ILA Honor Roll

ILA is grateful to the many students, parents, alumni, corporations, foundations and friends who continue to support the efforts of the program. Because of you, ILA continues to develop values- based, impact-driven leaders.

ILA Alumni & Student Donors

• Brooks Andrews
• Joseph Antonio
• Jake Arendsen
• Brian Baker
• Bridget Bambenek
• Emily Bauer
• Sarah Beatty
• Joseph Benken
• Abigayle Benton
• Erin Bierbusse
• Grayson Borrego
• John Brocksmith
• Brittany Chitwood
• Chelsea Clever
• Adam Cohen
• James Collins
• Anne Conroy
• Courtney Dantzler
• Emily Dardaman
• Callie Dawson
• Emma Downey
• Brittany Dufilho
• Ann Dylla
• Mark Dylla
• Elizabeth Elmore
• Bradley Erbesfield
• Ella Everhart
• Destiny Favors
• Sydney Field
• Daniel Fields
• David Fischer
• Sean Foley
• Gabriel Fontana
• Sarah Forbes
• Kali Franz
• Nicholas Garrett
• Joseph and Alex Garrigan
• Erica Gatti
• Maddison Gay
• Ilya Gokhman
• Justin Golshir
• Alan Goodno
• Anna Goodwin
• Jack Googe
• Derek Hammock
• William Harkins
• William Harper
• Andrew Haynes
• Andrew Henry
• Karl Hermann
• Mitchell Hogan
• Kyle Huemme
• Chadwick Hume
• Jason Hymel
• Muhammad Iqbal
• Ryan Irvine
• Iruofagha James
• Michelle Jenkins
• Chase Karamanolis
• Matthew Karempelis
• Chloe Kelley
• Mary Catherine Kelley
• Kasey King
• Elizabeth Kozak
• Anna Kropp
• Michael Lage
• Jack Langner
• Brittany Leamon
• Will MacArthur
• India Martin
• Matthew Matuszewski
• Brittany McCall
• Melissa Toomey
• Jordan McGriff
• Erin McNicholas
• Adam McTish
• Mimi Messawer
• Bryan Miller
• Michael Moore
• Michael Naghshineh
• Amit Nechmad
• Lauren Nelson
• Carey Newsome
• Mai-Lise Nguyen
• Benjamin Pace
• Anna Park
• Tyler Pate
• Margaret Patton
• Summer Peabody
• Evan Pellegrino
• Carlie Perner
• Andrew Puckett
• Daniela Puente
• Buhusuru Ranasinghe
• Mitchell Reiner
• Murphy Rief
• Wesley Roberts
• Mark Rockett
• Darrell Roy
• Latham Saddler
• Erin Sergeant
• Kathleen Sherwood
• Paul and Amy Shoukry
• William Shuford
• Emily Smith
• Ivey Tanner
• Justin Tardy
• Rebekah Thompson
• Melissa Toomey
• Andrew Tripp
• Sabina Vayner
• Scott Voigt
• Helen Waddell
• Faith Wagner
• Riley Warren
• Davis Webb
• Hannah Whaley
• Brian Whitaker
• Elizabeth White
• Elizabeth Wilson

ILA Friend Donors

• Courtney and Jason Aldrich
• Maggie Barrett
• William Barron
• Bessemer Trust
• Samantha Bonnet-Wright
• Katrina Bowers
• Jay and Catherine Bowling Family Fund
• Gina Breckbill
• Joan Brown
• Cynthia Bullock
• Richard Bullock
• Charles Campbell
• Beth and Trey Carter Charitable Fund
• Gay Colyer
• COKO Fund
• Natalie Conte
• Jan Curtis
• Paul Davis
• Cecilia Deatrick
• Ben and Karen Deutsch Family Fund
• Larry Dobbs
• Harriet W. and Edwards P. Ellis Fund
• David Floyd
• Dawn Foster
• Michael Garrison
• Greater Pinebelt Community Foundation
• Preston Griffith
• Michael Harley
• Heads Up for Harry Inc.
• Scott Henson
• Melanie Hoffmann
• Jonnet Holladay
• Heather Howarth
• Sylvia Ingram
• John Jackson
• Harrison Jones
• Ano Karadaghi
• Lori King
• Charles Knapp
• Thomas Landrum
• John Lastinger
• Laura Little
• Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Keith W. Mason Family Charitable Trust
• The McGuire Family Fund
• Sam McKenzie
• John McMahon
• John McMullan
• Gwinn Nixon
• Alice Paris
• Robert Pease
• Adam Prescott
• Adena Puchalski
• Jean Reeves
• John Reeves
• Ros Family Foundation
• Salyers Family Giving Fund
• Schmidt Family Giving Fund
• Loran Smith Company
• Frances Stafford
• Todd and Elizabeth Stevens Fund
• Daphne Straub
• William Talmadge
• Hugh Tarbutton
• Charles Tarr
• Nancy Thorpe
• Jane West
• Brian Wilson
• Lynne Wood
• Anne Wray
• Charles Yarbrough

ILA Matching Gifts

• Charities Aid Foundation       
• KPMG Foundation
• Mohawk Carpet Foundation
• SalesForce
• Textron, Inc.
• The Southern Company
• Yancey Brothers Company

