Berry People Executive leadership:
Roxanne Spillett
Alan Storey
Brad Dinsmore
Alan Storey
Pete Capponi
Alan Storey
Fred Tharpe (68A)
Tim Goodwin (03C) 6
Berry Magazine • Fall 2014
Nonprofit leader Roxanne Spillett, banking executive Brad Dinsmore and former Berry Board of Visitors Chairman Pete Capponi have been elected as members of the Berry College Board of Trustees. They are joined in service as trustees by newly-appointed Board of Visitors Chairman Fred Tharpe (68A) and Berry Alumni Association President Tim Goodwin (03C), while emeritus recognition has been extended to retiring trustees Pete Roberts and Terry Graham for distinguished service of 28 and 15 years, respectively. Spillett was president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for 16 years and an appointee to the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation under George W. Bush. She made three consecutive appearances on The NonProfit Times’ “Power 50” list and is a past recipient of the Excellence in National Executive Leadership Award of the National Human Services Assembly. In 2006, she was cited in a Newsweek feature, “15 People Who Make America Great.” In May, she addressed graduates at Berry’s spring commencement. Dinsmore is corporate executive vice president of consumer banking and private wealth management for SunTrust Bank Inc., overseeing operations and delivery to nearly 5 million consumers. Previously, he held leadership positions with Citigroup and Bank of America. In addition to his work with Berry, he serves with the Woodruff Arts Center and the Greater Atlanta Christian School Foundation. Capponi is senior vice president at RPS/GaiaTech, a leading environmental services firm. His service to Berry dates to his 2007 appointment to the Board of Visitors. In 2012, he was named chair of that leadership and advisory group. Tharpe is senior director for global construction management at Turner Properties, a division of Turner Broadcasting. He has served on the Board of Visitors since 2009 and is a past member of the Executive Advisory Council for the Campbell School of Business. Goodwin is the owner of an investment advisory firm and the 2007 recipient of Berry’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award (see page 7 for more). In addition to a new chairman, the Board of Visitors also gained four new members: David Asbury (84C), CEO of Northwestern Benefit Corp. of Georgia; John Beck (71C), a retiree from Aflac Insurance Co. and co-owner of Homewood Suites by Hilton in Columbus, Ga.; Anne Berry Bonnyman, retired Episcopal minister and full-time painter; and John Coleman (04C), head of strategy for Invesco Ltd.
Alan Storey
Boards welcome new members
Alumni leadership
Jennifer Schaknowski (above) is heading up Berry’s alumni efforts as the new director of alumni development, while Jennifer Beard (93C, 00G) has been promoted to associate director of alumni relations. Schaknowski possesses a strong mix of skills and experience that includes creation of her own marketing company and service as a brand and communications leader for Cox Communications. She impressed the search committee – that included alumni representing more than a half century of Berry history – and the campus community with her energy, enthusiasm and instant grasp of what makes Berry special. She is charged with building on past successes and taking alumni connectivity to even higher levels. Beard is a longtime member of Berry’s alumni team who most recently served as interim director of alumni relations following the March departure of Chris Watters (89C) to further her career goals in a senior alumni role with Bucknell University in Pennsylvania.