Board & Governance

Our Board

  • Barrett Coker Krise

    Chair

  • Kavin Manickaraj

    Vice Chair

  • Aaron Topol

    Treasurer

  • Rhonda Collins

    Secretary

Executive Committee

  • Donovan Johnson

  • Christopher Leerssen

  • Glen Manjos

Trustees

Bruce Barfield
Tim Bentsen
Rabbi Peter Berg
Charlotte Christian Greg Farr

Sean Fahie Steve Goodman Mary Ellen Imlay Bem Joiner
Garry Long

Glen Manjos
Larry Mansfield
Samantha Lilly
Scott Parker
Gigi Rouland Chelsea Ulrich Tarnoff

Lifetime Trustees

  • Ann Abrams

  • Bill Adams

  • Norman Asher

  • Dorothy Chandler

  • Beverly M. DuBose III

  • H. Alan Elsas

  • Lillian Gantsoudes

  • George Hart

  • Penny Hart

  • May B. Hollis

  • Alfred Kennedy

  • S. Zachry Young

Group of people participating in a groundbreaking ceremony, holding shovels and smiling, with a green sign in the background and trees around.

Our Partnership with the City of Atlanta

Oakland Cemetery is a City of Atlanta park managed in partnership with the Department of Parks and Recreation. The Historic Oakland Foundation staff works collaboratively and closely with the City of Atlanta to fulfill the organization’s mission of preserving, restoring, enhancing, and sharing historic Oakland Cemetery.

Sexton Sam Reed manages a crew of city employees who are responsible for the publicly maintained areas and buildings. HOF works closely with Sexton Reed and the Department of Parks and Recreation through a Memorandum of Understanding to care for and share historic Oakland Cemetery.