Leadership
Alumnae Association Board of Directors
Ann Glendinning '68
President
Atlanta, Ga. |
Linda Kay Hudson McGowan '65
Immediate Past President
Atlanta, Ga. |
Tawana Lee Ware '96
President-Elect
Nashville, Tenn.
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Helen Nash ‘93
Secretary
Atlanta, Ga. |
Kim Vickers '87 (Ex-officio)
Director of Alumnae Relations
Atlanta, Ga. |
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Elizabeth Ansley Allan '57
Atlanta, Ga. |
Lisa Amaker '07
Atlanta, Ga.
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Genet Heery Barron '47
Newnan, Ga.
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Valerie Case Bayham ‘98
Ellicott City, Md.
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Margaret Van Deman Blackmon ’63
Afton, Va. and Atlanta, Ga.
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Anne Miller Boyd ‘63
Atlanta, Ga.
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Whitney Brown ‘07
Decatur, Ga. |
Kimberly Clark Douglas '80
Atlanta, Ga. |
Elizabeth Hanson Duerr '58
Houston, Texas
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Sarah Hawk '92
Atlanta, Ga. |
Susan Stevens Hitchcock '67
Suwanee, Ga. |
Annie Chanpong Kuo '99
Seattle, Wash.
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Addie Price Mathes '78
Atlanta, Ga. |
Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba ‘01
Memphis, Tenn.
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Lizanne Edwards Stephenson '84
Atlanta, Ga. |
Edna Lowe Swift ‘71
Decatur, Ga.
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Susan Skinner Thomas ‘74
Rome, Ga. |
Barbara Black Waters '73
Atlanta, Ga. |
Carol Reaves Wilson '82
Augusta, Ga. |
Student Members (Ex-officio)
Tori Bell '12
Colonnade Club Co-President |
Lauren Gaia '13
Colonnade Club Co-President |
Chelsea Perdue ‘12
Senior Class President |
Member biographies
Ann Glendinning '68, President
After graduating with a B.A. in psychology, Glendinning worked at the Georgia Mental Health Institute for three years. She
then completed her M.Ed. and Ed. S. degrees in special education in the areas of emotional and behavioral disorders and
learning disabilities and her Ph.D. in special education administration from Georgia State University. She taught students
and was an administrator until she retired from the Cobb County School District in 2001 and was Assistant Superintendent for
Special Student Services at the time. She has been on the part-time faculties of several colleges and universities and
worked for the University of Georgia for three years on a grant with the Georgia Department of Education. She served on the
Atlanta Steering Committee for the building campaign, coordinates the Agnes Scott College Book Award for young women in the
Cobb County area, and established two awards that are given annually to Agnes Scott students, the Sara Glendinning Journalism
Prize (named for her mother Sara Wilson Glendinning ‘33) and the John Hudson Prize in Special Education. She is currently
fund chair for her class. She is married to Dale Kelly and has one stepdaughter and grandson.
Linda Kay Hudson McGowan ’65, Immediate Past
President
McGowan received her B.A. in English and her master’s degree in communications from Georgia State University. She recently
retired after 32 years of service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, where she worked in policy,
program and partnership development. For the last six years she was vice president for programs at the CDC Foundation. She
served on the alumnae board shortly after graduation and was class president for 10 years.
Tawana Lee Ware ‘96, President-Elect
After completing a B.A. in biology, Ware earned her D.D.S. degree from
Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry. She went on to complete her pediatric dentistry training in at Indiana University and Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Ind. She also earned her M.S.D. from Indiana University. Ware is now working in private practice in Mt. Juliet, TN a Nashville suburb. She serves on the executive board for the American Association of Women Dentists, and is on the board for the Children's Advocacy Center 15th Judicial Circuit for Wilson County in Nashville. She and her husband, Dr. Jermaine Ware and their dog Boomer are enjoying living in the country music capital of the world.
Helen Nash '93, Secretary
Nash graduated with a B.A. in English with a minor in French and then joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1993. In more than 16 years with the company, she has served in a variety of communications roles, ranging from editor to speechwriter to blogger. Helen has worked in the the company¹s Archives, media relations, financial communications and employee communications areas. Since graduation, Nash has served as class secretary and currently is class president. She also helped form After-Hour Readers, a book club for alumnae.
Elizabeth Ansley Allan '57
Allan graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in history. After graduation she
taught history in the public schools of Tennessee and Georgia for 30 years.
While her husband was Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Atlanta, she received
recognition for her work with and care for the spouses and families of clergy.
