Emily Acker joined Hillside to serve as President and CEO in August 2014. As one of Atlanta’s first charitableorganizations, today Hillside employs 250 professionals offering an array of intensive psychiatric […]
Category: SPEAKERS
Teresa Abboud (Alif Institute) – Sponsor – Wally Yazbak (11/20/2025)
My name is Teresa Abboud. I moved to Atlanta Georgia years ago coming directly from Lebanon. I graduated from the Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts as an illustrator and animator 2D. […]
James Haverty Smith – Sponsor – Terry Love (11/06/2025)
“Dreams of Dubai” – an Architect and Realtor in the world’s fastest city James Haverty Smith, an Atlanta native, is an award winning architect who, in 2017, was recruited to move […]
Marie-Christine Williams – Sponsor – Arthur Orekyeh (10/23/2025)
Marie-Christine Williams, survivor, author, speaker, captivates audiences with her story of anguish, disappointment, tragedy, horror…and ultimately, triumph, hope, and the unrelentless power of the human spirit. For just a moment […]
Barry E. Flink – Sponsor – Joel Eisenberg (10/16/2025)
Barry is Chief Entrepreneurial officer of Flink Inc a 33-year management consulting firm. The firm specializes in corporate funding, hospitality operational consulting, human resource management. Barry also has served as […]
Charles Bourgeois – Sponsor – Georgia Miller (10/02/2025)
Charles Bourgeois has nearly 20 years of experience across the hospitality, entertainment & beverage industries. Arriving in Atlanta in 2006 to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Morehouse […]