Category: Meeting Announcements

The September meeting of the Roundtable is at noon, Thursday, September 21st at the downtown Capital City Club. 

We’re honored to have as speaker Doug Shipman, President of the Atlanta City Council.  Elected in November of 2021, Mr. Shipman had previously served as CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center and as founding CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. 

Doug is a graduate of Emory University and holds a Master of Theological Studies Degree from the Harvard Divinity School and a Master of Public Policy Degree from the Harvard Kennedy School. 

The May meeting of the Roundtable is at noon on Thursday, May 18th, at the downtown Capital City Club.

Our speaker is Michael Minor, CEO of UnitedHealthCare Community Plan of Georgia.

Mike has over 20 years of healthcare experience. Prior to joining UnitedHealthcare, he held leadership positions with Amerigroup/Anthem, Centene, and Wellcare. Mike has expertise in Medicaid managed care, Medicare Dual Special Needs plans, finance, and provider contracting.

Mike Minor received his undergraduate degree from the University of Louisville and his Master’s in Health Administration from Xavier University.

The April meeting is at noon on Thursday, April 20th, at the downtown Capital City Club.

Our speaker is affordable housing expert and advocate Marjy Stagmeier. Ms. Stagmeier is a founding partner of TriStar, a nationally recognized real estate investment firm in Atlanta. Stagmeier led TriStar to develop its sustainable housing model that targets blighted and marginalized apartment communities near failing elementary schools.

Atlanta’s Channel 11 has a full-length feature on Marjy’s work.

Marjy’s new book Blighted: A Story of People, Politics, and an American Housing Miracle tells the story of the reinvention of Summerdale, an aging,  mold-infested apartment community located in one of Atlanta’s grittiest corridors.

The March meeting is at noon on Thursday, March 16, at the downtown Capital City Club.

Our speaker is baseball announcer and former star player Jeff Francoeur. Jeff was the Braves’ first-round pick of the 2002 draft while a senior at Parkview High School in Lilburn. The Braves called him up to the majors in mid-season 2005; he hit a home-run in his first major league game, was a candidate for rookie-of-the-year, and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in August of that year.

Francoeur played four years for the Braves and continued on to a 12-year major league career. Today, he dazzles TV viewers with his knowledge of the game as a color analyst for Braves’ broadcasts.

The February meeting of the Roundtable is at noon, Thursday, February 16th, at the downtown Capital City Club.

Our speaker is Marsha Barsky, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Dance at Kennesaw State University. Ms. Barsky has 20 years of experience fostering and implementing creative and educational programs for both the public and private sectors. 

Before joining the KSU faculty, Ms. Barsky served as director and choreographer for Company Rose in Nashville. The company presented works at the Frist Art Museum, and performed in venues throughout the southeast. In 2019, she received a Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Fellowship Award for her choreography. As a dancer, she has performed with the Desert Dance Theatre and Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre. 

Marsha received her BFA in Dance from Arizona State University, and her MFA in Performance, Choreography and Somatics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. 

The January meeting of the Roundtable is at noon, Thursday the 19th, at the downtown Capital City Club.

Our speaker is John Haupert, CEO of the Grady Health System since 2011. Grady plays a central role in Atlanta health care and that role becomes more critical with the closure of Atlanta Medical Center.

John Haupert is a board-certified Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and recipient of the ACHE Regent’s Leadership Award.  Nationally, John served on the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association from 2018 to 2020 and is currently the Chair-elect.  Haupert is a graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Science Degree in Health Care Administration.

The May meeting of the Roundtable is at noon, Thursday the 19th, at the downtown Capital City Club. 

Our speaker is Donna Hyland, CEO of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.  For the last 32 years, Hyland has helped shape the delivery of health care to children in Georgia and beyond. First as Chief Financial Officer, then Chief Operating Officer and now as CEO, she has overseen monumental growth and achievement at Children’s.  

Children’s is consistently ranked as a top pediatric hospital by U.S. News & World Report and one of Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” 

Children’s “Future of Pediatric Care” 70-acre campus is scheduled for completion in 2025.  The $2.5B project is one of the largest construction projects in the history of Atlanta.  

The April meeting of the Roundtable is at noon, Thursday the 21st, at the downtown Capital City Club. 

Our speakers are Michelle Jackson and Greg Singer.  Their theme is “deglobalization”, including the potential long-term impacts of the Ukraine War and a review of the economic outlook.

Roundtable member Michelle Jackson is Senior Vice President and Private Wealth Advisor at Capital Group Private Client Services.  Prior to joining Capital Group in 2019, Michelle was an Executive Director and Regional Sales Manager at Morgan Stanley, a Managing Associate at John Hancock and a Financial Advisor at Prudential Securities. Michelle received her BBA from the University of Miami and has earned the CFP, CPWA and CIMA designations. 

Greg Singer is a Senior Vice President and Investment Director for Capital Group Private Client Services. Before joining the firm in 2012, he spent seven years at Bernstein Global Wealth Management, where he was a senior managing director and head of the Wealth Management Group. He has an MBA in finance from Northwestern University, along with a BS in finance and BAS in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania. 

The March meeting of the Roundtable is at noon, Thursday the 17th, at the downtown Capital City Club. 

We’re pleased to have as speaker Dr. Catherine Lewis, Assistant Vice President of Museums, Archives & Rare Books; Director of the Museum of History and Holocaust Education; and Professor of History at Kennesaw State University. Dr. Lewis is the author, co-editor, or co-author of fifteen books, including Bobby Jones and the Quest for the Grand Slam and Don’t Ask What I Shot: How Eisenhower’s Love of Golf Helped Shape 1950s America. She is also Capital City Club’s historian.   

Dr. Lewis has served as the Bobby Jones curator since 1997 and will talk about golf in the state of Georgia and the legacy of Bobby Jones. She will be available to answer audience questions. She has been a museum director and university administrator since 2003, faculty member since 1997, and is a thought-leader and sought-after public speaker on leadership, sport, museums, and history. She holds degrees from Emory University and the University of Iowa and has curated more than 40 exhibitions for a range of clients, including Augusta National Golf Club. 

A note from Dr. Lewis: March 17th is Bobby Jones’ birthday.

The February meeting is at noon, Thursday, February 17th, at the Capital City Club downtown. 

 Our speaker is Dr. Brian Blake, the new president of Georgia State University. Prior to joining Georgia State, he was Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at George Washington University.

Dr. Blake’s undergraduate degree is from Georgia Tech in electrical engineering. His PhD is in information and software engineering from George Mason University. Blake worked as an engineer with General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and the MITRE Corporation before joining Georgetown University as a professor of computer science. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 journal articles and refereed conference/workshop papers.

Blake grew up in Savannah and attended Benedictine Military Academy. He and his wife, Bridget, have two sons, Brendan and Bryce.

About Georgia State University:U.S. News and World Report ranks GSU as the second most innovative university in the nation. GSU has the largest student enrollment in the state (above 50,000) and has gained national recognition for having closed the achievement gap across socio-economic and racial divides. GSU’s massive building program has transformed a deteriorating quadrant of Atlanta.