The Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia announced it has selected DePriest Waddy as the organization’s next President and CEO. DePriest, currently Chief Executive Officer of Atlanta nonprofit Families First, will assume his new role on June 1. “I am thrilled...
He spent 38 years serving as Gwinnett County Public Schools’ Chief Operation Officer. During his career, L. “Jim” Steele built 97 schools – more than any other single person in the country. Last year, L. “Jim” Steele passed away but not before...
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By the time she was 13, Kaitlyn Dixon had been to more doctor appointments than most of us will experience in a lifetime. She was born with a heart condition that led to her needing a heart transplant at 13, and yet, she never wanted the focus to be on her. “She...
He spent 38 years serving as Gwinnett County Public Schools’ Chief Operation Officer. During his career, L. “Jim” Steele built 97 schools – more than any other single person in the country. Last year, L. “Jim” Steele passed away but not before...
Meet the young couple practicing philanthropy in the community they grew up in Their story is all about community. The Gwinnett community they grew up in – a mile away from each other but never really connecting until after college. Their school community,...
By the time she was 13, Kaitlyn Dixon had been to more doctor appointments than most of us will experience in a lifetime. She was born with a heart condition that led to her needing a heart transplant at 13, and yet, she never wanted the focus to be on her. “She...
He spent 38 years serving as Gwinnett County Public Schools’ Chief Operation Officer. During his career, L. “Jim” Steele built 97 schools – more than any other single person in the country. Last year, L. “Jim” Steele passed away but not before...
Meet the young couple practicing philanthropy in the community they grew up in Their story is all about community. The Gwinnett community they grew up in – a mile away from each other but never really connecting until after college. Their school community,...
