Board of Directors

Janet Street

President (The Schenck School, Director of Outplacement)

Donna Baker

Vice President (Alliant Employee Benefits, EVP - Consulting)

Matthew Gephardt

Vice President (Gephardt Group, Chief Operating Officer & Managing Partner)

Lauren Gearon

Secretary (Childhood Cancer Survivor)

Nick Kray

Treasurer (PwC - Risk Assurance Principal)

David Buckel

(Buckel Design Group, President)

Joe Depa

(Accenture, Executive - Digital Transformation)

Robert Dimson

(Cox Automotive, Senior Director - Client Marketing)

Chris Eachus

(Crocker Partners, Partner)

Jeff Gregor

(Retired Turner Broadcasting, CMO)

Brandt Gully

(The Springs Cinema & Taphouse,owner)

Roger Herndon

(Deloitte & Touche LLP, Managing Director)

Lisa Heskett

(PwC, Assurance Partner)

Julie Landis

(Community Volunteer)

Casey Sentell

(MLW Chairs, President)

Andy Shearer

(Retired, USA Drivers Inc, President)

Meredith Sidewater

(Patrick Law Group, Senior Partner)

Eileen Villoutreix

(Community Volunteer)

Bill Wernecke

(Delta Air Lines, Managing Director – Charter Operations)

Scott Wolfe

(Piedmont Fayette Hospital, CFO)

Advisory Council

The Advisory Council provides advice, feedback, and recommendations to CURE’s Board and staff.

  • Ken Biggerstaff (NES Construction Services, Vice President)
  • Joe Coleman (CS Truck & Trailer Repair Services, Inc., CEO and Owner)
  • Larry Connolly (Connolly Family Foundation, CEO)
  • John Deushane (WXIA TV, President and General Manager)
  • Harry W. Findley, Ph.D. (Emory University, Retired Associate Professor of Pediatrics)
  • Tom and Chris Glavine (Former Atlanta Braves pitcher, pediatric cancer advocate)
  • Donna Kennedy (Community Volunteer)
  • Kevin Kennedy (Morgan Stanley, Vice President)
  • Ginger Kindred (Kindred Consultants LLC, Owner)
  • Greg Kindred (Richard Bowers & Company, Senior Vice President)
  • David Norden (Troutman Sanders, Partner)
  • Sam Robb (The Robb Group, Owner)
  • Alan Thomson (Resource Planning Group, Wealth Strategist)
  • John Yates (Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, Partner)
  • Ellen Yates (Community Volunteer)
  • Leslie Zacks (Clearside Biomedical, Inc., General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer)

Savannah Leadership Council

The Savannah Leadership Council provides advice, feedback, and recommendations to CURE’s staff serving the Savannah area.

  • Kay Buelvas (Community Volunteer)
  • Raul Buelvas (Mednax, Anesthesiologist)
  • Amanda Crosby (Memorial Hospital, Pediatric Oncology Nurse Navigator)
  • James Dasher (Southern Living Real Estate Group LLC – Owner/Broker)
  • Dustin Futch (Revive Financial, Financial Services Advisor)
  • Janie Futch (Optim Orthopedics – Registered Nurse)
  • Alan Kinney (Bezilla Kinney Wealth Management Group – Managing Director of Investments)
  • Bill Maples (Gulfstream Aerospace – Senior Production Test Pilot)
  • Bob Myrick (Myrick Marine – CEO)
  • Colleen Nilson (Gulfstream Aerospace – Human Factors Engineering Lead)
  • Dale Parker (J. Parker Ltd – CEO)
  • Rett Polk (Tippins Polk Construction Co. – CEO)
  • Jody Polk (Josephine’s of Statesboro – Owner)
  • Kelli Stuckey (St. Joseph’s / Candler Hospital, Volunteer Services Manager)