Mr. Shemar Little
Current role is a Policy Analyst for Chenega Enterprise, Systems, and Solutions ChESS, working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science (Biology) and Master of Science (Comparative Biomedical Science), as well as Graduated from Georgia State University with a Master of Public Health (Epidemiology)
2017 Chick-fil-A Remarkable Future Scholarship Recipient
Mr. Alex Gregory
Until he retired in 2018, Gregory oversaw the strategic direction of YKK Corporation’s North and Central America Group, which consists of 12 operating companies located in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. He was named the first non-Japanese president of YKK Corporation of America (YCA) in 2001. From 2008 to 2010, he served on YKK Corporation’s Board in Japan. He currently serves YKK AP America’s board. Gregory serves on the Georgia College Foundation Board of Trustees; Life Member of The Carter Center Board of Councilors; he was the inaugural Alex Gregory Leader in Residence at Georgia College; in 2021, he was named Executive in Residence at Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business. Gregory considers the time he spends mentoring students his time best spent. To date he has mentored more than 80 students. In 2018, he was conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette from the Emperor of Japan. In 2016, baseball legend Hank Aaron was the last recipient in the southeast U.S. of this rare award. A native of Eatonton, Georgia, Gregory received his Bachelor of Textile Engineering from Georgia Tech and his MBA and MSA from GCSU. He retired as a commander from the U.S. Naval Reserves after serving 28 years. Gregory and wife Glenda have two grown children: Kristen and Alex III. They also have three granddaughters, Emma, Mya, and Lucy and a grandson, Alex IV.
Ann Cramer
Ann Cramer is a senior consultant with Coxe Curry & Associates.
In 2023, Ann received the Mayor of Atlanta’s Phoenix Award, as well as the Young Nonprofit Professional Network (YNPN) created a recognition in her honor: the Ann Cramer Civic Leadership Award.
Recently she also received the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s first Corporate Social Responsibility Lifetime Achievement Award and Georgia Trend’s Georgia Hall of Fame.
Prior to joining Coxe Curry, Ann served as director for IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs for the Americas.
