Board of Directors

Rodney Adams is founder of R. H. Adams & Associates, a business management consultancy that delivers strategic planning, marketing and business development services for small businesses and nonprofits. Adams has over 30 years of business experience with IBM, Monster.com, Allied Digital Services and others, along with a passion for education and community service. He has excelled at business development and sales management across several lines of business including education, technology, professional services and consulting services. Adams & Associates also provides development services for non-profits and charitable organizations.

Adams is Executive Director of the William H. Adams Youth Foundation located in Columbus, Ohio. He is a Board Member for the Henry Arthur Callis Education Foundation of Marietta, GA, and the Correctional Education Association Southern Region, where he serves as the CEA Georgia State Chapter President.

Adams has a bachelor’s degree in Labor and Human Resources from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Matt Almand is a director in the Chick-fil-A, Inc. Legal Department. Eat Mor Chikin! Prior to joining Chick-fil-A in 2013, he worked with the Atlanta-based law firm Troutman Sanders and as in-house counsel with McKesson Corporation. Matt is a graduate of Leadership Georgia (’17) and the CFA Strategic Leadership program sponsored by Duke University (’15). He is a “Double Dawg,” having received both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Georgia. At UGA, Matt met his wife of 14 years, and they now reside in Fayetteville with their three daughters. Matt was introduced to EWW in 2013, when he danced the Argentine Tango in the annual “Stars Dancing to Change Lives” fundraiser event – and won the mirror ball! Matt fell in love with EWW’s mission and has been an active supporter ever since. He joined the Board of Directors in 2015.

Kelly Boatright has over 21 years of experience with The Coca-Cola Company, serving in various marketing leadership roles throughout her tenure.

She also served for five years as Board of Director President for Ovarian Cycle, an Atlanta-based non-profit organization (now part of Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance), dedicated to raising funds for ovarian cancer research. Under her leadership, the organization raised $1M+ and expanded to multiple cities throughout the U.S.

Kelly is a graduate of Texas A&M University and lives in Marietta, GA with her husband, Kyle, and son, Alex. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, reading, sports and time with family and friends.

Katie is a Director and Senior Development Officer with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation (CHOA), specializing in Major and Legacy Giving. She joined CHOA in early 2012 and leads efforts to develop community awareness and secure philanthropic support for the not-for-profit pediatric healthcare system of hospitals, facilities, and programs. She manages philanthropic budgetary needs for programs within Family Services, Palliative Care, Canines For Kids, the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, and the Marcus Autism Center.

Prior to joining CHOA, Katie was a fund-raiser and consultant for six years with Capitol Strategy Group in Atlanta, where she managed a variety of statewide fundraising initiatives and programs. Clients included Gubernatorial and Congressional political campaigns, not-for-profits, and various special projects.

Katie enjoys volunteering with organizations that advocate for children and families. In addition to serving Every Woman Works, she most recently serves on the Clinical Pastoral Education Professional Advisory Group for CHOA, as well as for various programs at her church and her children’s schools. She also volunteers and advocates for the ministry Manos de Jesús (with Pray America), which serves widow and orphan families of Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Katie served on the Board of Directors for the Georgia Department of Public Health from 2012-2015 and has volunteered for not-for-profits including La Amistad in Atlanta and The Angel’s House in Newnan.

Katie earned two bachelor’s degrees in Journalism and Spanish from the University of Georgia and a certificate of study from La Universidad de Granada in Spain. The Newnan native and her husband, Doug Miller, have two young daughters and reside in Atlanta in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood. Her favorite pastimes include running, traveling, taking on special home projects, and spending time with her family.

Dr. Finley has extensive supervisory and management and operations experience.  This experience has been obtained through his work with State Health Offices, Public Health Departments, International Ministries of Health and CDC Global Health Offices.  Dr. Finley has also provided support for several CDC International Health Agencies.

From 2007-2010, Dr. Finley served as a Deputy Director for a $250m PEPFAR (Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) funded program. As director, Dr. Finley supervised 60-employees under this international program initiative.  Dr. Finley is also an Academic Instructor for Colorado State University Global Campus, Master’s in Public Health Program. Dr. Finley has strong leadership skills in planning, coordinating, training, evaluating, developing, and implementing program operations and strategies for effectiveness and efficiency within the CDC Center for Global Health, Division of Global HIV/AIDS and preceding programs.