Following retirement, she and her husband founded The Work of Our Hands,
a nonprofit arts support and education organization. In 2001 she published a
book of poetry, On the Way to the Water Well, and currently volunteers with the
Poetry in the Schools Program of the Georgia Poetry Society. Allan has held
leadership positions in the Greater Atlanta Archaeological Society and annually
participates in “digs”—most recently along the Savannah River. She served as
reunion co-chair for the 50th reunion of her class. Allan has four children and
nine grandchildren
Lisa Amaker '07
Amaker, a Woodruff Scholar, graduated with a B.A. in women’s studies. She
decided to remain in Georgia and returned to her previous career in medical
education and communications and is now director of the Lupus Initiative at the American
College of Rheumatology (ACR) in Atlanta. An active member of
the college community, Amaker was involved in community service and served
as a representative to Honor Court, co-president of the Woodruff Scholars
Organization, “Triota” treasurer, a representative to the Women’s Studies Advisory
Group and hostess of the Anna I. Young Alumnae House.
Genet Heery Barron '47
After graduation, Barron came back on campus as a Lupton housemother and
biology lab assistant while attending graduate school at Emory University. At
the end of that year she married Lindsey Barron and moved to Newnan where
she has lived 61 years full of church and volunteer work. She was state president
of Georgia Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union and an adult Sunday school
teacher for 50 years. She also served as president of the all women Kiwanis Club
of Coweta County and is currently president of the Newnan Reading Circle,
which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. At Agnes Scott, Barron was a member
of Mortar Board and president of the Athletic Association. Recently she served
Agnes Scott as a class fund chair and is presently president of her class. Barron
has been a widow for two years. Her two sons and their wives live in Newnan and
she also has four adult grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Valerie Case Bayham '98
Bayham graduated with double majors in biology and history. She obtained her J.D. at the University of Chicago and litigated constitutional law cases for four years with the Institute for Justice, focusing on free speech and economic liberty cases. She “retired” to start her family, but still enjoys occasional volunteer legal work with a local legal aid agency. Bayham is a class officer and currently serves as the Chair of the steering committee for the alumnae chapter for the DC/Maryland/Northern Virginia region. She lives in Ellicott City, Maryland, with her husband, Chris, and their young son, Gabriel.
Margaret Van Deman Blackmon '63
After graduating with a degree in history, Blackmon taught eighth graders in
Texas and earned an M. A. in history at Texas Christian University. She moved
to Virginia in 1971, where she taught at the community college and then in
the Fredericksburg City Public Schools for 18 years. She earned her doctorate
at the University of Virginia and moved to Farmville to be the superintendent
of the Prince Edward County Public Schools for the next nine years. During
2005-2006, Blackmon was the president of the Virginia Association of School
Superintendents. In 2004, she was a Fulbright Superintendent in Germany, and in
2006, she represented Virginia as part of the American delegation to the China-
U.S. International Education Conference in Beijing. Following her retirement,
she became the executive director of the Women Education Leaders in Virginia,
headquartered in Charlottesville, and a consultant for the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools (SACS). In 2008, her Agnes Scott classmates elected her
president of their class. She and her husband, Charles, split their time between
Virginia and Atlanta, where their two grown children and six grandchildren live.
Anne Miller Boyd '63
After graduating with a BA in Economics, Boyd began life in Atlanta as a wife, mother and volunteer in her community and
church, St. James United Methodist. She has served the College as Co-Fund Chair 1997-2003, served on the Selection Committee
for Outstanding Alumnae Award Winners and served on the Selection Committee for Alumnae Director in 2005. She also served on
the Atlanta Committee for the Comprehensive Campaign. Her most active community involvement is with Achievement Rewards for
College Scientist, serving on the board of this organization which provides scholarships to advance science in
America.
Whitney Brown ‘07
Brown graduated with a Psychology and Music (History) double-major. She worked various jobs her first year out of college, and, in 2008 began working at Atlanta’s Theatrical Outfit. She worked her way up from a Marketing intern/Box Office Associate to the Communications & Development Manager. After three years at Theatrical Outfit, Brown recently began a job at Agnes Scott College as the Faculty Administrative Assistant for the Music Department. While an undergrad at Agnes Scott, she was a member of Collegiate Chorale, Tower Council, Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity for Women, and was Editor-in-Chief of The Silhouette. She currently is the President of the Atlanta Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota and volunteers as a Suzi Bass Awards Recommending Judge, the Atlanta theater awards. She is also her class’ co-fund Chair and is active in the Decatur Alumnae Chapter.
