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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
A vice presidential huddle? Nunn, Borders talk
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
At the close of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, Atlanta City Council President Lisa Borders huddled with former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn. (Both had just sat on the closing panel).
Borders, who was an early backer of Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, admitted to me that she was hoping Nunn would be asked to join the Democratic ticket.
She said she’s been urging people at the Obama campaign to seriously consider Nunn, 69.
Nunn’s foreign policy experience coupled with his stature and maturity would complement an Obama administration. When he was senator, he served as chair of the Armed Services Committee. More recently, he has been running the Nuclear Threat Initiative to reduce the threat of weapons of mass destruction around the world.
Of course, Nunn was careful in how he responded to reporters’ questions about whether he was open to becoming a vice presidential candidate.
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Arthritis Foundation names new CFO
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Arthritis Foundation, which is based in Atlanta, has announced that Christopher Corrigan has been named its new chief financial officer overseeing the non-profit’s financial and administrative operations.
Corrigan most recently has been a chief financial officer of the liberal arts college at Emory University where he helped managed an annual budget of more than $215 million. Corrigan also holds the rank of captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
The Arthritis Foundation serves 46 million people in the United States who are living with arthritis. Since 1948, the Arthritis Foundation has invested more than $380 million in research. It is one of many non-profits that has its headquarters in Atlanta.
Corrigan will be reporting to John H. Klippel, the CEO of the Arthritis Foundation.
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Azira Hill honored by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
At the annual dinner meeting of the Atlanta Symphony board on Monday evening, Azira Hill was given a special honor.
She was elected to be a life director of the ASO, an honor that is only share by five other people.
Azira Hill, wife of retired Atlanta Life CEO Jesse Hill, was awarded that distinction because of all the work she has done to inspire the development of talent among young African-American and Latino students.
She helped establish the ASO’s Talent Development Program in 1993, which has prepared 81 students for study at music conservatories, colleges and universities by providing tuition-free instruction.
The Azira G. Hill Scholarship Fund, established in 1999 to honor Mrs. Hill, allows students to attend prestigious national summer music study program. It has become a model among orchestras around the country as a way to develop new talent, particularly in minority and ethnic communities.
“The award dinner was outstanding,” Jesse Hill told me Tuesday morning. The dinner was held at the new W Hotel Midtown at Colony Square. He openly was beaming with pride over the honor given to his wife of 53 years.
The annual dinner also witnessed the passing of the ASO chairmanship from Margaret Reiser of Boardwalk Consulting to Ben Johnson, longtime leader of Alston & Bird.
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