Allison O’Kelly (BBA ’94) Terry College of Business CEO of Mom Corps Farmington, Conn. A former executive at Toys “R” Us, O’Kelly founded a job placement center for female executives looking for part-time employment. O’Kelly also founded the Terry College of Business Professional Women’s Conference in 2009. She holds an MBA from Harvard University.
Katy Lewis Parker (AB ’94, JD ’99) Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, School of Law Legal Director for the ACLU of NC Clayton, N.C.
A primary news anchor, Bullock won an Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Association in 2001 and a Southeast Emmy Award in 2009.
Parker defends clients who have been denied their rights under the Constitution or federal or state law. She has successfully defended students segregated by race and a prisoner author who was denied the right to write while incarcerated.
Christopher M. Carr (BBA ’95, JD ’99) Terry College of Business, School of Law Chief of Staff for U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson Dunwoody, Ga.
1995 Mark Bullock (ABJ ’95) Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication News anchor for WSFATV, Raycom Media Montgomery, Ala.
Since 2004, Carr has worked full time for Johnny Isakson, first as campaign manager and chief of staff for then-Congressman Isakson and later as campaign manager and chief-of-staff to Sen. Isakson. He was named to Gov. Nathan Deal’s Judicial Nominating Commission.
William “Lance” Compton (ABJ ’95) Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication Founder, President and CEO of Red Clay Interactive Flowery Branch, Ga. Compton founded the digital marketing and web design business, based in Gainesville, in 2000. In both 2010 and 2011 Red Clay was among the UGA Alumni Association’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Bulldog Businesses. Lisa Gipson (BSFCS ’95, (MEd ’01) College of Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Education Training and development at Chickfil-A Inc. Smyrna, Ga. Gipson coordinates Chick-fil-A’s training programs for franchise owners around the country. In 2010 she received the College of Family and Consumer Sciences Award for Outstanding Service.
(Top) Allison O’Kelly, (Middle) Katy Lewis Parker, Mark Bullock, Christopher M. Carr, (Bottom) William “Lance” Compton, Lisa Gipson, Leo Welf, Keith Blackwell
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Leo Welf (ABJ ’95) Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication President of Payscape Advisors Atlanta, Ga. Founded by Welf in 2004 with three employees, the financial services company now has more than 100 account managers and 2010 revenues of more than $5 million. Payscape was ranked in the top 10 on the UGA List of Top 100 Bulldog Businesses in 2010 and 2011.
1996 Keith Blackwell (AB ’96, JD ’99) School of Public and International Affairs, School of Law Judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals Smyrna, Ga. Prior to becoming an appeals judge in 2010, Blackwell served as deputy special attorney general for the state of Georgia, as a partner with Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP and as an assistant district attorney in Cobb County.