Kimberly Clark Douglas '80
While majoring in psychology at Agnes Scott, Douglas discovered her passion for
industrial/organizational psychology and later earned her Master of Science. She
founded FireFly Facilitation Inc., 11 years ago and is a nationally recognized team
effectiveness and innovation expert. Over the past 25 years, she has collaborated
with hundreds of leaders at organizations such as The Coca-Cola Company,
Home Depot, McKesson, AT&T and even the U.S. Marine Corps. She holds the
certification of Senior Professional in Human Resources and Certified Professional
Facilitator. John Wiley & Sons just published her book, The Firefly Effect,
and she is a frequent contributor to management and leadership publications,
including Investors Business Daily, Leadership Excellence, American Management
Association, Yahoo Finance and USA Today. Douglas has served as a volunteer
leader and board member in several nonprofit organizations. She gives back to
her community through pro bono work with the Partnership Against Domestic
Violence, The Westminster Schools, the Georgia Center for Nonprofits and
Agnes Scott. She and her husband have one daughter who is in ninth grade at
Westminster.
Elizabeth Hanson Duerr '58
Duerr received her B.A. degree in German and then returned to Houston where
she worked for Humble Oil (now Exxon) in the production research department
as a research librarian and document translator. After living in Germany for a
year with her husband and children, Duerr became active in music, pursuing
post-baccalaureate studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. A lifelong
Presbyterian, Duerr was a member of a church music staff for 18 years as well
as having served as an ordained deacon and elder. Current activities include
serving on the Institutional Review Board of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
and on the Board of The Houston Friends of Music as well as other civic and
cultural organizations. Always active with the Houston Chapter of the Agnes
Scott Alumnae Association, she has served as chapter president. Now a widow,
Duerr has a son and grandchildren in Atlanta and a daughter, also an Agnes Scott
alumna, in Greensboro, N.C.
Sarah Hawk '92
After graduating with a B.A. in English and Classical Languages and Literature,
Hawk received a M.A.T. from the college. She then taught Latin for four years in
Cobb County. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Grant to Italy and studied
at the American Academy in Rome. She received a J.D. from Georgia State
University College of Law, and is a corporate immigration attorney, previously
at Alston & Bird for eight years and currently a partner and chair of global
immigration at Fisher & Phillips in Atlanta. She serves as legal counsel on the
board of the Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Georgia Inc. She
was recognized by “Who’s Who in Asian American Communities.” She is also
on the Board of GAPABA (Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association) and
on the Executive Board of NAAAP (National Association of Asian American
Professionals), Atlanta. Hawk is listed in Chambers 2009, 2010, Top Business
Attorneys in the US, 2009 Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers and The
International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers 2010. She has run
nine marathons and travels for work and pleasure and also enjoys volunteer work,
most recently teaching English to children in Tanzania.
Susan Stevens Hitchcock '67
An honors graduate with a B.A. in psychology, Hitchcock completed a
25-year corporate career with BellSouth. Her second career began in 1992 with the
Turknett Leadership Group as vice president of client services. She helped quadruple
business revenue and introduced a highly regarded executive development program
for women. In addition, she helped create a statewide Leadership Character Awards
program now in its seventh year. Always active in the community, Hitchcock
has served as a teen mentor, an adult literacy tutor, child advocacy counselor and
fundraiser. Her leadership roles include the boards of the Atlanta Women’s Network,
Georgia Executive Women’s Network, Possible Woman Foundation International,
Georgia Women’s Institute and Literacy Volunteers of America in addition to
her current role as vice president of the Atlanta Chapter of CEO Netweavers. A
loyal supporter of ASC, she has mentored numerous students and hired several at
Turknett. Hitchcock is a frequent speaker on women’s leadership and her special
passion for this subject resulted in the “SHEroes project” – interviews and profiles of
more than 50 inspirational female role models. Effective January 1, 2010, she began
Act III of her life in which she’s “semi-retired” and plans to travel more, work on a
book and spend more time with family including her four grandchildren.
Annie Chanpong Kuo ‘99
Kuo graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a double major in International Relations and Spanish. While a student, she founded the organization that is now Asian Women at Agnes Scott. Her last semester was on exchange at Mills College in Oakland, California, which brought her to the coast that she now calls home. Kuo holds a public relations certificate from the University of Washington and a M.S. degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern
University. At Northwestern, Kuo was editor-in-chief of the 2009 academic journal and a Lagrant Foundation scholar. In 2006, the Public Relations Society of America named her the Puget Sound region's Outstanding Young Professional. She has worked at Edelman and Ogilvy, two global
agencies for marketing and public relations. Previously, Kuo was an arts administrator at Portland Taiko, an Asian American drum performance company, and Kennedy Center Jazz in Washington, D.C. Kuo is now a marketing consultant based in Seattle, where she is also a Young Adult Advisor to the Seattle Art Museum and a 2011 class member of Project LEAD and the Asian
Community Leadership Foundation.
