Staff and Board
Leadership
Dominique Derbigny Sims
Senior Vice President
Dominique Derbigny Sims
Dominique Derbigny Sims is the senior vice president at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. In this role, Dominique supports the organization’s strategic vision and oversees its outreach and strategic campaigns and communications teams.
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Research
David Schaefer
Vice President of Research and Policy
David Schaefer
David Schaefer is the vice president of research and policy at the Georgia Budget and Policy Insitute. Davd helps interweave the organization's policy areas into a cohesive whole, coupling research with legislative opportunities to advance equity statewide.
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Ray Khalfani
Senior Analyst, Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems
Ray Khalfani
Ray Khalfani is the Senior Analyst covering GBPI's worker justice and criminal legal systems portfolio. In this role, Ray advocates for policies that promote the prosperity of Georgia workers and reduce the use of the state's carceral system to address the needs of Georgians that are often rooted in social and economic injustice.
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Ashley Young
Education Analyst
Ashley Young
Ashley Young is the Education Analyst at the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute. Ashley champions equitable higher education policy through research and data analysis to ensure that all students have fair access to post-secondary education and training.
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Danny Kanso
Director of Legislative Strategy and Senior Fiscal Analyst
Danny Kanso
Danny Kanso is the Director of Legislative Strategy and Senior Fiscal Analyst at GBPI. Danny leads GBPI's fiscal policy research and advocates for a state budget and tax system that is equitable, transparent and promotes the well-being of all Georgians.
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Operations
Crystal Johnson
Director of Administration & Human Resources
Crystal Johnson
As Director of Administration & HR, Crystal Johnson oversees essential business processes including operations, human resources, and administrative functions. She serves as a strategic thought partner to review and enhance policies and procedures to ensure they align with stated values and mission.
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Outreach
Erin Robinson
Director of Outreach and Strategic Campaigns
Erin Robinson
As Director of Outreach and Strategic Campaigns, Erin leads the organization's outreach strategy, including work engaging partners, coalitions, and individual Georgians. In this role she also drives GBPI's campaign strategies to achieve wins on policy priorities which build economic opportunity for all Georgians.
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Development
Rachel Stanley
Associate Director of Development
Rachel Stanley
Rachel Stanley serves as GBPI's Associate Director of Development. In this role, she supports the organization's financial growth and sustainability with a focus on individual and institutional giving and development systems and processes.
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Communications
Lauren Frazier
Director of Strategic Communications
Lauren Frazier
Lauren Frazier serves as the Director of Strategic Communications for the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI). In this role, she sets and guides the strategy for all communications, website, and public relations messages and collateral to consistently articulate GBPI's mission.
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Anthony Hill
Communications Manager
Anthony Hill
As GBPI’s Communications Manager, Anthony leads the organization’s media relations and press communication strategy. In this role, Anthony is responsible for supporting GBPI’s media relations work, writing a variety of materials for GBPI’s audience as well as supporting campaign communications.
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Board of Directors
Susan E. Neugent, Chair
President Emeritus | Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Sachin Varghese, Vice Chair
Attorney | Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP
James McCoy, Treasurer
President and CEO | Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce
Teresa Tomlinson, Secretary
Former Mayor of Columbus, GA; Partner | Hall Smith Booth
Thomas Boller
Retired | Stateside Investment
Carla Cartwright
Director of Client Services | AKQA
Robiaun Charles
Founding Partner and Senior Consultant | ECG
Ann Duffy
Senior Consultant | Education First
Lois Frank
Former Director | Mazon
Norelie Garcia
AVP – Next Generation Marketing | AT&T Marketing & Growth
Charles Johnson
Retired | General Counsel, VP of External Affairs | Tuskegee University
Glenda Minkin
Development Consultant
Yasmine Murray
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | H.J. Russell & Company
Natosha Reid Rice
Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer | Habitat for Humanity International
Maria del Rosario Palacios
SE Regional Organizing Manager | NARAL
Robert Sills
Corporate Counsel | Amazon
David Sjoquist
Professor | Georgia State University
Jim Stokes
Retired | Alston & Bird
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