Community & Civic Involvement

Wanda Buckley:

• Sandy Springs / Perimeter Chamber of Commerce (formerly known as the Sandy Springs Business Association)
  • Sandy Springs / Perimeter Chamber of Commerce, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, 2008.
  • Sandy Springs Business Association, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, 2007 (first woman to Chair this organization)
• Sandy Springs Business Association, Board of Directors 2005 - present
• Sandy Springs / Perimeter Chamber of Commerce –Urban Design Committee
• Sandy Springs / Perimeter Chamber of Commerce – Government Affairs Committee
• Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors – Quality Growth Committee
• Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors – Government Affairs Committee
• TV Host of AT LARGE, a 30 minute Community Affairs TV program to create awareness and present solutions around various issues in the Atlanta area.
• ARTonomous - building a foundation for the arts
  Founder of this foundation formed to raise $10,000,000 for the establishment of a visual and performing arts facility to be located in the Town Center of Sandy Springs
• Appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by City Council to serve on the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the City of Sandy Springs
• Appointed by Congressman Tom Price to serve on the 6th District Congressional Advisory Council Transportation Sub-Committee
• Appointed by Fulton County Commissioner Tom Lowe to the Fulton County Board of Directors of for the Public Access Cable Channel
• Daily Host of Sandy Springs Today on Radio Sandy Springs – staged a “live” remote fundraiser for the City of Sandy Springs Fire Department raising over $5000 during one hour radio show
• Graduate of Leadership Sandy Springs class of 2006 “the first class of the City of Sandy Springs”
• City of Sandy Springs, Properties Task Force 2005
• The Big Splash - Auction Committee Chair – over $4 million was raised for The Marcus Institute (the largest fundraiser in Atlanta history)
• Rotary Club Group Study Exchange to Turkey - May 1998
• AIDS Walk Atlanta – 6 years
• Carolina Cross Connection youth mission trip chaperone
• POCO! For the Atlanta Opera – annual holiday fundraiser
• Member of FunDraisers, a group of 40 volunteers, who perform good deeds for local charities
• Member of Say-So, a women’s conversation salon

 

Joe Chafin:

• Joe has been involved in fund raisers for the:
• MS Society
• Mental Health
• Spinal Bifta
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Autism
• Organ Donation
• Georgia State Parks. He received The President's Award for 4,000 hours of service in Georgia State Parks.

 

Rik Carlson:

• City of Sandy Springs, Properties Task Force 2005
• City of Sandy Springs, Property Tax Committee 2005

 

Terre Bowden:

• Bravo! (supports the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra)
• RPAC (Realtor Political Action Committee)
• Member, Mount Ephraim Baptist Church
• Former Board Member, LunaSea Women’s Theater