New Members Join Board of Trustees

The Agnes Scott College Board of Trustees welcomed four new members in July. James M. (Jay) Bailey and Julia A. Houston were newly elected to four-year terms. Meanwhile, Whitney M. Ott ’03, who has represented the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association on the board for the past four years, is also beginning her first elected term, and Tiffany M. Nuriddin ’07 is joining as the newly elected president of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association.

“We are delighted to welcome the newest members of our Board of Trustees,” says Leocadia I. Zak, president of Agnes Scott. “Our trustees are instrumental to our ability to fulfill our mission.”

Jay Bailey is president and CEO of the H.J. Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE), where he leads the world’s largest entrepreneurial hub dedicated to developing, growing and scaling Black businesses. Under Bailey’s leadership, RICE has grown to support more than 500 entrepreneurs in just four years, sustaining 2,153 jobs in the community and sparking $478 million of new economic impact in the metro Atlanta area.

Julia Houston, JD, serves as chief strategy and marketing officer at Equifax while also overseeing communications, compliance, privacy and enterprise risk. She joined Equifax in 2013 and previously served as chief transformation officer and senior vice president, U.S. legal. Before joining Equifax, Houston was general counsel and corporate secretary at Convergys Corporation, as well as general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary at Mirant Corporation.

Whitney Ott ’03 is a partner at Jackson Spalding, one of the largest independent, integrated public relations and marketing firms in the Southeast. As a strategic partner and member of the executive team, she helps run the agency and oversees projects for high-profile clients, including The Coca-Cola Company. She also leads client messaging, coaching and facilitation sessions.

Tiffany Nuriddin ’07, JD, is a partner at Harrison LLP, where she serves on the executive committee. A fellow with the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, she consults on estate planning and administration, family wealth transfer tax planning, succession planning and fiduciary litigation.

Adrian J. Cronje, Quinton R. Martin, Deborah H. Painter ’75 and Elizabeth A. Shiroishi ’97 ended their board service June 30. In addition, former trustees Elizabeth R. Jones ’73, Phil Noble and E. Jenner Wood III were named trustees emerita/us of the college.

Thank you to the sponsors of the Women’s Global Leadership Conference