Our Team
Laurie Cook
Executive Director
lcook@riseaugusta.org
Doris Wearing
Diamond Lakes Elementary
Site Coordinator
dwearing@riseaugusta.org
Karen Bussey
W. S. Hornsby Elementary
Site Coordinator
kbussey@riseaugusta.org
Eleanor Slaby
Tutoring Director
eslaby@riseaugusta.org
Taylor Thomae
Lake Forest Hills Elementary School
Site Coordinator
tthomae@riseaugusta.org
Carmen Davis
A Brian Merry Elementary School
Site Coordinator
cdavis@riseaugusta.org
Angela Prince
STRIVE Director
aprince@riseaugusta.org
Jimmi-Love Gates
Tobacco Road Elementary School
Site Coordinator
jgates@riseaugusta.org
Board of Directors
Jay Murray, Chair
President, Augusta Market
Truist Bank
William (Bill) Thompson, Vice Chair
Chief Banking Officer
Queensborough National Bank
Kayla Cooper, Treasurer
Attorney
Augusta Law Department
Stacy McDaniel, Secretary
Vice President, Human Resources
TEXTRON
Dalton Self, At-Large
Vice President
Jani-King, Augusta/Macon
Kaden Jacobs, Past Chair
Managing Director
Paquin PR
Nikki Brigham
Education Coordinator, East
Georgia Power Company
Michele McNelly
Community Volunteer
Teresa Cobb
Education Supervisor
Georgia Power Company
Tara Hooks
Vice President, Consumer Banking Manager
Regions Bank
Jason LaClair
Director, Program Management and Growth, Spectrum and Electromagnetic Warfare Technology
Peraton
Joy Agee
Community Volunteer
Clint Shearouse
Attorney
Bonita Jefferies Jenkins
Special Populations Coordinator
Chapter Advisor, Student Veterans of America (Augusta Tech Chapter)
Chuck Fuqua
Retired, Community Volunteer
Tim Thomason
Vice President/Sr. Operations Project Manager
Bank of America