LAI Board Chair, Dave Peterson, states, "Karen brought leadership, energy, and many new ideas to LAI, and we know she will continue to be a positive force for literacy in our community and in our state...We are delighted to have Jim lead LAI into its next stage of development."
Upon her departure, Webster Parks commented, "I am thankful for the opportunity to have served LAI. Although we accomplished quite a bit during my tenure as CEO, the ultimate goal is to eradicate the need for services LAI provides, so there is still much work to be done."
Rodgers, a former BellSouth executive, has 24 years of experience as a certified management consultant specializing in human capital management and has served on several local nonprofits, including Habitat for Humanity and the Atlanta Symphony. Through his service as a LAI Board Member and Chairman of the Literacy Alliance of Metro Atlanta (LAMA) Steering Committee, Jim has become all too familiar with the crippling reality of adult low literacy in Metro Atlanta and Georgia.
With nearly 1.7 million Georgian adults (900,000 adults in metro Atlanta alone) with limited reading, writing, and/or math skills, it is imperative that LAI continues to focus on developing creative ways to be more effective and efficient in order to extend our reach.
Welcome, Jim, and thank you for helping us carry out our mission!
To learn more about Literacy Action and how to get involved, visit: www.literacyaction.org
To learn more about the Literacy Alliance of Metro Atlanta, visit: http://literacyallianceatlanta.org/
