Jeffrey Dodge, President

• Title: SVP Investor Relations
• Years in an IR role: 9 years
• Years of professional work experience: 39 years
• What Atlanta NIRI means to you: place to network; benefit from experiences of colleagues; a place to bounce off ideas, challenges, and gain new insights; an organization that gives back to the community through the annual golf outing that benefits Junior Achievement
• Hot buttons for 2012: international marketing (particularly Europe); more effective domestic marketing; sustaining senior executive involvement; understanding how investors value firms/make investment decisions in volatile environments
• Personal Interests/Hobbies: traveling, photography, skiing, family activities, Buckeye football
• Outside activities/organizational memberships: fundraising for Woodruff Arts, NIRI National and NIRI Atlanta

Sid Jones, Vice President

• Title: VP Investor Relations
• Years in an IR role: 9 years
• Years of professional work experience: 25 years
• What Atlanta NIRI means to you: An organization that fosters the exchange of ideas and best practices in IR; Provides access to professional services and IR colleagues; Builds relationships; Gives back to the community.
• Hot buttons for 2012: Top of mind are the direction of the global and U.S. economy, the U.S. presidential election, the political and financial stability of foreign nations and global investing
• Personal Interests/Hobbies: family activities and sports, golf, Georgia football
• Outside activities/organizational memberships: NIRI National and NIRIAtlanta, Georgia Society of CPA's, East Cobb YMCA's

Isabel Janci, Treasurer

• Title: Director, Investor Relations
• Years in an IR role: 14 years
• Years of professional work experience: 15 years
• What Atlanta NIRI means to you: a forum that allows for the exchange of great ideas between people across industries that grapple with the same issues; being part of an organization that gives back to the community
• Hot buttons for 2012: global markets (better understanding where the money is flowing in Europe and Asia); better understanding how trading schemes are changing (downgrade of sovereigns prompting investment criteria revisions for portfolio managers?); conveying value of IR to the Board
• Personal Interests/Hobbies: spending time with my three kids, playing soccer, cooking, photography
• Outside activities/organizational memberships: NIRI National and NIRI Atlanta

Melanie Shale, Senior Roundtable

• Title: Director, Investor Relations
• Years in an IR role: 7
• Years of professional work experience: 15 years
• What Atlanta NIRI means to you: being new to the city, Atlanta NIRI has provided me a network of colleagues to learn more about the local business community and the opportunity to continue to stay abreast of the latest trends in our profession
• Hot buttons for 2012: social media in IR, corporate social responsibility / environmental social governance and the role it should play in IR, IR website and annual report best practices / use of video
• Personal Interests/Hobbies: traveling, family and friends, cooking, Buckeye football
• Outside activities/organizational memberships: Chartered Financial Analyst, NIRI National and NIRI Atlanta

Jason Cigarran, Programs Co-Chair

• Title: VP, Investor Relations, Comverge
• Years in an IR role:  6 years
• Years of professional work experience: 17 years
• What Atlanta NIRI means to you: Opportunity to benefit from experiences of colleagues; share ideas and meet new people
• Hot buttons for 2012: investor targeting to broaden potential shareholder base
• Personal Interests/Hobbies: cooking; reading; travelling; NY Giants football
• Outside activities/organizational memberships: NIRI National and NIRI Atlanta

Bill McCarthy, Programs Co-Chair

• Title: VP, Financial Planning and Analysis & Investor Relations, Neenah Paper, Inc.
• Years in an IR role:  7 years
• Years of professional work experience: 27 years
• What Atlanta NIRI means to you: a forum to share ideas with and learn from IR peers and industry experts, a way to be more plugged in to Atlanta’s business community and to support the community through chapter charity efforts.
• Hot buttons for 2012: maximizing outreach effectiveness, dealing with challenges of being a small cap stock
• Personal Interests/Hobbies: Visiting every national park, tennis, skiing, playing in a band, Notre Dame football
• Outside activities/organizational memberships: NIRI National and NIRI Atlanta

Brennan Peterson, Director-at-Large

• Title: Account Executive at Broadridge
• Years in an IR role: 8 months
• Years of professional work experience:  7 years
• What Atlanta NIRI means to you: NIRI for me is place to foster long lasting personal and business relationships; gain new information about the regulations and challenges that impact corporations; a place to help out in the community through local chapter  initiatives
• Hot button for 2012: New SEC Regulations and how they impact the business environment; challenges in the IR space
• Personal Interests/Hobbies: Georgia Tech football, Traveling
• Outside activities/organizational memberships: Currently pursuing my MBA at Georgia Tech, NIRI National and NIRI Atlanta

Robbin Moore-Randolph, Membership

• Title: Former Director, Investor Relations, Lowe's Companies, Inc.
• Years in an IR role: 13 years
• Years of professional work experience: 23 years
• What Atlanta NIRI means to you: being new to the city, NIRI Atlanta provides an opportunity to learn more about the local business community; network with IR practitioners; exchange ideas with colleagues and discuss current trends/ issues affecting IR
• Hot buttons for 2012: better understanding how investors are making investment decisions in a volatile market; international marketing; new technologies in IR
• Personal Interests/Hobbies: spending time with my husband and son, traveling, swimming, Baltimore Orioles baseball
• Outside activities/organizational memberships: Communities in Schools volunteer, NIRI National and NIRI Atlanta

Martin Jarosick, Sponsors

• Title: Executive Director - Investor Relations and Strategic Planning
• Years in an IR role: 8 years
• Years of professional work experience: 12 years
• What Atlanta NIRI means to you: great network of professional who are happy to share their knowledge
• Hot buttons for 2012: small cap marketing, maintaining message consistency through a volatile market.
• Personal Interests/Hobbies: traveling, running, keeping up with 3 young children
• Outside activities/organizational memberships: walker in the Three Day walk for Susan G. Komen

Lisa Beckham, Communications and Website

• Title: Account Executive, Business Wire
• Years in current role:  3 years
• Years of professional work experience: 9 years
• What Atlanta NIRI means to you: It is a way for me to be involved with the IR community and to help with local chapter initiatives. It is also a way for me to understand the needs of my clients in Investor Relations.
• Hot buttons for 2012: Learning and working with new SEC requirements such as XBRL.
• Personal Interests/Hobbies: I enjoy giving my time to local charities, working out, reading, and trying new restaurants in Atlanta.
• Outside activities/organizational memberships: NIRI Atlanta and PRSA Atlanta