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Jennifer Hidinger
In 2012, after her husband Ryan was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, the restaurant community hosted a benefit dinner to help the couple pay medical bills. Overwhelmed with gratitude, the couple decided to form a nonprofit, The Giving Kitchen, to assist other metro Atlanta restaurant workers in crisis.
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Mary-Pat Hector
Eighteen-year-old, Spelman student Mary-Pat Hector's campaign Think Twice urges people to pause before picking up a gun.
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Meria Carstarphen
There is something unexpected about Dr. Meria Carstarphen, the forty-seven-year-old superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools. Maybe it's that she's a hugger ("you should have seen my dad at church," she says), or that, instead...
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Rachel Epps Spears
Rachel Epps Spears has some great stories, but she isn’t at liberty to tell them, thanks to strict confidentiality agreements. As executive director of Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, Spears’s organization helps Georgia-based nonprofits...
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Kiran Ebrahim
Atlantans have access to hundreds of apps that let them check the weather, keep up with friends, or simply order dinner. Kiran Ebrahim wondered why local abuse victims didn’t have an app to connect...
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Kristin Connor
After an inexplicable miracle caused her son's tumor to disappear, Kristin Connor decided to dedicate her life to curing childhood cancer, something she does everyday as executive director of CURE Childhood Cancer.
Women Making a Mark: Laura Rittenberg
Laura Rittenberg’s passion for real estate began 40 years ago, and she can’t imagine doing anything else.
Women Making a Mark: Michele Stumpe
Michele Stumpe’s list of charitable contributions and professional accomplishments is so lengthy, it reads like fiction, but the truth is that she’s built her life around making a difference.
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Women Making a Mark: Carol Waddy
Carol Waddy believes it’s a privilege to serve the community. “I find satisfaction in knowing that the smallest act of service is potentially changing the trajectory of someone’s life,” she says.
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Women Making a Mark: Liz Gillespie
Growing up, Liz Gillespie spent more time outside than inside. It’s fitting then that now, as partner and vice president of marketing at North American Properties, she promotes outdoor living.