Our Team
Laurie Cook
Chief Executive Officer
lcook@riseaugusta.org
Doris Wearing
Goshen Elementary School
Site Coordinator
dwearing@riseaugusta.org
Coretta Jones
Tobacco Road Elementary School
Site Coordinator
cjones@riseaugusta.org
Karen Bussey
W. S. Hornsby Elementary
Site Coordinator
kbussey@riseaugusta.org
Jenny Landrum
Education Resource Director
jlandrum@riseaugusta.org
Eleanor Slaby
Resource Development Director
eslaby@riseaugusta.org
Angela Prince
Director of Operations
aprince@riseaugusta.org
Board of Directors
Jay Murray, Chair
President, Augusta Market
Truist Bank
William (Bill) Thompson, Vice Chair
Chief Banking Officer
Queensborough National Bank & Trust Co.
Kayla Cooper, Treasurer
Senior Staff Attorney
City of Augusta - Utilities Department
Dalton Self, Secretary
Vice President
Jani-King, Augusta/Macon
Bonita Jefferies Jenkins. Executive Committee
Special Populations Coordinator
Chapter Advisor, Student Veterans of America Augusta Technical College
Kaden Jacobs, Past Chair
Senior Communications Lead
FLUOR
Nikki Brigham
Education Coordinator, East
Georgia Power Company
Tara Hooks
Vice President, Consumer Banking Manager
Regions Bank
Blake Chambers
Owner
Cyber City Media Solutions
Jason LaClair
Director, Program Management and Growth, Spectrum and Electromagnetic Warfare Technology
Peraton
Clint Shearouse
Attorney Newsome Shearouse
Tim Thomason
SVP, Business Intelligence & Strategy Manager
Bank of America
Chuck Fuqua
Retired, Community Volunteer
Kenny Hanna
Chick-fil-A