A Project of Hope A Project of Hope

Helping People . . . Changing Lives


Board of Directors


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Meredith Daly, Chairperson

Meredith has been a successful recruiter within the retail industry for over twenty-two years and a business owner since 1998. She is a Certified Personnel Consultant and the recipient of an Outstanding Young Women of America award in 1983 for work done with charitable organizations. She is a past member of the Human Rights Action League and has been asked to testify before Congress on the topic of discrimination in the workplace. She is a mother of one child and resides in Marietta, GA.




Judy Eck, Board Member

 

Judy is currently a homemaker with previous experience in Credit Union management, retail management and wholesale bookkeeping. She is a member of Stockbridge 1st UMC and is involved in choir and disaster relief mission work. Judy lives in Stockbridge with her husband Randy who is also a member of the board.


Judy Eck
Randy Eck Randy Eck, Secretary

 

Randy is an Information Technology Services Professional with more than 30 years of experience. He is a member of Stockbridge 1st UMC and is in the chancel choir and works with the disaster relief mission team.  Randy lives in Stockbridge with his wife Judy who is also a member of the board.



Julie Griffith, Board Member and Chief of Operations.  

Julie is a Senior Management Analyst Supervisor for the Agency for Person's with Disabilities at its central office in Tallahassee, FL. Julie has a 30 year history with the agency, the Dept. of Children and Families and the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services before that. Julie makes her home in Tallahassee along with her husband and one son.

Julie Griffith
Board Member and
Chief of Operations

 Drew Sanner

Drew Sanner, Vice-Chairperson. 

Drew has been actively involved in University retail operations for more than 25 years. Following his experience as an Assistant Director at Emory University, he started an independent contracting business operating primarily in the Southeast. As a current MENSA think tank participant and lifelong member, he has been able to make a difference and stay current on the issues facing all citizens of the planet and continues to get involved wherever possible. As the 1982 hall inductee in the American Academy of Achievement he was inspired to many years of volunteerism on multiple fronts in both leadership and support capacities. Drew resides in the Atlanta area with his wife and three children.

Susan Sanner, Ph.D., M.S., R.P.N.  Ph.D., Board Member

 

Susan is an Associate Professor of Nursing at the Clayton State University School of Nursing in Morrow, GA where she was awarded the Clayton State University “Alice Smith Award” for excellence in teaching.  She was also twice awarded (2006, 2003) “Teacher of the Year” by the CSU/BSN graduating class and has been awarded the 2001 Grant Writing Award by CSU President, Dr. Thomas Harden. Susan has been awarded numerous grants, is multiply published, and is also a member Sigma Theta Tau International. Susan makes her home in Morrow, GA with her husband, son and two daughters.

    Susan Sanner
        Board Member









 Dennis White.  Treasurer.

Dennis White, Treasurer. 

Dennis has 30+ years of experience in Human Resources with US and International companies. Dennis holds a JD and is admitted to the State Bar of Georgia. He also has a Masters Degree in Organizational Development. Dennis has been an active member of Stockbridge First United Methodist Church for over 25 years, serves as a mediator in the Magistrate Court in Fulton County Georgia and as Adjunct Faculty for Fielding Graduate University’s program on Leadership Coaching.  Dennis is married to Lynn, also a board member for APOH, and they have two adult daughters, Amanda and Alison.  Dennis and Lynn got involved in APOH because they were impressed with the efficiency of the organization to help the people in need. It is clear that we are making a difference through APOH.

Lynn WhiteBoard Member.

Lynn has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in elementary education.  She taught elementary school for nineteen years and continues to volunteer at her former school.  She has been very active working with children in her church and with the Girl Scouts.  She lives in McDonough, Georgia, with her husband, Dennis.  They have two grown daughters.

Lynn White