CEO of Kaneva Inc. He is also founder and chief security advisor for Internet Security Systems Inc. Klaus was appointed by Gov. Sonny Perdue to sit on the Georgia Film, Video and Music Advisory Commission, where he plays an active role in defining legislation to support the number of films and games made in Georgia. He also serves on the advisory board of the Georgia Game Developers Association and is involved with the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Hands On Atlanta and the Technology Association of Georgia.
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| Herbert V. Kohler Jr. is chairman of the board, CEO and president of Kohler Co. He graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial administration and has received honorary doctorates from Lakeland College and Lawrence University. Kohler is a director of the National Association of Manufacturers and a trustee of Outward Bound USA.
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| Dale W. Lang is a retired executive who has had an extensive career in the media industry. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, he built a successful advertising business with clients such as Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and U.S. News and World Report, and spent six years as vice president of 3M. From there, he published numerous successful magazines such as Working Woman, McCalls, Working Mother, Ms. and Sassy. Lang also built a women's art collection that toured the country for several years. Its debut at the Women's Museum in Washington, D.C., was one of the largest opening turnouts that the museum had experienced. Lang has served on the corporate boards for Borg Warner Corporation and the Paul Taylor Dance Company, the board of directors for the Columbia Journalism Review and the advisory board for the University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Business. Lang now splits his time between Sarasota, Florida, and New York City.
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| Keith W. Mason is a partner with Atlanta law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge. Prior to this partnership, he served as chairman of the board of the Georgia Port Authority and was an organizer of the Republic Bank of Georgia. In the realm of public service, Mason served as deputy assistant and deputy director for intergovernmental affairs at the White House under President Bill Clinton, making him the principal liaison with the nation's governors. He was appointed chief of staff to the governor of Georgia and has been named to Georgia Trend Magazine's Annual Top 100. Keith is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law and currently resides in Atlanta with his wife and three daughters.
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| Richard A. Manoogian is chairman, director and CEO of Masco Corporation, one of the world's leading manufacturers of home improvement and building products. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Yale University. Manoogian is a director of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ford Motor Company, Detroit Renaissance, Detroit Investment Fund and the American Business Conference. He is active in numerous civic, cultural and educational organizations as a trustee of The Henry Ford history attraction, the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art and the fine arts committee of the U.S. Department of State. Manoogian is chairman of the Alex and Marie Manoogian Foundation and president and treasurer of the Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation.
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| Bryan Moss is president emeritus of Gulfstream Aerospace in Savannah, Georgia. Born in Greenville, Pennsylvania, Moss received a bachelor's degree in industrial management from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Beginning in 1970 and extending over four decades, Moss held executive and leadership positions with such aviation corporations as Lockheed Martin, Canadair, Bombardier and General Dynamics. In 1992, he was appointed president of the business aircraft division of Bombardier Aerospace Group. Moss is the recipient of the Meritorious Service Award from the National Business Aviation Association.
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| Ty Pennington has been recognized as a pioneer in the field of volunteerism for his work on "Extreme Makeover" and "Ty's Great British Adventure." He also serves as an ambassador for the Sears American Dream campaign. Pennington first won national attention as the quirky and creative carpenter on the groundbreaking home improvement series "Trading Spaces." He recently teamed up with industry leader Howard Miller, to create Howard Miller Furnishings by Ty Pennington, and has created a seasonal home décor line at Sears called Ty Pennington Style. The line carries everything from bedding and rugs to lighting and dishware. Pennington currently resides in Los Angeles.
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| Glen Rollins, a Chattanooga, Tennessee, native, started a career at Orkin Inc. at the age of 14 as a termite technician and worked his way to executive positions where he served as president and chief operating officer. Rollins holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Princeton University. He was a founding member and past chairman of the Professional Pest Management Alliance, where he remains on the board of directors. He has been recognized as a leader in the pest control industry, earning "40 under 40" designations from Pest Control Technology magazine and Georgia Trend magazine.
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| Hildi Santo-Tomás is a former interior designer for the television show "Trading Spaces." The Raleigh, North Carolina, native attended the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, majoring in industrial relations and economics. After college, Santo-Tomás worked as a stockbroker and financial analyst in Washington, D.C., but returned to Raleigh to pursue her interior design hobby as a career. She launched Working Girls, an interior design business and workroom, and then moved to Atlanta, where she continued her business and later became a partner at Third Millennium Development Inc. Santo-Tomás' career in television began with "Trading Spaces," and she is also a designer on "Trading Spaces: Family."
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| Virgil Williams is chairman of Williams Group International Inc., a diversified multicompany conglomerate with major subsidiaries in civil and construction maintenance. He also serves as chairman of Williams Adair Equity Corporation, a commercial and real estate development firm. Williams chaired Heritage Bank in the 1980s, where he pioneered supermarket branch banking. While earning a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, he managed, during his senior year, to start a construction business that oversaw the completion of a 40-lot subdivision, service station and 12-unit apartment complex. Williams chaired former Georgia Gov. Zell Miller's election campaign, served as Miller's chief of staff and headed the governor's Commission on Effectiveness and Economy in Government. Most recently, Williams acquired Georgia Trend magazine, for which he now serves as publisher.
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Events
SCAD Performing Arts Department Presents "The Dream" By Vincent Brosseau
Feb. 09, 2012 - Feb. 12, 2012
Fred Gross Discussion and Book Signing
Feb. 09, 2012
News
- Feb. 08, 2012
Retail makeover for Old Savannah City Mission - Feb. 07, 2012
See acclaimed comic drama, "Stop Kiss" - Feb. 02, 2012
SCADDY Awards presented Jan. 27 - Jan. 31, 2012
Alumna unveils company on ABC's "Shark Tank"
Recognition
- Rabb's novel re-released in a trilogy box set
- Cummins pitches soap line on "Shark Tank"
- Society of Illustrators competition winners
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