Community
Leaders Join AASU Board of Trustees
SAVANNAH,
GA––June 24, 2005— The Armstrong Atlantic State University
Foundation Board of Trustees announces that nine leaders from the
Savannah community have joined its twenty-four member board.
The purpose of the board is to acquire and administer funds and gifts
for the support of the university and its programs. Annually, the
foundation provides more than $300,000 to enhance academic and service
programs. The net assets of the foundation have increased from nearly
$300,000 in 1994 to more than $5 million presently.
The new members of the Foundation Board of Trustees are as follows:
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Bill
Cathcart is the vice president and general manager
of WTOC-TV in Savannah. He is an active member of the Savannah
Area Chamber of Commerce, including serving on the CEO Council
and the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Task Force that
provided community support for area military installations. He
also is a member of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum Board of
Trustees, the USO-Savannah Board, Rotary Club of Savannah, and
other community organizations. Cathcart earned a master's and
Ph.D. in broadcast communications from Ohio State University. |
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Matt
Gignilliat is the director of economic development
and regulatory affairs for Savannah Electric. His other work experience
includes managing part of Georgia-Pacific's recycled paper mill
in Effingham County and seven years with Union Carbide Corporation
in manufacturing and engineering. Gignilliat earned an industrial
engineering degree from Georgia Tech. He participates on the boards
of Savannah Technical College, United Way of the Coastal Empire,
and the Excellence Fund for Public Education. He and his family
are active members of Savannah Christian Church and are active
in Coastal Georgia Emmaus and Chrysalis communities. |
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John C. Howard, Jr., D.D.S.,
a native of Savannah, has practiced private dentistry locally
since 1974. A graduate of Savannah Country Day School, he later
earned an undergraduate degree in biology and his D.D.S. from
Emory University. He has received numerous awards and honors from
the American Dental Association and Georgia Dental Association.
Additionally, Howard has served as treasurer of the French Society,
chairman of the board for St. Andrews School, and Commodore of
the Savannah Yacht Club. |
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Karen Panzitta, M.D.,
is a practicing physician at Radiology Associates of Savannah.
She earned a degree in biology from Armstrong State College and
an M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. |
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Paul
Pressly is
education coordinator for the Ossabaw Island Foundation in Savannah.
The past-president of Savannah Country Day School, he has served
on the boards of the University of Georgia Press Advisory Council,
Georgia Historical Society, Telfair Museum of Art, Davenport House,
Rabun Gap Nacoochee School, and the Cum Laude Society. Pressly
earned a bachelor's in history from Princeton University, a master's
of public administration from Harvard University, and a doctorate
in philosophy from Oxford University. |
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Vernice
B. Rackett
is membership director for the Savannah Quarters Country Club.
Her other work experience includes being membership director for
the First City Club in Savannah. Rackett previously served on
the boards of the United Way of the Coastal Empire, Telfair Museum
of Art, Historic Savannah Foundation, and Memorial Health's Backus
Children's Hospital Board. She is a graduate of Leadership Savannah
and served on the corporate committee for the 2005 Liberty Mutual
Legends of Golf Tournament. She earned her bachelor's degree in
dental hygiene from the University of North Carolina— Chapel
Hill. |
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William
S. Ray, Jr., D.D.S.,
a native of Savannah, has practiced private dentistry in Savannah
since 1965. He attended the L.D. Pankey Institute for Advanced
Dental Education in Miami. He has been awarded fellowships in
the academy of general dentistry, The Pierre Fauchard Academy,
the Georgia Dental Association, the American College of Dentists,
and the International College of Dentists. A graduate of Savannah
High School, Ray attended Armstrong College. He completed his
pre-dental education at the University of Georgia, graduated from
Emory University's School and Dentistry, and later served in the
U.S. Dental Corps in Charleston. |
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Bert
Tenenbaum
is president of Chatham Steel Corporation in Savannah. He has
served on the boards of the Savannah Community Foundation, Chamber
of Commerce, Savannah Country Day School, and the North American
Steel Alliance. He earned a bachelor's in psychology from Emory
University.
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Linda
Zoller
is an active volunteer in the Savannah community. She currently
serves on the boards of Historic Savannah, Savannah-Chatham
County Youth Futures Authority, Savannah Country Day School,
and the Savannah Jewish Federation. She has served as president
of the Junior League of Savannah, Ronald McDonald House of the
Coastal Empire, Savannah/Chatham Commission on Children and
Youth, and the Savannah Foundation. She also has served actively
with the United Way and Second Harvest Food Bank. Zoller was
a member of the 1988-1990 class of Leadership Savannah and the
1993 class of Leadership Georgia.
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