2003 Nonprofit Executive Roundtable

The third annual Nonprofit Executive Roundtable was held Tuesday, May 6, 2003 in the Senate Salon of the Georgia State University Student Center in downtown Atlanta. Over fifty community nonprofit leaders and scholars met to discuss some of the latest analysis of the sector, and to reflect on how to use this knowledge to shape the future of the sector. Dr. Michael Rushton of the Nonprofit Studies Program served as Master of Ceremonies for the event, and Mr. John O’Kane, SVP at Coxe, Curry & Associates and a NSP Affiliated Program Fellow, facilitated the Roundtable discussion that followed the presentations.

Keynote Speaker

Our featured speaker was Dr. Lester Salamon, Professor at Johns Hopkins University and Director of the Center for Civil Society Studies. Dr. Salamon is a leading expert on nonprofit-governmental relations, viewing the two sectors as partners in public service. He elaborated on his latest book, The State of Nonprofit America (2002), and led a discussion of how the latest concepts in nonprofit sector development could be relevant to the Atlanta community.

Nonprofit Studies Program Research Presentation

Dr. David Van Slyke and Dr. Janet Johnson of the Nonprofit Studies Program presented the final results of a study sponsored by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta on giving, volunteering and trust among metro Atlantans. This study was introduced at last year’s roundtable, where first quarter 2002 survey data were compared to previous survey data collected prior to the September 11th tragedy. The fifth and final quarter of the survey was completed during the first quarter of 2003, and the final analysis reflected a total of over 2,400 interviews over a period of 15 months.

Participants

Len Al Haas	Haas, LLC
Karen Beavor	Georgia Center for Nonprofits
Roy Bahl	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, GSU
Ken Bernhardt	Robinson College of Business, GSU
Suzanne Boas	Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta
Bill Bolling	Atlanta Community Food Bank
Wendy Bowman-Littler	Atlanta Business Chronicle
Jacqueline Brown	Atlanta Children’s Shelter, Inc.
Susan Carter	Georgia Power Foundation
Bobbi Cleveland	Tull Foundation
Ann Cramer	IBM Foundation
Lisa Cremin	Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
Stephanie Davis	Atlanta Women’s Federation
Lee Echols	The Echols Group
Sally Fowler	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, GSU
Robert Franklin	Harvard Divinity School & Candler School of Theology
Ronni French	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, GSU
Scott Geller	TechBridge
Doug Halleen	American Heart Association
Russ Hardin	Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc.
Virginia Hepner	Wachovia Securities
Stephen Hochman	The Carter Center
Ira Jackson	Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Janet Johnson	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, GSU
Patti Johnson	Foundation Center Library
Bev Jones	Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Ayesha Khanna	YWCA of Greater Atlanta
Charles Krautler	Atlanta Regional Commission
Martin Lehfeldt	Southeastern Council of Foundations
Larrie Del Martin	Atlanta Habitat for Humanity
Jack McMillan	TechBridge
Harvey Newman	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, GSU
Mark O’Connell	United Way
John O’Kane	Coxe Curry & Associates
Michael Owens	Emory University
Linda Parrish	King & Spaulding
Nancy Peterman	Georgia State University
Alicia Philipp	Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Michael Rich	Emory University
Frances Root	Offitbank
Michael Rushton	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, GSU
Pat Showell	Families First, Inc.
Dave Sjoquist	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, GSU
Charles Stephens	Skystone Ryan
Tally Sweat
Pat Upshaw-Monteith	Leadership Atlanta
David Van Slyke	Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, GSU
Patricia Willis
Linda Woodworth	Metro Atlanta Corporate Volunteer Council
Jamil Zainaldin	Georgia Humanities Council

Previous Nonprofit Roundtables

• 2002 Nonprofit Roundtable
• 2001 Nonprofit Roundtable