Thank You To Our 2009 Leadership!

Atlanta

R. Timothy Stack

R. Timothy Stack is serving as Atlanta Light The Night's Corporate Walk Chairman. Since December 2001, R. Timothy Stack has served as president and CEO of Piedmont Healthcare. Mr. Stack previously served as president and CEO of Borgess Health Alliance and was president and CEO of Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, Mich. Prior to joining Borgess, Mr. Stack was president and CEO of South Side Healthcare System in Pittsburgh, Pa. He also served as senior vice president and COO at Central Medical Center and Hospital in Pittsburgh. Mr. Stack earned a bachelor of arts degree from Bethany College and a master's in hospital administration from the Medical College of Virginia. He and his wife, Mary, reside in Atlanta and have three sons.

Albany

Dr. Anthony O. Parker

Dr. Anthony Parker is serving as this year's Corporate Walk Chairman in Albany. He has been president of Albany Technical College since July 1995. He is the former vice president of student services at Aiken Technical College in Aiken, S.C, and Southeastern Tech in Vidalia, Ga. Mr. Parker received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from South Carolina State University, a master of education degree in counseling and guidance from South Carolina State University, a specialist in education degree in educational administration from Augusta College and a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. Parker completed a specialized postgraduate training program at the Harvard University Graduate School's Institute of Educational Management.  Mr. Parker, a blood cancer survivor, and his wife have three children.

Augusta

Charles Parker

Charles Parker is serving as this year's Corporate Walk Chairman in Augusta. Mr. Parker is currently Senior Vice President in Commercial  Lending for Georgia Bank and Trust Company of Augusta as well as a Senior Vice President and Financial Consultant with GB&T Financial Services.

A native of Durham NC, he attended high school there and graduated from Durham High School in 1962.  He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1967 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
Mr. Parker has been in the banking industry since1968 , having performed various roles in commercial lending and credit administration for various banking institutions including First National Bank of Atlanta, Bankers First Corporation, SouthTrust Bank and Wachovia Bank.  Mr. Parker lives in Augusta with his wife and two sons.

Atlanta

Donna Lowry

Donna Lowry is serving as the Atlanta Light The Night's Honorary Chairperson. For the last 22 years, she has been a reporter at WXIA-TV in Atlanta. Ms. Lowry received a degree in Communications/Administration and Management at Chatham University in Pittsburgh and a masters degree in journalism from Northwestern University near Chicago. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Sheltering Arms Child Care Centers and the Black Women Film Preservation Project. She is also involved in the Magnolia Chapter of Links, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, the Atlanta Association of Media Women and the Southeastern National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Ms. Lowry and her husband have three daughters.

Savannah

Thomas Z. Jones

Mr. Jones, president of Armstrong Atlantic State University, is serving as this year's Corporate Walk Chairman in Savannah. A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Jones holds a bachelor of arts in physics from Fairmont State University in West Virginia, a master of arts in geology from West Virginia University, and a Ph.D. in geology from Miami University (Ohio). Prior to joining AASU in 2000, Jones served on the faculty and administration at Columbus State University, where he served as the vice president for academic affairs from 1988-2000. He has thirty-eight years of college/university teaching and administrative experience.  He has been a faculty member at Indiana State University, Emory and Henry College (Virginia), and West Virginia University Institute of Technology.  While at West Virginia Tech, Jones served as the Westmoreland Professor of Mining (endowed professorship), dean of the College of Technology and Applied Sciences and as vice president for academic affairs.

Athens

E.H. Culpepper

E.H. Culpepper served as this year's Corporate Walk Chairman for the Athens Light The Night Walk.

Mr. Culpepper was a past Chairman of the Board of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce and a staunch supporter of the organization. He was a very active Rotarian, past President of the Athens Touchdown Club and past Chairman of the Clarke County Civic Center Study Commission. He was the first chairman of the Classic Center Authority. He was a board member of the Salvation Army and Y.W.C.O and was a trustee of the Georgia Student Education Fund.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society was dear to Mr. Culpepper, as he looked forward to helping bring area businesses and the community together to help him in the fight against these diseases.  Even though he lost his fight with cancer, he will always be remembered for his commitment to make a difference.