Current Year Participants
ULI Atlanta is pleased to announce the 14th class of the Center for Leadership.
Anson Adams, Truist Bank
Ryan Akin, Columbia Ventures
Ronnie Belizaire, Jones Lang Lasalle
Kenneth Budd II, Novare Group
Brad Chambers, MAPP Built
Alice Chang, Rockefeller Group
Kate Culver, Portman Residential
Katie Delp, Purpose Built Communities
Jason Finley, St Clair Holdings
Philip Gilman, Sugar Creek Capital
Reeti Gupta, HKS
Patrick Kassin, Woodfield Development
Danielle Katz, ASD|SKY
Jenna Lee, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Lauren Leyrer, Eberly & Associates
Christopher Manzer, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Randi Mason, Decide DeKalb Dev. Authority
Emily Mastropiero, Square Feet Studio
Javier Morales, Patterson R.E. Advisory Group
Jay Perlmutter, ANDP
Dipo Popoola, Cygnus Capital
Jordan Richardson, GID
Danna Richey, Newcomb & Boyd
Vickey Roberts, Invest Atlanta
Shar’ron Russell, Georgia Power Company
Shas Saintiague, Columbia Residential
Sam Sampson, Ironwood Design Group
Pierangeli Simonpietri Rodriguez, Dwell Design Studio
Michael Varner, Atkins North America
Ross Wallace, WorkingBuildings, LLC
Douglas Webster, Cooper Carry
CFL Leadership
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This year, Alex Demestihas, Managing Director of Project & Development Services Experience at JLL will be chairing the Center for Leadership program, now in its 14th year. Since graduating from the program in 2015, Alex has served as a Day Chair of the Design & Construction Day numerous times and most recently he was Co-Chair of the Center for Leadership program in 2022.
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Shirlynn Forston is Economic Development Policy Manager – Aviation at Amazon. This year Shirlynn will serve as the mTAP 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.
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This year, Katherine Bowen, the Vice President of Design & Construction at Shelton McNally will be co-chairing the Center for Leadership program this year. Since graduating from the program in 2019, Katherine has served as a Day Chair and is ready to lead the program.
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Amy Granelli is Director of Business Development & Marketing at Eberly & Associates. This year Amy will serve as the mTAP Co-Chair. Amy graduated from the program in 2022 and served on the ULI Atlanta Programs Committee and was the 2022 Sponsorship Chair. Amy is very excited to serve as co-chair of the mTAP program.
