Nonprofit Studies Program
2004 Executive Roundtable
The fourth annual Nonprofit Executive Roundtable was held Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at the Court Salon of the Student Center on the Georgia State University campus. Nonprofit leaders and scholars in the region, many of whom were in attendance for their third or fourth year, met for a morning of presentations and discussion on two topics of particular import to today’s nonprofit sector: accountability relationships between nonprofits, the public, and donors, and government contracting with faith-based organizations. 
Professor Michael Rushton of the AYSPS Nonprofit Studies Program served as Master of Ceremonies for the Roundtable, and a special welcome was given by Dean Roy Bahl. This year’s event was underwritten by the Northern Trust Company.
Keynote Speaker on Issues of Accountability and the Law
The keynote speaker for this year’s roundtable was Professor Evelyn Brody, J.D., of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. Professor Brody is a nationally prominent expert on the legal, economic, and social issues affecting nonprofit organizations. She is currently involved with the American Law Institute’s project to draft “Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations”, and her keynote address was inspired by this work. Professor Brody noted that in the push for nonprofit accountability, many forces operate simultaneously on the governance and operation of a nonprofit organization. She focused in her presentation on the role and the limitations of current law in providing for accountability.
Panel Discussion on Faith-Based Organizations
Professor Brody was joined during the second half of the morning by Robert Franklin, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics at Emory’s Candler School of Theology, and Professors Michael Rushton and David Van Slyke of the AYSPS Nonprofit Studies Program, for a panel discussion of the present and future role of government funding for faith-based organizations. Professor Franklin set the stage with opening remarks on the issue, and moderated the subsequent panel discussion. Professor Brody provided some legal context to the “Blaine amendments” adopted by many states, and the constitutional amendment that has been proposed in Georgia. Professor Rushton analyzed the pros and cons of the government funding of faith-based organizations from an economic and organizational theory standpoint. Professor Van Slyke talked of public attitudes towards government funding of faith-based organizations and the implications for “crowding out” of private philanthropy, referencing recent Nonprofit Studies Program survey research.
Participants
Jim Alm
Andrew Young School of
Policy StudiesBernard Anderson
Anderson Financial SolutionsShena Ashley
Andrew Young School of
Policy StudiesRoy Bahl
Andrew Young School of
Policy StudiesBill Bolling
Atlanta Community Food BankSteven Brazen
Senior ConnectionsEvelyn Brody
Chicago-Kent College of LawJackie Brown
Atlanta Children’s CenterBobbi Cleveland
Tull FoundationAnn Cramer
IBM FoundationLisa Cremin
Metropolitan Atlanta Arts FundBradley Currey
Rock-Tenn CompanyDiane Davis
100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc.Margaret Dickson
Boardwalk Consulting, LLC
Atlanta Urban LeagueClint Dye
Atlanta Urban LeagueRobert Franklin
Emory UniversityElsa Gebremedhin
Andrew Young School of
Policy StudiesLen Al Haas
Haas LLCRuss Hardin
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc.Joe Iarocci
CAREJanet Johnson
Andrew Young School of
Policy StudiesPatti Johnson
Foundation Center LibraryHeather Kelly
TechBridgeSid Kirschner
Northside HospitalDeborah Lauter
Anti-Defamation LeagueLarrie Del Martin
Atlanta Habitat for HumanityEllen McCarty
Jerusalem HouseJanice McKenzie-Crayton
Big Brothers and Big Sisters
of Metro AtlantaJack McMillan
TechBridgeRobert Meier
Northern TrustSteve Merz
Woodruff Arts CenterMike Mescon
The Mescon GroupGary Nelson
Healthcare Georgia FoundationHarvey Newman
Andrew Young School of
Policy StudiesLloyd Nigro
Andrew Young School of
Policy StudiesMark O’Connel
United WayJohn O’Kane
Coxe Curry & AssociatesLinda Parrish
King & SpauldingNancy Peterman
Georgia State UniversityAlicia Philipp
Community Foundation for
Greater AtlantaMichael Rushton
Andrew Young School of
Policy StudiesBruce Seaman
Andrew Young School of
Policy StudiesPat Showell
Families First, Inc.Charles Stephens
Skystone Ryan, Inc.David Van Slyke
Andrew Young School of
Policy StudiesMary Yoder
Atlanta Alliance on
Developmental Disabilities
Previous Roundtables:
2003 Nonprofit Roundtable
2002 Nonprofit Roundtable
2001 Nonprofit Roundtable