Alumnae Board Nominations
Incoming President | Ellen Parker Gaffney ’87 (voted in as president-elect in 2021) Grace “Gracie” Greer Phillips ’55 | Atlanta, Ga. Gracie Phillips retired from a lifelong career in civic and political leadership, including service as campaign treasurer and later as a member of the executive team of Governor Joe Frank Harris for eight years. She also worked for the State Board of Workers’ Compensation as a division director. During her tenure there, she was nominated to the prestigious Academy of Women Achievers by the YWCA. Grace served on the Georgia Historical Society’s Board of Curators and as board chairman from 2004 to 2006. In addition, she has also served on the Boards of Directors for the Georgia Executive Women Network, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, the Florence Crittenden Home and the Metropolitan Atlanta Crime Commission. Born in Valdosta, Georgia, Gracie grew up in Lakeland, Georgia, before coming to Agnes Scott, where she majored in history and political science. She has been an active alumna and currently helps organize a group of classmates and other college alumnae who live in the Lenbrook Retirement Community on Peachtree Road. Brandon Brame Fortune ’76 | Bethesda, Md. Chief Curator Emeritus, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute Brandon recently retired as chief curator at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, where she had served since 1987. Her interests in modern and contemporary portraiture led her to curate a major exhibition of mid-20th-century portraits by Elaine de Kooning (2015). She also organized the first two Outwin Boochever Portrait Competitions (2006 and 2009) and continues to serve as one of the competition’s judges. An art major at Agnes Scott, she went on to earn her M.A. and Ph.D. in art history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Fortune’s mother, Martha Reed Brame '49, also is an alumna of the college. Brandon has been an active alumna, arranging alumnae and student groups through the Global Journeys program on visits to the Gallery as well as serving as an officer for her class. Che’ Suggs Young ’98 | Macon, Ga. Judge, Macon Judicial Circuit Juvenile Court Che’ is an experienced assistant district attorney. She is skilled in criminal law, personal injury litigation, trial practice, Westlaw, and legal research. She earned her J.D. from Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law. Her Agnes Scott undergraduate degrees were in classics and biology. Jo Cranford Hodges ’00 | Atlanta, Ga. Independent Consultant Jo has more than 20 years of experience in fundraising, operations, external relations and strategic development in corporate, non-profit and government sectors. She has worked for CARE International, AT&T and the Arthritis Foundation. She's currently operating as an independent consultant leveraging extensive for-profit and not-for-profit leadership and experience with a focus on the following: relationship based fundraising, business development and brand building, board and volunteer engagement, process improvement, partnership and collaboration. Jo has also served on the board of Woodward Academy. She majored in political economy while at Agnes Scott. Shaya Gregory Poku, ’06 | Wheaton, Mass. Associate Vice President for Institutional Equity and Belonging Dean Shaya Gregory Poku moved into Wheaton College’s inaugural position of associate vice president for Institutional Equity and Belonging in 2021. Shaya's new role is a fulfillment of one of Wheaton’s continued on next page ~
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