Business Community Leadership

• Metro Atlanta Chamber Board of Directors (1997-2000) (2008, 2009); Vice Chairman and Executive Committee (1997)
• Metro Atlanta Chamber Board of Advisors (1999-2009)
• Metro Atlanta Chamber Economic Development Committee (1999-Present)
• Society of International Business Fellows Board of Directors (1986-2007)
• Center for Puppetry Arts Board of Directors (2000-2003)

Technology Industry Leadership

• Technology Association of Georgia (TAG): Secretary (2005-2007); Executive Board (2000-Present); Chairman, Board Development Committee (2008-Present)
• Southeast BIO Venture Forum (SEBIO), Founding Chairman and Board of Directors (1998-2007)
• Atlanta Venture Forum Member (1995-Present)
• BIO 2009 International Annual Meeting in Atlanta – Original Host Committee
• Georgia CIO Leadership Association (GCLA) – Founding Underwriter, Secretary and Board of Directors (2003-2006)
• Metro Atlanta Chamber Technology (former Chair), Bioscience, Healthcare Committees
• Chairman and Founder, Communications Investor Group (50 venture fund partners, super angels and corporate venture investors from eight states) (1995-Present)

Academic Leadership

• Emory Goizueta Business School Board of Advisors (2000-Present)
• Farrah Law Society Board Member, University of Alabama School of Law (2007-Present)
• Emory Winship Cancer Center Board of Advisors (2006-Present)
• University of Alabama School of Law, Distinguished Alumni Lecturer (2004)
• Sewanee, University of the South Board of Trustees (1977-1986); Class Chair (1974-2006)
• Georgia Tech College of Computing Board of Advisors (2000-2002)
• Atlanta International School, General Counsel and Board of Directors (1993-1998)
• Emory Rollins School of Public Health Board of Advisors (1999-2001)

Civic Recognition

• 2006 Charles R. Yates Award – Woodruff Arts Center Major Gifts Committee (10 years)
• 2007 – SEBIO Board of Directors honored and funded the Martin R. Tilson, Jr. Scholarship
• Tocqueville United Way Cabinet (2007-Present)
• Most Notable Atlantans for 2005 – Georgia Trend
• “Who’s Who in Healthcare” – Atlanta Business Chronicle
• “Who’s Who in Law and Accounting” – Atlanta Business Chronicle
• “Who’s Who in Atlanta Technology” – Atlanta Business Chronicle
• 100 Most Influential Georgians – Georgia Trend