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
Eleanor Slaby
Tutoring Director
eslaby@riseaugusta.org
Carmen Davis
Warren Road Elementary School
Site Coordinator
cdavis@riseaugusta.org
Cindy Youngblood
Development Administrator
Golf Tournament & Development
cyoungblood@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
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
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
Bonita Jefferies Jenkins
Special Populations Coordinator
Chapter Advisor, Student Veterans of America Augusta Technical College
Chuck Fuqua
Retired, Community Volunteer