AVP, Social Impact Innovation

Emory has hired its first Assistant Vice President for Social Impact Innovation. Tjuan Dogan comes to Emory with over a decade of experience in the area of corporate social responsibility, bringing a wealth of experience and a unique skill set not typically seen in university administrations. Tjuan will coordinate, inspire and demonstrate how the university contributes in a responsible and leading way to social impact on campus, in Atlanta, across the state and nation, and in global communities. Through the creation of this role, Emory will coordinate, focus, measure, and communicate its social value as one university. Tjuan started this week; please welcome her to Emory!

AVP, University Partnerships

In the new year, the OGCA team looks forward to welcoming its first Assistant Vice President for University Partnerships. Alan Anderson comes to us from Northwestern University where he was the Executive Director for Neighborhood and Community Relations. Alan will be instrumental in our team’s efforts to advance Emory’s engagement with Atlanta. He will be accountable for identifying, creating, and nurturing opportunities for strategic outreach and engagement with the city of Atlanta and beyond. Please help us welcome Alan to Emory!

AVP, State Affairs

Georgia Legislators and Educators Visit the Planetarium

On December 18th, a group of DeKalb legislators and educators visited the Emory Planetarium to learn about this important educational tool. The group received a demonstration of the Emory Zeiss ZKP3 instrument, which shows the stars and constellations visible from Georgia as well as from other parts of the world. Pictured below (left to right) are Representative-Elect Mike Wilensky (D-Dunwoody); Senator Dr. Michael Rhett (D-GA); Ms. Spencer and Ms. Lee (Chapel Hill Elementary academic coaches); Representative Dar’Shun Kendrick (D-Lithonia) and Dr. Erin Wells Bonning, Emory lecturer and director of the Planetarium.

Emory CBSC Fellows Program and DeKalb County Partnership

On December 11th, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond announced his support for a collaboration to improve community well-being. This partnership recognizes the opportunity for converging forces to create and collaborate with the many strengths and assets across DeKalb Communities, which includes partners like Emory University’s Community Building and Social Change Fellows Program (CBSC), the DeKalb Board of Health, the Taskforce for Global Health, experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Georgia Global Health Alliance. These groups are partnering with local community leaders in DeKalb County to leverage relationships, best practices, and resources to design and launch a multi-sector collaborative to support child well-being in DeKalb County. Emory’s CBSC Fellows Program has worked in partnership with DeKalb County for the past 8 years to facilitate the DeKalb Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative (DSNI), a community-empowering effort to identify and support neighborhood priorities.