Dr. Ryland Gore is a board-certified, fellowship-trained surgeon in breast surgical oncology who specializes in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of benign and cancerous breast cancers, as well as all breast-related disorders. A highly-trained physician skilled in advanced breast surgery procedures and minimally-invasive techniques, Dr. Gore treats each patient with the highest standard of care, serving them with compassion and empathy.

A native of Atlanta, Dr. Gore grew up in nearby Stone Mountain, and received her undergraduate education at Furman University in South Carolina, graduating cum lade. She then received her Master of Public Health at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services in Washington D.C. before returning to Atlanta, where she completed her medical education at the Morehouse University School of Medicine, graduating cum laude. Dr. Gore then completed her residency in general surgery at the Rush University Medical Center and John H. Stroger Cook County Hospital in Chicago before completing a Breast Oncology Fellowship at the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Dr. Gore is actively involved in studies on breast cancer, has had her research published numerous times and has served in community outreach programs as an advocate to help spread breast cancer awareness. In her free time, she enjoys painting, jazz, visiting aquariums and museums and travelling on road trips.

Education and Training

• Doctor of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine
• Residency, General Surgery, Rush University Medical Center
• Fellowship, Breast Surgical Oncology, Maimonides Medical Center

Certifications and Affiliations

• Member, Society of Surgical Oncology
• Member, American Association for Public Health Physicians
• Member, American Society of Breast Surgeons

Hospital Privileges

• Northside Hospital – Forsyth

Stacey grew up with a legacy of building our community and giving back. Her grandparents, an attorney and a school teacher founded a church, and taught people within their community how to read in the basement of the church after work in the evenings.

She graduated from Cornell University in New York. Most of her work has been in the arena of fostering diversity inclusion and empowerment to women, children and families. In 1999, she joined several families in creating a Sunday School for children to learn their cultural history and build a foundation of self-awareness for cultivating empowerment at an early age. In 2002, she incorporated the program as a non-profit 501(c)(3) entity.

In 2005 she was elected as Council Woman in New Jersey. She served in this capacity for four consecutive years, and built a landscape around women empowerment which led to an appointment as a delegate and an invitation to initiate a Political Women’s organization for the county, and to serve on NJ’s non-partisan State Political Caucus for Women –  ensuring that all parties worked together to promote and secure political positions for women. In 2007 , she traveled to India as part of a mission with the NJ State Chamber of Commerce to build global partnerships with Chambers of other countries. They adopted a school to once again help empower disenfranchised children.

Today, Stacey resides with her husband Hollis and they share a hybrid of seven children. She serves as the Executive Director of Every Woman Works, Inc. (EWW) moving women from dependency to self sufficiency. She also serves her sorority Delta Sigma Theta, her church Zion Missions Baptist in Marietta and mentors High School students from the Cobb County community of schools.

During the course of my twelve years as an educator, I have continued to cultivate my passion for facilitating the growth and leadership potential of my students. At Montclair State, I taught a graduate course devoted to enhancing the literacy skills of practicing teachers, in order to allow them to develop more inclusive curriculum for students of varying learning abilities. Similarly, at Nyack, I taught a foundational course aimed at strengthening the reading and writing skills of first year students who require additional development classes prior to beginning their collegiate career. Combining these experiences allow me to practice the inclusive curriculum I taught at Montclair State to my students at Nyack – allowing me to teach, in both settings, with a unique and practical perspective.

Currently, I am no longer working as an adjunct and have continued to serve my community. I am working as a Grady Hospital Ambassador, Co-chair of Big Brother Big Sister Gala and on the board with Every Woman Works.

Megan is a Senior Assurance Manager with Dixon Hughes Goodman and has over nine years of experience in public accounting and providing assurance services to non-profit organizations. Prior to joining Dixon Hughes Goodman, Megan graduated from The University of Georgia with a B.B.A. in Accounting and a Masters of Accountancy.

Megan was introduced to Every Woman Works through a co-worker (who is friends with Catherine Lautenbacher, a fellow Board member!), and after attending the Dancing with the Stars 2019 event, knew that she wanted to somehow be involved with the organization and is now super excited to serve as the Treasurer. Megan also currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

Megan recently got married in October 2019 and currently resides in Grant Park with her husband Jordan. Her favorite pastimes include working out, traveling, eating good food, drinking fabulous red wines, reading, and hanging out with friends and family.

