TLSS Archives
Tom Cousins
Chairman Emeritus and Founder, Cousins Properties
April 25, 2008
Thomas G. Cousins is an iconic figure in the Atlanta real estate profession. He founded Cousins Properties Inc. in 1958. Today, it is one of the larger equity real estate investment trusts in the country, listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Cousins Properties developed such landmarks in Atlanta as the CNN Center, the Omni Coliseum, Wildwood Office Park in Cobb County and was instrumental in the first stage development of the Georgia World Congress Center.
Allison O'Kelly, BBA 1994
CEO, Mom Corps
March 28, 2009
Allison Karl O'Kelly (BBA '94) is the founder and CEO of Mom Corps, a highly selective professional staffing company that helps corporations fill their intermittent staffing needs, while enabling professionals who are raising families to engage in challenging work on a flex-time basis. Before founding Mom Corps in 2005, she built her own accounting practice. Prior to both her entrepreneurial ventures, the UGA graduate was an executive at Toys "R" Us and a CPA at KPMG Peat Marwick.
Cynthia Cooper
WorldCom Whistleblower
March 4, 2008
Cynthia Cooper is most well-known for her role in uncovering the corporate fraud at WorldCom — still the largest corporate fraud in history. She was named one of Time magazine's 2002 Persons of the Year after reporting the fraud and became the first woman inducted into the American Institute of CPA s' Hall of Fame in 2004. Cooper is also the author of the forthcoming Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower.
David Hanna
Chairman of the Board and CEO, CompuCredit
February 1, 2008
David G. Hanna (BBA '86) has been Chairman and CEO of CompuCredit Corp. since the company was founded in 1996. CompuCredit markets its credit services to consumer borrowers with low credit scores who are often bypassed by traditional financial institutions. Hanna has extensive experience in the credit industry. He co-founded Account Portfolios in 1990 with his brother Frank (BBA '83, 'JD 86) and sold the company to OSI in 1995. Frank and David Hanna are both graduates of Terry.
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University of Georgia
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