Addie Price Mathes '78
Mathes graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1978 with a B.A. in History. In 1987, she and her partner started Prime Power,
Inc., a company that provides critical support services to standby emergency power generation systems. With offices in
Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, Prime Power Services distinguishes itself as the largest independent generator
service provider in the southeast and was named Cobb County’s Small Business of the Year as well as Small Business of the
Year for the state of Georgia. In 2003, Mathes was named Atlanta’s Woman Business Owner of the Year. Mathes is married to
Richard Knittel and has two sons: Benjamin, 28, who is an actor in Los Angeles, and Adam, 26, who is a Marine Infantry
Officer, veteran of three combat tours in Iraq, and future employee of Prime Power Services.
Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba '01
After graduating with a major in international relations and a minor in English, Sciubba earned her M.A. (2005) and Ph.D. (2008) in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland. From 2005-2007 she served as a demographics consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Policy). Following this appointment she received a fellowship to further her study at the International Max Planck Research School for Demography in Rostock, Germany. She is currently the Mellon Environmental Fellow in the Department of International Studies at Rhodes College and has recently published her first book, The Future Faces of War: Population and National Security (Praeger/ABC-CLIO, 2011). Sciubba is active volunteer with the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis. She is married to Paul Sciubba.
Lizanne Edwards Stephenson '84
Stephenson attended Agnes Scott as a “Return to College” student (now
Woodruff Scholars Program) and earned a B.A. in French while raising
her two young daughters. Her active volunteer work in the Atlanta
community led her to a career in the philanthropic and nonprofit sector
including work for The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, a
private foundation, and independent schools. She is program director of
development for the Imlay Foundation and continues to volunteer and serves as a community
advisor trustee for the Junior League of Atlanta’s endowment fund.
Edna Lowe Swift ‘71
Swift graduated with a BA in Spanish and earned an MA in Spanish Language and Culture in 2001 from the University of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain. She completed her ESL endorsement in 1991 and the Translation Certification Program in 1999 – both at Georgia State University. Her teaching career with Atlanta Public Schools spanned 28 years. She retired in 2005 but continues to work part time doing Substitute teaching, tutoring, translating and interpreting. Swift serves on the Executive Board of the Atlanta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She enjoys her affiliation with “Witkaze” and was Agnes Scott’s first Black graduate.
Susan Skinner Thomas '74
After graduating with a B.A. in psychology, Thomas earned her B.S. and
M. Arch. from the Georgia Institute of Technology. As an architect and arborist,
Thomas currently is involved in the real estate and timber businesses. Rome’s
Historic Preservation Commission, Downtown Development Authority, Heritage
Foundation, Tree Board and the Rome Rotary have all been part of her civic
participation. She has also served on the State of Georgia’s National Register
Review Board and was appointed by Gov. Perdue to the Capital Construction
Task Force. Thomas has been involved with Agnes Scott since graduation
including serving as class officer and executive board treasurer as well as serving
on the Outstanding Alumnae Awards Committee and a past presidential search
committee. Thomas also worked with Henry Howard Smith, architect, on the
renovations of Buttrick Hall and McCain Library. She and her husband, Lanny,
have two children, Page and Brightman, and enjoy their involvement with the
First Presbyterian Church and Unity Christian School.
Barbara Black Waters '73
Waters graduated with a degree in English and pursued her goal of a career in
journalism. She wrote for local newspapers in northern New Jersey as both a
feature writer and reporter for two years before taking the helm of a weekly for
five years as editor-in-chief. Volunteer fundraising experience was simultaneously
affording her new interests and professional opportunities in the field of
nonprofit development, work she has continued for 16 years. Waters has served
as a fundraiser for The Nature Conservancy, The Bostonian Society (Boston’s
historical society), the Island Alliance (a national park encompassing the Boston
Harbor Islands), the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Georgia State
University College of Law and Atlanta Girls’ School. She and her husband,
Michael, have three children. Of historical note, their initial house as newlyweds,
located on Ansley Street, was razed to make room for the college’s parking deck!
She is a co-fund chair for her class and is an active member of St. Anne’s Guild of
the Cathedral of St. Philip.
Carol Reaves Wilson '82
After graduating, Wilson had several work “careers” before beginning her best
and most successful career as a stay-at-home mom with her three children. She
has served extensively as a volunteer at church, preschool and the school library.
She also has dabbled in most crafts including needlework and basketry and is
attempting to learn how to spin yarn. She’s been the fund chair for her class and is
presently the secretary, enjoying reconnection with classmates through all sorts of
new communication methods. She uses parts of her economics degree to manage
a financial planning office on a part-time basis and loves working with the clients
in service and support. Agnes Scott is in her blood as her great-grandmother
was there on the first day of the first class and her daughter graduated as a fifth
generation Scottie.