The UGA Alumni Association
2004
2005
Caree Joli Jackson (MS ’04, PhD ’08) College of Family and Consumer Sciences
Christy Overall (BBA ’05) Terry College of Business
Researcher and Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mableton, Ga. At the CDC, Jackson is part of a team charged with implementing first lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move child care initiative. Jackson also co-leads a federal interagency workgroup focused on healthy weight in early childhood and oversees the CDC’s technicalassistance activities to states and communities that are pursuing obesity-prevention efforts in early child care and educational settings. In 2012 she received a Pacesetter Award from the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Senior Information Technology Consultant, Technisource Buford, Ga. A former member of the Terry College of Business Alumni Board, Overall now serves as the sponsorship chair for the Terry Professional Women’s Conference and is on the Alumni Association’s Women of UGA Steering Committee. Through her work at the Technisource Internet technology consulting firm, she mentors women in the IT field through “Girls Get I.T.” In 2012 she was named the Sigma Kappa Alpha Alumnus of the Year.
Joby Young (AB ’05, JD ’09) Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, School of Law Chief of Staff, U.S. Rep. Austin Scott, 8th District Villa Rica, Ga. Young is one of the youngest chiefs of staff to serve a congressman in Washington, D.C., after overseeing Austin Scott’s 2010 campaign. Prior to that he worked for the office of the lieutenant governor of Georgia as legislative counsel. He is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association, The Federalist Society and the Republican National Lawyers Association.
2007
2010
Thomas J. (T.J.) Callaway IV (BBA ’07) Terry College of Business
Christie Haynes (AB/AB ’10) Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Co-founder and CEO, FiveMile.com Athens, Ga.
President, Dawson County Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau Cumming, Ga.
Callaway’s retail store, Fivemile. com, is dedicated to the outdoor sportsman. Callaway is a former chair of the Terry Young Alumni Board and is a past recipient of the Outstanding Citizen’s Award given by the Georgia secretary of state. Callaway’s entrepreneurial interests began early. At age 16, he began the Callaway Lawn Service, which he continued until his junior year at UGA. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Athens.
As the former executive director of the BlakelyEarly County Chamber of Commerce, Haynes established a youth leadership program to benefit underprivileged kids. In 2009 and 2010, Haynes served as deputy political director for Secretary of State Brian Kemp. She is on the board of directors for the School of Public and International Affairs Young Alumni Group and past president of the Southwest Georgia chapter of the UGA Alumni Association.
“Success is a self-established state of mind that comes from hard work, learning
from mistakes and accomplishments, and most importantly achieving an inner peace of mind. By approaching each day as a unique opportunity to grow and learn, success can be attained continuously.” —Milton Troy (MBA ’02) DECEMBER 2012 • GEORGIA MAGAZINE
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