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Wende Ballew
Wende Ballew’s journey into Georgia’s prisons began in Texas. At 35, she went there to visit her father, who lives behind bars and who she hadn’t seen since she was a toddler. The trip...
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Colleen Kiernan
Colleen Kiernan is a warrior. In her role as director of the Georgia chapter of the Sierra Club, she battles against power plants, plastic bag manufacturers, and deforestation. Admittedly, her work pulls her in...
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Women Making a Mark: Tokiwa Smith
Ask preteens about their career aspirations, and they’ll likely say they want to be an entertainer, an athlete, or another profession they see on TV. But what about a chemist? An engineer? A physicist?
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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.
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Women Making a Mark: Sharon Mason
As president and CEO of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Sharon Mason’s job is to help build consensus on tough issues surrounding economic development. But where many see a stumbling block—a politically fractious county, region, and state—Mason, 39, sees an advantage.
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Alicia Philipp
In high school, Alicia Philipp dreamed of becoming a politician. She never ran for office, but she’s done more to change the Atlanta region than most elected officials ever could. Philipp is president of...
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Michelle Grech
When Michelle Grech was a little girl, quality time with Dad was all about football. She is now president of MELT, a Buckhead sports marketing agency.
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Robin Christian
Robin Christian has big dreams for her city. “Atlanta is in my heart. I want to see Atlanta become very successful,” she says. The 42-year-old principal of Barack and Michelle Obama (BaMO) Academy was...
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Mylin Torres
Dr. Mylin Torres, director of the Glenn Family Breast Center, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, is leading groundbreaking research into the ways some cancer treatments might alter patients’ DNA.
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Brig. Gen. Diana Holland
After deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq, Brig. Gen. Diana Holland had seen plenty of combat zones. Then came the hurricane. As the Atlanta-based commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division,...
