Staff and Leadership


In 2020, Woodruff Scholars and Fellows alumni, in cooperation with Emory Advancement and Alumni Engagement, established the Woodruff Alumni Advisory Board. The Advisory Board's purpose is to:
  • Gather Woodruff Scholars and Fellows across the nine schools and divisions for networking and collaboration opportunities
  • Foster a community across past and current Woodruff Scholars and Fellows in the Atlanta area and beyond
  • Catalyze and amplify impact opportunities within the Woodruff Scholars and Fellows community and beyond by fostering engagement with thought leaders, culture shifters, and changemakers
  • Communicate the achievements of Woodruff Scholars and Fellows, and to steward the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
  • Provide strategic focus and decision making for long-term plans in order to advance the objectives listed above

Woodruff Alumni Advisory Board Executive Committee

Jon Keen 11B

Chief Operating Officer, Treaty Oak Clean Energy | Chair, Woodruff Alumni Advisory Board

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Kristine Dennis 12PH 20G

Data Analyst, Emory University | Chair, Woodruff Alumni Leadership Summit Committee

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Gerald Liu 04T

Emerging Faith Communities Cultivator for the Great Plains Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church | Chair, Programming Committee

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Dr. Ameya Gangal 19C 23M

Resident | Co-Chair, Student-Alumni Committee

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Michael Ridgway Jones 85Ox 88C 04L

General Counsel and Secretary, Riskonnect | Co-Chair, Student-Alumni Committee

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Nicole J. Salonek Schladt 18L

General Counsel, Minnesota Department of Human Rights | Chair, Amplify Committee

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Woodruff Alumni Advisory Board Members

Dr. Sylvia Cerel-Suhl 84C

Retired Physician, Educator, and Volunteer

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Jake Cronin 18C

Co-Founder, Siro

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Kathy Gersh 94B

Chief Commercial Officer, Kotter International

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Jill M. Hayes 90N

University of North Georgia, retired Professor Emeritus

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Embry Kidd 05C

U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

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Elsa Mekonnen 22N

Research Nurse Practitioner, Emory University

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Joyce Neal 04L

Managing Partner, The Law Office of Joyce Neal, LLC

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Molly Parmer 12L

Owner, Parmer Law

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Louis A. Ruprecht, Jr. 90G

William M. Suttles Chair of Religious Studies, Department of Anthropology, Georgia State University

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Jill A. Schreifer 05B

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Schreifer Group

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Scott Weintraub 06G

University of New Hampshire, Professor of Spanish, Coordinator of Liberal Studies, and Senior Faculty Fellow

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Quinn Yeargain 19L

Assistant Professor of Law, Widener University

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Emory Staff

Catie Miller

Executive Director, Office of Principal Gifts

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Van Tong

Senior Associate Director, Office of Principal Gifts

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