Ronda Tighe

Executive Director

Place of Birth: Oliver Springs, TN (near Oakridge)

Career History: Classroom teacher, high school principal, central office administrator in a local school system as executive director of staff development, Georgia president of GASSP and Georgia president of GSDC

Interests/hobbies: ALTA doubles tennis, reading spy novels (and Dick Francis mysteries), travel, dancing, and spending time with family and friends

MaryAnne F. Gaunt
Associate Director

Place of Birth: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Career History: Systems analyst and management intern in Washington, DC for the federal government, marketed an architect, librarian for an educational research organization, fund raiser for a private women’s college, executive director of an education non-profit among others.
Interests/hobbies: travel though can’t do enough, scuba diving but that requires travel (see first interest); movies when I can find a good one; books always but can’t keep ahead of my towering stack, socializing with friends and family-never enough. and napping in a hammock in the out of doors when I’m not doing community volunteering.

Kimberly Moore
Administrative Coordinator

Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia
Career History: Legal Assistant, Receptionist, Student Assistant
Interests/hobbies: Reading books on fitness, nutrition, organzation and interior design, teaching step aerobics and fitness classes, educating the public on the benefits of maintaining their health

Werner Rogers
Visiting Professor

Place of Birth: Greenville, South Carolina
Career History: Classroom teacher, school administrator, central office administrator, state department of education administrator, state superintendent of schools, executive director Georgia public broadcasting, educational consultant, and visiting professor GSU.
Interests/hobbies: Learning more about what it takes to be an effective school leader, outdoor activities like running, biking, skiing, hiking and trying to stay in shape as the years pile up; reading mystery novels for pleasure and history and the natural sciences for greater knowledge of the world around us, being with my family.