Community & Civic Involvement

Wanda Buckley Morganstern:

• Juvenile Justice Fund, elected to Board of Directors 2010
• Leadership Atlanta, class of 2009 “Leadership Defined"
• Leadership Atlanta, annual opening retreat volunteer
• Sandy Springs Main Street Alliance, 2009/2010, organized and assembled over 125 acres of commercial property within the Downtown District of Sandy Springs for a collaborative and historic Work Session with the Mayor, Council, City Manager and City Staff in an effort to enhance the Downtown District of Sandy Springs.  Main Street holdings include:
  • more than 50 invididual parcels
  • over 1.5 million square feet
  • over 125 acres of commercial property
• Sandy Springs / Perimeter Chamber of Commerce (formerly known as the Sandy Springs Business Association) Founding Chairman of the Board 
  • Sandy Springs / Perimeter Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Board, 2008/2009.
  • Sandy Springs Business Association, Chairman 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
• Daily Radio Talk Show Host and Creator of Sandy Springs Today on Radio Sandy Springs 
  • staged a “live” remote fundraiser for the City of Sandy Springs Fire Department during its first month and raised over $5,000 during one hour radio show
• 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. (youtube: Wanda Morganstern for video)
• ARTonomous - building a foundation for the arts, founder of this non-profit with the mission 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
• 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, FunDraisers, a group of 40 volunteers, who perform good deeds for local charities
• Member, Say-So, a women’s conversation salon
• Founder, The Ladies Roundtable, a monthly gathering of women creating community with women

 

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