Board of Directors

Get to know the people who help support the Kindezi Schools

Board Members

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Sarah Cash

Chair

Sarah Cash

Ms. Cash is the Land Acquisition Manager at Georgia Power Company. Immediately prior to her current role, she served as the Assistant Corporate Secretary at Southern Company. She also practiced law for more than a decade at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP and in Georgia Power’s legal department.

Ms. Cash is a former board member of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and the Development Authority of Fulton County. She received her bachelor’s degree from Duke University and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. She lives in Southwest Atlanta with her husband and their four children, all of whom are Kindezi geniuses.

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Rebecca Cagle

Vice Chair

Rebecca Cagle

Ms. Cagle is a founding team member and Partner at Promise54. She has spent her career doing talent and culture work, focused on supporting education organizations, charter schools, and districts to foster cultures in which everyone thrives.

Before helping found Promise54, Ms. Cagle worked as an Associate Partner on the Talent Advising Team at Bellwether Education Partners. From 2007-2015, she worked on Teach For America’s national recruitment team in a variety of roles, leading the organization’s teacher recruitment in the South along with several national strategic initiatives. Earlier in her career, Ms. Cagle worked as a middle school teacher in rural North Carolina. She holds a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Yale University and lives in midtown Atlanta with her husband and three children.

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Carlton Austin

Treasurer 

Carlton Austin

Mr. Austin began his career in Audit at Deloitte & Touche, but has since spent more than twenty years in various roles for Coca-Cola. He now serves as the Director of Convenience Retail Strategy & Commercialization to develop and communicate the commercial strategy for the Convenience Retail channel to be executed by Coca-Cola’s salesforce with customers. Mr. Austin received his undergraduate degree from Rhodes College in Accounting and Finance.

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Beatrice Copeland

Beatrice Copeland

Ms. Copeland is a graduate of Morris Brown College and has almost twenty years of experience in Human Resources departments ranging from the City of Atlanta to Coca-Cola. She now acts as Sr. Manager, HR Operations at Schindler Elevator Corporation. Ms. Copeland also has an extensive record of service to local nonprofits, most notably serving as a board member for The Study Hall. 

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Sally Westmoreland

Sally Westmoreland

Ms. Westmoreland is winding down a 33 year career in residential real estate sales. She has also taught private piano and guitar lessons for over three decades. Prior to her career in real estate, Ms. Westmoreland worked as a Music Therapist at Charter Peachford Hospital from 1978-1987.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in piano performance and music education from Trinity University and her master’s degree in music education and music therapy from the University of Georgia. Having served on several Atlanta area music and education boards, she is also currently serving on the Board of the Georgian Chamber Players. She and her husband Mel have resided in the same house in Morningside for 37 years.

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Eric Nelson

Eric Nelson

Mr. Nelson currently serves as FP&A/ Strategy Manager at Kimber-Clark, where he leads the annual budget process, long-range planning, and quarterly forecast for the Global PPE organization.  Mr. Nelson has been with Kimberly-Clark since 2021.

Prior to joining Kimberly-Clark, Mr. Nelson spent almost 10 years with The Coca-Cola Company, in various roles including FP&A, Customer Finance, Supply Chain Finance and Audit.  Mr. Nelson started his career at Ernst & Young in the Atlanta office, working in the audit practice from 2008 -2011.  Mr. Nelson received his bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College, with a degree in business administration, concentrating in accounting. He also received a Masters in Accounting from Wake Forest University.

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Board Meeting

Schedule

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July 27, 2023, 6-730pm Virtual Email sechols@kindezi.org for details
September 29, 2023 8-1030am Virtual Email sechols@kindezi.org for details
December 1, 2023 830-10am Virtual Email sechols@kindezi.org for details
February 1, 2024 6-730pm Virtual Email sechols@kindezi.org for details
April 12, 2024 830-10am Virtual Email sechols@kindezi.org for details
May 23, 2024 6-730pm Virtual Email sechols@kindezi.org for details

Committee Meeting

Schedule

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Please email sechols@kindezi.org for virtual meeting links

Governance Committee

The Governance Committee meetings occur on the fourth Friday of the month at 8:30 am.

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee meetings occur on the second Thursday of every month at 8:00 am.

*Please note that the July 2023 meeting has been moved to July 14 at 8am*

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee meetings occur on the second Friday of the month at 8:30 am.

Advancement Committee

The Advancement Committee meetings occur on the third Tuesday of the month at 8:30 am.

Academic Committee

The Academic Committee meetings occur on the fourth Friday of the month at 8:45 am.

Board Meeting

Participation Policy

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All Board meetings are open to the public.

Time is set aside at each regularly scheduled meeting to provide stakeholders the opportunity to address the Board. The public comment period is designed to gain input from the public and not for immediate responses by the Board to the public comments presented.

Individuals who wish to address the governing board at a Board meeting will be required to sign up in advance of the meeting by emailing the Executive Director (kgunn@kindezi.org) and the Board Chair (boardchair@kindezi.org) at least 24 hours in advance.

  • Speakers should be courteous and professional. The presiding Board officer may terminate public comments that are profane, vulgar, or defamatory.

  • Speakers will be heard in the order in which they emailed in their request to speak.

  • Speakers have three minutes each and must stop speaking promptly when signaled.

  • The board reserves the right to cap the public comment period to the first seven individuals who sign up.

  • Speakers may not address confidential student or personnel matters, but may submit such concerns to the Board in writing.

  • Board members will not respond to the comments during the meeting. If follow-up is necessary, the appropriate staff or a representative of the Board will follow-up in a timely manner via email, letter, or telephone.

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Board Documents

Board meeting agendas, minutes, budget, charter, and other important Board documents are kept in public Dropbox folders. You do not need a Dropbox account to view the folders or contents — simply press the “X” when it prompts you to login with an account.

Kindezi Board Documents