The Shepherd Center Foundation sets the development policy and acts as the major fundraising entity for Shepherd Center. The Shepherd Center Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that is independent of Shepherd Center, is supported by trustees drawn from the Atlanta community and focuses on fundraising exclusively for Shepherd Center.


Staff Listing:

Betty Gardner
404-367-1235
Executive Assistant, Alana Shepherd

Dell Sikes
404-350-7304
Consultant

Brittany Wilson
404-367-1349
Major Gifts Officer

Dean Melcher
404-350-7306
Director of Annual Giving

Cara Puckett
404-350-7778
Annual Events Manager

Eadie Tant
404-350-7359
Database and Stewardship Manager

Planned Gifts

J. Tyler ("Ty") Tippett
404-350-7308
Senior Director, Planned Gifts

Volunteer Services

Midge Tracy
404-350-7315
Director of Volunteer Services

Pete Collman        
404-350-7469
Community Relations Coordinator

Sarah Zullo
404-350-7316
Volunteer Services Manager

Jackie Gehner
404-367-1351
Volunteer Services Assistant

Shepherd Center Foundation Board of Trustees

Floyd C. Newton III, King & Spalding, LLP
Chairman

Alana Shepherd, Founder, Shepherd Center
Secretary

David F. Apple, Jr., M.D. Medical Director Emeritus, Shepherd Center
Treasurer

Trustees

Claire "Yum" Lewis Arnold, Leapfrog Services, Inc.

C. Duncan Beard, Beard-Shuford Financial Group

Brian S. "BB" Brown, Prudential Select Marketing Company, Retired
John A. Carlos, National Distributing Company, Inc.
Mark C. Dawkins, Ph.D.,University of Georgia,

     Terry College of Business
Marian Dockery, State Bar of Georgia Diversity Program
Vivian N. DuBose, Noble Properties, Inc.

Thomas M. Garr, Mastholm Asset Management, LLC

Stephen R. Hennessy, Hennessy Automobile Companies

Stephen B. Holleman, CFO, Shepherd Center
Betty F. King, Community Volunteer
Donald Peck Leslie, M.D., Medical Director, Shepherd Center

Douglas Lindauer, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Stephen M. Lore, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Billi Marcus, Community Volunteer
Cynthia McCague, The Coca-Cola Company

McKee Nunnally, Jefferies & Company, Inc.
Floyd C. Newton III, King & Spalding, LLP
Sunny K. Park, General Building Maintenance, Inc.
James E. "Ernie" Prickett, Prickett & Weitnauer
Larry L. Prince, Genuine Parts Company
Frederick J. Rowan II, Carter's, Inc.
Emory A. Schwall, Law Offices Emory Schwall
James H. Shepherd, Jr., Plant Improvement Company, Inc.
Dell B. Sikes, Special Advisor, Shepherd Center Foundation
Charles A. Smithgall III, SEI/Aaron's, Inc.

Karen Sturm, Community Volunteer
Gary R. Ulicny, Ph.D., President and CEO, Shepherd Center