Catherine Lautenbacher is the Program Director of Leadership Sandy Springs.  She also serves on the board of Discover Dunwoody.  Previously she was in the US Air Force as an intelligence officer, and worked for Solectron as a product engineer.  She has an aerospace engineering degree from Boston University and an MBA from UNC Charlotte.  She lives in Dunwoody with her husband, and has two children in college.

H. Peter Mansel is president and co-founder of 4P Group, Inc. a marketing and business planning company based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He also has thirty years of telecommunications operations, marketing, strategic planning and sales experience at senior executive level positions.

While employed at New York Telephone/NYNEX he was one of twelve people a year selected for the Executive MBA program. He completed this intensive two-year program with a 3.85/4.0 GPA. He was the first product manager at NYNEX to implement a major Virtual Private Network (VPN) service offering after divestiture.

While employed at Tandem Computers, Inc. he was given the opportunity to identify and develop sales to the Wireless Industry. He authored the Wireless Strategy Document, met with Wireless Carrier senior executives, developed relationships with application service providers, trained the telecom sales force and launched a sales and marketing campaign to the Wireless Industry. Wireless Industry revenues grew from US$0 to > US$100 million annually after five years.

Until recently, Pete was also a board member of non-profit Caribbean Media Exchange, Inc (CMEx) and Marketplace Excellence Corporation MPE a boutique Public Relations Agency catering to Caribbean clients.

Natalie’s depth of expertise gives her a uniquely seasoned, holistic perspective of what it takes to launch, build and grow indispensable brands. A strategist with the uncanny ability to quickly assess complex business situations, she has built a reputation for identifying key issues that block organizations and brands from reaching their full market potential. Natalie is known for being pragmatic and energetic with clients, while employing non-traditional thinking to achieve outstanding results.

As managing partner at FullSurge, an independent strategic brand and marketing consultancy, Natalie oversees the Atlanta office and leads client engagements with Delta Air Lines, Georgia-Pacific, SunTrust, University of Georgia, WarnerMedia and other industry leaders. After orchestrating the 2019 merger of FullSurge with BrightBlue Branding, the Atlanta-based consulting firm she founded, Natalie is spearheading the combined firm’s rebranding.

After almost a decade of working on others’ brands, Natalie launched a start-up and created the mobile app BackPeddle. It was the only social media app that enabled users to choose a customized expiration date, after which the post was deleted from all online platforms. As general manager, she was responsible for branding and marketing, development and the app’s roll-out on iTunes and Google Play, which had a record-breaking 25,000 downloads in its first week.

Natalie believes in giving back to the Atlanta community. Her board positions include Her Term, CHRIS 180, Aurora and WNBA’s Atlanta Dream Inspiring Woman Foundation. She has also contributed significant pro bono work for BronzeLens Film Festival, Chris 180, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Cartoon Network’s Stop Bullying, Speak Up and WellSpring Living. Natalie’s insights often reflect her extensive cross-cultural and academic experiences, garnered by living and working in Australia, Belgium, England, New Zealand, and Spain. She served as an adjunct professor at Georgia State University, as well as earned an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and undergraduate degree from The American University.

Natalie worked in New York for the largest global branding firms, Interbrand and Landor, before returning to her hometown of Atlanta in 2003 to build her own businesses and raise a family. 

Yvonne Washington O’Riley is an experienced information technology services professional and has worked for the IBM Corporation for 35 years.  She is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute (PMI).  Yvonne’s recent experience has been in the role of Delivery Project Executive, managing multi-million dollar contracts for commercial accounts and leading global teams.  She has also performed the role of Curriculum Coordinator and Instructor for IBM Marketing Training and Management Development. She possesses skills in the areas of service delivery, project executive management, business area management, project management, professional development management, client relationship, and account management.

Yvonne has served on the Board of Directors for Every Woman Works since 2018, where she served as Secretary for the board for two years and chaired the Silent Auction committee for Stars Dancing in 2019.  Yvonne is a native of Los Angeles, California.  She attended the University of California, Irvine, majoring in Mathematics and the University of California, Los Angeles Masters of Business Administration program.  She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority and attends Impact United Methodist Church.  She is married to Mark O’Riley and resides in Atlanta, Georgia.