May 12, 2023 – ATLANTA… 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc. welcomed its new Chairman and Board of Directors on Tuesday, May 9 during its General Body Meeting. The cabinet is composed of a dynamic corps who lead and uphold the organization’s mission of providing college preparatory services and mentorship to at-risk Atlanta youth.
2023 Board of Directors
GROUP PHOTO: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wlVOzw8tFlAY4pm4rfxQSbaqbFgrLG6A/view?usp=sharing
Chairman of the Board
Sidney D. Barron
Vice President, Corporate Development
& Real Estate
Asbury Automotive Group
Chairman Elect
Aaron N. Swain
President and Co-Owner
Columbia Residential Properties, LLC
Secretary
Jerrell M. Moore
Executive Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer
Cadence Bank
Treasurer
Steve S. Julal, MBA, CPA
President
VAAS Professionals, LLC
Financial Secretary
Marvin E. Flewellen, CFA
Head of Client Management, Investments
Invesco Ltd.
Parliamentarian
Joseph L. Wilson, Esq.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Wilson Rowley, LLC
Chaplain
Bishop William Murphy III
Founder and Lead Pastor
The dReam Center Church of Atlanta
Historian
Carl C. Hill
Corporate Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED
Immediate Past Chairman (ex-officio)
Keith I. Millner
Managing Partner/Co-Founder
Coaching Catalyst, LLC
General Counsel (ex-officio)
Ernest L. Greer
Co-President
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Executive Director/COO (ex-officio)
Louis E. Negrón, Sr.
At-Large Directors
Joel Alvarado
Vice President, Strategy and Engagement Partnership for Southern Equity
Joshua E. Byrd, Sr.
Program Chair & Professor
American Intercontinental University
Pedro P. Cherry
President and CEO
Atlanta Gas Light & Chattanooga
Gas Companies
Greg Clay
Commissioner, Mayor's Office of Constituent Services
City of Atlanta
Sherman T. Hampton
National Account Executive
Rollins, Inc.
Sylvester J. Harris, Jr.
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
S.J. Harris & Company, Inc.
Mark C. O’Riley
Attorney, Office of General Counsel
IBM
Antrell D. Tyson, Esq.
Regional Director
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Christen Wright
Vice President of Product Management
Reseda Group
The mission of 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc. is to improve the quality of life by supporting and enhancing educational and economic opportunities particularly for African-American youth in the Atlanta community. A non-profit organization, The 100 provides college preparatory services and mentorship to at-risk Atlanta youth. Civic-minded members dedicate their time and talent as mentors to help boys and girls break the cycles of poverty, under-achievement and violence that plague their communities, thus enabling them to seek their highest potential. Since its inception in 1987, 100% of the students who complete Project Success, the organization’s flagship program, have graduated from high school and 80% have graduated from college in four years, far outpacing the national averages. Project Success is a nationally recognized post-secondary preparation, tuition assistance, and mentoring program for Atlanta Public Schools (APS) students whereby the 100 Black Men of Atlanta provides tuition-assistance scholarships for all Project Success students who graduate from high school. For more info: https://100blackmen-atlanta.org
CONTACT
Media
Hilary Bumm
hbumm@hopebeckham.com
(770) 294-2727
100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc.
Louis Negron, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Lnegron@the100atl.org
(404) 695-2757