ILA Family Donors

• The Bahr Family
• The Bassel Family
• The Buckis Family
• The Collins Family
• The Culley Family
• The Curry Family
• The Garrigan Family
• The Gordon Family
• The Keen Family
• The Kropp Family
• The Langner Family
• The Lindner Family
• The Lockwood Family
• The Marlow Family
• The Mason Family
• The McClintock Family
• The McGee Family
• The Nolley Family
• The Odom Family
• The Pace Family
• The Patton Family
• The Perlow Family
• The Rosckes Family
• The Stoeckel Family
• The Swearingen Family
• The Terwindt Family
• The Wyatt Family

2023–2024 Academic Involvement

Speakers/Mentors

• Tyler Acree
• Lars Anderson
• Joseph Benken
• Abby Benton
• Seonghyun Cho
• Sung Min Cho
• Lee Ellis
• Chris Fellows
• Zain Hasan
• Jessica Hunt
• Donna Hyland
• Colleen Langner
• Isabelle Maestas
• India Martin
• Ashley McWilliams
• Paul Shoukry
• Dori Turnier
• JT Wu

Executives of the Day

• Sarah Mount — Chick-fil-A
• David Black — E&J Gallo
• Ben Palmer — Home Depot
• Kim Pogue — Home Depot
• Samar Ali — Irresistible Foods Groups
• Chad Donvito — Irresistible Foods Groups
• Chris Kasuya — Irresistible Foods Groups
• John Lineman — Irresistible Foods Groups
• Claire Tatum — Northwestern Mutual
• Evan Venable — Regions
• Mitchell Pearson — Regions
• Will Campbell — Regions
• Bill Linginfelter — Regions
• Wayne Akin — Synovus
• Aaron Konnick — UPS

ILA Alums of the Day

• Virginia Adair
• Ashley Bough
• Blake Bruce
• Will Campbell
• Emily Curl
• Destiny Favors
• Jack Langner
• Lauren Barrs Nelson
• Ryan Oliver
• Mitchell Pearson
• Kevin Schatell
• Dori Turnier
• Evan Venable
• Garrett Williams
• Trey Williams

ILA Chick-fil-A Steering Committee

• Woody Faulk
• Michael Lage
• Melenie Lankau
• John Mattioli

Corporate Site Visits

• Chick-Fil-A Operator Athens Chick-fil-A
• Chick-fil-A Support Center
• Johnson & Johnson Athens Site

Service-Learning Clients

• AAHS – Economic Development Research Project and Strategy Plan
• Bulldog Basics
• Burke County History Museum Relocation and Revitalization Study (Archway Partnership)
• CBNLF – Enhanced marketing plan and training to include website and social media
• Chess and Community
• Connected Resilient Communities (Archway Partnership)
• Connected Resilient Communities (Archway Partnership)
• Foster Care Support for Healthy Colquitt Coalition (Archway Partnership)
• Highway 15 Corridor (Archway Partnership)
• ISO – Starting up ISO
• Jubilee Partners
• Life League
• MAC on Main Business Sustainability Plan (Archway Partnership)
• McDuffie Animal Shelter (Archway Partnership)
• Minority Owned Business Resources (Cartersville, GA) (Archway Partnership)
• Multi-Purpose Walking Trail in Dearing (McDuffie County) (Archway Partnership)
• Needs Assessment for Mental Health Services for Kids (Colquitt County) (Archway Partnership)
• New UGA Rural Student Internship Program Marketing Plan (Archway Partnership)
• Ocmulgee RiverFest Marketing and Revenue Growth (Pulaski County) (Archway Partnership)
• Preparing GA for Electronic Mobility (Archway Partnership)
• The Sparrow’s Nest
• Waynesboro/Burke County Land Bank Feasibility Study (Archway Partnership)
• White Hills Farms Service Expansion (McDuffie County) (Archway Partnership)
• Workforce Housing Analysis (Archway Partnership)
• WRK

Leadership Dawgs – Community Impact Projects

• Bridget Bambanek
• Jagger Barnes
• Erin Beasley
• Isabel Berger
• Emma Downey
• Hannah Drum
• Nick Garrett
• Karl Hermann
• Danielle Impara
• Alex Kantor
• Kendall Kazor
• Connor Koscevic
• Megan Leith
• Nick Loudermilk
• Izzy Lynch
• Sarah Mount
• Ariana Murray
• Jori Palmer
• Monisha Rao
• Emily Smith
• Savannah Welch
• Elizabeth Wilson
• Garret Wright

ILA Application Readers

Alumni

• Virginia Adair
• Bridget Bambenek
• Isabel Berger
• Lindsey Berman
• Erin Bierbusse
• Elizabeth Dangler
• Abby Drake
• Nick Garrett
• Kensley Hickman
• Matthew Johnson
• Carter Lankford
• Megan Leith
• Brittany McCall
• Jori Palmer
• Danny Sanchez
• Austin Summers
• Savannah Welch
• Garrett Wright

Faculty

• Sarah Banghart
• Bob Bostrom
• Archie Carroll
• Don Chambers
• Hua Chen
• Margaret Christ
• Filipe Correia
• Jason Epstein
• Kayla Freeman
• Scott Graffin
• Pekka Honkanen
• Karim Jetha
• JooYoung Kim
• Richard Martin
• Marc Ragin
• Aaron Schecter
• Bjorn Southard

Leonard Leadership Scholar Alumni Interviewers

• Virginia Adair
• Sarah Biondich
• John Fowler
• Lily Goodwin
• Kendall King
• Will Landrum
• Jack Langer
• Daniel Maloon
• Miller McGee
• Kyle Reed
• Jordann Tiras
• Rachel Zilinskas