The Office of the Provost and the Office of Faculty Affairs are proud to announce the members of the 2024-25 Executive Leadership Academy for Women (ELAW) cohort.

This cohort-based leadership development program seeks to empower current and emerging leaders on the Georgia State staff who are committed to self-discovery, lifelong learning, career advancement, and leading from where they are.

ELAW provides professional development to help staff members build the skills necessary to be successful, regardless of whether they are in a new role or are more experienced supervisors who have not had formal leadership training.

The 2024-25 cohort includes:

• Kori Barham, Graduate Academic Advisor III for the Office of Academic Assistance, J. Mack Robinson College of Business
• LaJoi Boone, Coordinator of Student Engagement for the Office of Leadership and Service, Student Engagement
• Raychel Briggs, Manager of Marketing & Media for Student Engagement
• Vanessa Brown, Web Manager, Office of the Dean, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions
• Emily Buis, Project Coordinator for the National Institute for Student Success (NISS)
• Toni Butts, Graduation Counselor for University Advisement Center, Student Success
• lliana Cuadros, Accounting Manager for University Advancement
• Jazmyn Davis, Associate Director of Outreach for WomenLead
• Natasha De Veauuse Brown, Assistant Project Director for the Georgia Health Policy Center in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
• Amanda Jane Loverde Dobbs, Associate Director for Research Public Relations and Communications, Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development
• Alex Domaleski, Grants and Contracts Officer III for the Georgia Health Policy Center and the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
• Martha Fairley, Educational Technology Specialist Manager for College Technology Services, J. Mack Robinson College of Business
• La’Kesha M. Hughes, Associate Director for Undergraduate Career Advancement in the Career Advancement Center, J. Mack Robinson College of Business
• LeKeisha Jackson, Senior Advisor and Senior Research Associate at the Georgia Health Policy Center’s Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health
• Amanda Pinney, Director of Donor Relations, University Advancement
• Janaya Taylor, Assistant Director of Business Operations for the Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science (TReNDS) Center
• Molly Tucker, Training and Advocacy Manager for the Center for Leadership in Disability, School of Public Health
• Tammy Turner, Associate Director of Student Wellness, Student Health Promotion
• Kevette Woolfalk, Business Manager III for the School of Nursing, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions
• Tsehay Wright, Career & Employer Relationship Manager for the Graduate Career Advancement Center, J. Mack Robinson College of Business

To read the biographies of the 2024-25 ELAW cohort, click here to visit the ELAW web page on the Georgia State Advancement of Women website.

ELAW began from efforts by the Advancement of Women initiative to develop leadership programming in 2005, gaining its current title in 2012.

In 2021, ELAW became dedicated to staff members, while a parallel program for faculty was established, the Leadership Academy for Women Faculty (LAWF).

ELAW is administered through the Office of Faculty Affairs and is supported by the Office of the Provost in conjunction with participation by faculty and staff from other units around the university, including but not limited to the Office of the President and the WomenLead program of the J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

ELAW’s parallel program for faculty, LAWF, is planned to return in the 2025-26 academic year. (Application information will be announced during the Spring 2025 semester.)

— Jeremy Craig, Communications Manager, Office of the Provost