Conference Support

The AEC Trust
Atlanta Convention & Visitor’s
The Barr Foundation
Bureau Foundation
City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs
Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
The Coca-Cola Company
David Cofrin and Chris Tryba-Cofrin
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation
Federal Home Loan Bank
Fulton County Arts Council
John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc.
 Holder Construction Foundation
ING/ING Foundation
Kentucky Foundation for Women
The Charles Loridans Foundation
Lubo Fund, Inc.
Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
The Rockdale Foundation
Southern Arts Federation
Terry and Margaret Stent
Turner Broadcasting
Wachovia Nonprofit and Philanthropic Services
Zeist Foundation, Inc.
Anonymous (2)

Conference Planning Committee

Lisa Cremin, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, conference chair
Anne Focke, Grantmakers in the Arts
Veronique LaMelle, former Grantmakers in the Arts board member
Ruby Lerner, Creative Capital Foundation
Janet Sarbaugh, The Heinz Endowment
Tommer Peterson, Grantmakers in the Arts
  

Host Committee

Penelope McPhee, co-chair
   Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Virginia Hepner, co-chair
   Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
Atiba Mbiwan
   The Zeist Foundation
Barbara Richardson
   Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
Barbara Saunders
   Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Camille Love
   City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs
Carolyn Morris
   Alternate Roots
David Cofrin and Chris Tryba-Cofrin
David Mitchell
   City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs
Gerri Combs
   Southern Arts Federation
Ife Williams
   Fulton County Arts Council
Imani Burnett
   Southeastern Council of Foundations
Jamil Zainaldin
   Georgia Humanities Council
Jo Ann Haden Miller
   ACVB Foundation
Josh Phillipson
   Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
 Kathy Palumbo
   The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Kayron Bearden
   The Foundation Center, Atlanta
Kenny Blank
   Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Lisa Cremin
   Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
Lisa Mount
   Alternate ROOTS
Lisa Wilson
   Fulton County Arts Council
Lita Ugarte Pardi 
   The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Mollie Lakin-Hayes
   Southern Arts Foundation
Neil Williams
   Vassar Woolley Foundation
Pattie Johnson
   The Foundation Center, Atlanta
Rob Smulian
   The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Shirley Mitchell
   Bank of America
Veronica Njoku
   Fulton County Arts Council
Vincent Murphy
   Tanne Foundation
Virginia A. Hepner
   Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund

GIA Board of Directors 2008

Claire Peeps, GIA president
   The Durfee Foundation
Angie Kim, GIA vice president
   The Getty Foundation
Helen Howarth, GIA treasurer
   The Rasmuson Foundation
Alan W. Cooper, GIA secretary
   Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Vickie Benson
   McKnight Foundation
Lisa Cremin
   Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
Ben Cameron
   Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Dudley Cocke
   The Bush Foundation
Peter Handler
   The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
 Ann McQueen
   The Boston Foundation
Olive Mosier
   The William Penn Foundation
Frances N. Phillips
   Walter and Elise Haas Fund
Lori Pourier
   First Peoples Fund
Beth Ree
   Target Corporation
Janet Rodriguez
   JPMorgan Chase
Regina Smith
   Arts & Science Council of Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Inc.
Benna Wilde
   Prince Charitable Trusts

GIA Staff

Steve Cline, web/knowledge manager
Lisbeth Cort, deputy director for advancement
Jabu Dayton, administrative manager
Anne Focke, executive director
Sarah Nason, operations & program assistant
Linda Mikkelsen, conference planning consultant
Tommer Peterson, deputy director for programs
Mylinda Sneed, membership coordinator
Julie Sponsler, deputy director for administration
  

2008 Funding Partners

The AEC Trust
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
The Herb Alpert Foundation
Altria Group
American Express Company
Americans for the Arts
Annenberg Foundation
Anonymous (2)
Artists’ Legacy Foundation
Atherton Family Foundation
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau Foundation
Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs
Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Breneman Jaech Foundation
Hans G. & Thordis W. Burkhardt Foundation
California Community Foundation
JPMorgan Chase
The Chicago Community Trust
The Christensen Fund
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
The Cleveland Foundation
The Coca-Cola Company
David Cofrin and Chris Tryba-Cofrin
Columbia Foundation
The Beatrice L. Schottenstein Fund
   of The Columbus Foundation
E. H. Corrigan Foundation
Cultural Initiatives of Silicon Valley
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
The Durfee Foundation
Fidelity Foundation
Flintridge Foundation
The Ford Foundation
Fulton County Arts Council
Fund for Folk Culture
The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
The Getty Foundation
Grammy Foundation
The Greenwall Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
Walter and Elise Haas Fund
John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation
Heinz Endowments
 The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Holder Construction Foundation
HRK Foundation (MAHADH Fund)
ING/ING Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
Jerome Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
Kentucky Foundation for Women
Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation
Kraft Foods, Inc.
Laird Norton Family Foundation
LEF Foundation
Lilly Endowment
The Liman Foundation
Linde Family Foundation, a Donor Advised Fund of
   Combined Jewish Philanthropies
The Charles Loridans Foundation
Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Lubo Fund, Inc.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
MetLife/MetLife Foundation
Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
The Joan Mitchell Foundation
Mortimer Levitt Foundation
Peter Norton Family Foundation
O’Grady Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The William Penn Foundation
Philanthropy Northwest
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
Prince Charitable Trusts
Rasmuson Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The Rockdale Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Sewell Family Foundation
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Terry and Margaret Stent
Surdna Foundation, Inc.
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
Wachovia Nonprofit and Philanthropic Services
Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation
The Wallace Foundation
Zellerbach Family Foundation