Current Year Participants

ULI Atlanta is pleased to announce the 13th class of the Center for Leadership.

Anita Allgood – Invest Atlanta
Chelsea Arkin – Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
Jeffrey Brown – Microsoft Corporation
Marissa Coleman – Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Joseph Dingle – CIM Group
Dionne Edwards – Truist
Maureen Freehill – National Church Residences
Todd Fuller – HGOR
Jason Gadson – Dwell Design Studio
Rachel Gage – Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC
Justin Golshir – Grind Ventures
Matthew Gore – Buckhead Community Improvement District
Amy Granelli – Eberly & Associates
John Hamilton – Regent Partners
Shannon Judd – The Integral Group LLC
Andrew Kern – Third & Urban, LLC
Dany Koe – Colliers International
Thomas Kramer – Drapac Capital Partners
David Lemco – CF Real Estate Services
Patricia Luna – Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Zia Musa – HKS inc,
Jennifer Nyquist – Columbia Residential
Sara Patenaude – Tapestry Development Group
Brooke Perez – Brooke Perez/ GA Power
Laura Richter – TSW
Kenisha Robnett – RE/MAX Commercial (Entrepreneur)
Nicole Seekely – Perkins & Will
Todd Semrau – Oakhurst Realty Partners – Urban Retail Advisors
Jared Serwer – Perkins & Will
Peter Stephenson – JE Dunn Construction
Allison Stewart-Harris – VHB
Diana Stoian – Columbia Ventures
Richard Taylor – ARRC Capital Partners, LLC
Jennifer Thornton – JLL
Donald Washington – Bolster Real Estate Partners
Lisa Washington – Atlanta Housing

CFL Leadership

  • This year, Sheba Ross, Senior Urban Planner & Principal at HKS, Inc. will be chairing the Center for Leadership program, now in its 13th year. Since graduating from the program in 2018, Sheba has served as the mTAP Chair & Co-Chair and most recently, she was Co-Chair of the Center for Leadership program.

  • Kenwin Hayes, Managing Principal at ReUrbanis Advisors, LLC will be serving as the mTAP Chair.  During the course of the nine-month program, participants will have an opportunity to provide thought leadership on a critical Atlanta regional issue through a mini Technical Assistance Panel (mTAP).  Working in teams, participants will be responsible for sharing their expertise and advice to develop recommendations for a sponsor organization.  Since graduating from the Center for Leadership program in 2017, Kenwin has volunteered for the UrbanPlan program at Georgia Tech and several workshops with local community leaders.

  • This year, Alex Demestihas, Managing Director & Project and Development Services at JLL will be co-chairing the Center for Leadership program this year.  Since graduating from the program in 2015, Alex has served as a Day Chair for several years and is ready to lead the program.

  • Shirlynn Forston, Director of Economic Development at the City of Brookhaven, will be serving as the mTAP C0-Chair.  Since graduating from the program in 2019, Shirlynn has served as a Day Chair for the program and has also been a project sponsor for an mTAP project for the City of Brookhaven.  As an alumnus of the program and a recipient of the work completed by an mTAP team, Shirlynn will be a great asset to the leadership team.