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Transition Commission Co-Chairs

TED TERRY

Ted Terry served as Mayor of Clarkston, Georgia — "the most diverse square mile in America" — from 2014 to 2020. He is now a DeKalb County Commissioner. Prior to serving in elected office, Terry worked as a field organizer for the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Party of Georgia and finance director for U.S. Congressman John Barrow. He is previously served as Director of the Sierra Club of Georgia and a member of the DeKalb County Board of Health.

SHERYL HARRISON

Sheryl Harrison-Mercer is Dean of Students at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School where she has taught Contracts Law, Business & Professional Responsibility and Legal Research, Writing & Analysis among other subjects. Harrison a former law clerk of the Honorable James A. Beaty, Jr., Middle District of North Carolina and former Note Editor of the North Carolina Law Review. Before coming to John Marshall, Harrison practiced complex litigation for Troutman Pepper, focusing on tort, contract and products liability litigation.

Legal Team

Charter & Ordinance review and future transition recommendations.

THOMAS SAMPSON, SR.

Thomas Sampson Sr. is the Managing Partner of Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Tompkins — Georgia's oldest African-American law firm. He has represented the City of Atlanta and State of Georgia in major litigation, resulting in several record-setting, seven-figure verdicts in state and federal court. He has served as Vice Chairman on the State Judicial Nominating Commission, President of the Gate City Bar Association, President of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Chairman of the State Bar of Georgia’s Client Security Fund and Vice Chairman of the State Bar of Georgia Disciplinary Board. 

THOMAS "WOODY" SAMPSON, II

Thomas "Woody" Sampson, II, is a partner with Thomas Kennedy Sampson and Tompkins. Woody has tried civil liability cases for the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, the Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (“MARTA”), Ford Motor Company, State Farm Insurance and others. He serves as General Counsel to the Fulton County Board of Ethics, authoring all of its requests for advisory opinions on ethics violation for the past eight years.  Additionally, Woody has advised City of Atlanta  on issues concerning election law.

TIFFANY WILLIAMS-ROBERTS

Tiffany Williams Roberts is a Public Policy Attorney for the Southern Center for Human Rights and a professor at Georgia State University College of Law. In 2008 she was a lead advocate for legislative improvements to the Atlanta Citizen Review Board and a member of Atlanta-Fulton County's Pre- Arrest Diversion Program (PAD) Design Team. In 2010, she was appointed to the search committee for the selection of Atlanta’s police chief. Tiffany was Co-Chair of Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ Criminal Justice Commission and Use of Force Advisory Council. 

Finance & Operations Team

City Contracts, Financial Audit & Government Operations

​RICHARD HOLMES

Richard Holmes is an intelligence and policy advisor for domestic and international clients. He is the founder and CEO of Alpha Intelligence Incorporated, a boutique Investigation agency based in Atlanta, Georgia, with a satellite office in Johannesburg South Africa. Mr. Holmes is an industry leader in fraud and risk mitigation as an investigator, auditor and claims adjuster. Mr. Holmes performs complex investigations pursuant to client asset recovery and drafts personalized training programs and on asset protection, fraud prevention & detection and procurement fraud. His ground-breaking techniques have netted nearly $16 million in asset recovery.

NATHAN LEWIS

Nathan Lewis is President and CEO of Security Capital Brokerage, Inc. (SCB) and holds Series 7, 24, 53, 63, 79, 86, 87 and 99 FINRA registrations. He began his securities career in sales and trading at Jackson Securities, the company founded iconic Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. Smith is former Treasurer of the National Association of Securities Professionals (NASP), Chair of US TRIO Middle Georgia Center for Academic Excellence and a board member for Communities in Schools, Georgia Council on Economic Education and Commissioner for the State of Georgia's Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC). 

JEWELL JOHNSON

Jewel Johnson is a lifelong resident of South Fulton. As a retired nurse, Jewel has been committed to serving the well-being of others her entire adult life. Her community service began with her community activism in the late 1970s, during the Atlanta Child Murders. She has continued to be active in the community affairs that impact our safety, education, seniors, and overall quality of life. She received U.S. Congressional Recognition for Distinguished Service.

Community Engagement & Public Safety

Government Operations, with a focus on Community Engagement with Seniors, Youth and historically-disenfranchised populations.  

DR. SONIA FRANCIS-ROLLE

Dr. Sonia Francis-Rolle is the Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Valarie Washington Enterprises International, an Educational Consulting company and serves as a Dissertation Coach and an approved Professional Editor for St. Leo University, and more recently served as Adjunct Professor at Brenau University. Dr. Francis-Rolle is married to Dr. Gordon Rolle, a Social Studies teacher in the Fulton County school system. Drs Rolle and Francis-Rolle have five grown children and five grandchildren and attend the South Metro Ministries Church.

STERLING JOHNSON

Director of the  Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE)'s Just Opportunity Portfolio, Sterling Johnson has provided policy guidance to Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ Commission on Workforce and Economic Development, Birmingham (AL) Mayor Randall Woodfin, and Mayor David Briley of Nashville (TN). Prior to joining PSE, he was Director of Public Policy for Atlanta law firm Griffin & Strong, P.C., and has managed more than 15 procurement disparity studies and supplier diversity on major public-private development projects, including Atlanta’s State Farm Arena.

HANS MENOS, PHD, LCSW

​Hans Menos is the Vice President of Law Enforcement Initiatives for the Center for Policing Equity (CPE), responsible for data analysis and strategic visioning with police departments around the country. Prior to his work at CPE, Menos served as the Executive Director of the Police Advisory Commission for the City of Philadelphia, which lead to improvements in racial equity, transparency and accountability in Philadelphia.  Police Department. Hans holds a PhD in Social Policy  and an MSW, both from Fordham University in New York City.

MORGAN WORRELL

​Born and raised in South Fulton, Georgia, Morgan Worrell is the CEO of Unveiled Princess,  a mentoring program for young ladies between the ages of 12-25 years old. Since its inception, Unveiled Princess Inc, has helped over 500 girls "find the princess within themselves," improving their self-esteem, academic performance and employment opportunities. Morgan is a Sociology major with a minor in middle grades education and currently works with Atlanta Public Schools. 

KEITH A. LEWIS, JR.

Keith Lewis is a South Fulton Neighbor and co-founder with Jermaine Clarke of the nonprofit organization I’m A Father F1rst. Through programs like the King Talk mentee series, A Cut Above free haircut program, Kicks & Cleats, Rebrand the Man and the Corner Boys entrepreneurship program & curriculum, Lewis is developing the next generation of leaders, providers, kings, example setters. Keith’s philanthropic work was nominated for the 2019 Rising in Community Excellence
(RICE) Award.

BARBARA MCKEE

Barbara McKee is the founder and CEO of Lift Community Development Partners, a nonprofit dedicated to ensure local communities have food, clothing, education and other resources. Born a sharecropper's daughter in the small town of Cottonwood, Alabama, McKeep applied herself and rose from poverty to become an accountant for the federal government.  

Chief Administrator​

​Ron L .Booth is a Certified Information Security Manager ([CISM] ANSI accredited certification program under ISO/IEC 17024) as well as a Holistic Information Security Practitioner (HISP) with expertise managing information security programs. He is an ISO 27001 Certified Information Security Management System Lead Implementer (CIS LI) and also has a background in auditing information technology systems, consulting on physical & cyber security for banks, industrial plants, water utilities, embassies, corporate offices; and security methodology developed for the Department of Energy (Sandia N.L.) to protect nuclear weapons. 

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RON BOOTH

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