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An active community member, she served on the Alpharetta Planning Commission for four years and was the School Board President from 2003-2005. Mrs. Reeves also has been a Local School Advisory Committee member and PTA Legislative Chair at Lake Windward Elementary School. A native of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Reeves majored in marketing at the University of Kentucky and worked for a number of years as an advertising account executive.

Ms. Dean's professional background includes serving as President of the Atlanta Homebuilders Association, Inner Atlanta Chapter, owning a real estate brokerage and two construction firms and consulting for financial institutions throughout the southeast. An active volunteer in Sandy Springs schools, she served on numerous reform and system-level committees, was PTA president and chaired the Local School Advisory and Sandy Springs legislative committees . She serves on the Board of Sandy Springs/North Fulton Clean and Beautiful, the Fulton County School Employees Charitable Fund, Fulton Education Foundation, Georgia Security Council, and Fulton Employees' Pension Board. She also represents her community on the Sandy Springs Council of Neighborhoods. She was appointed to the committee that reviews Special Charter Schools for the Georgia Board of Education. In addition, Mrs. Dean is Vice President of the Sandy Springs Tax Allocation District board and was appointed by Senator Tom Price to the Congressional Advisory Council Education Subcommittee.

In addition to years of local school involvement and volunteerism, Widener brings strong experience in business and organizational management to her position on the School Board. She currently is vice president of Widener & Associates, Inc., an association management and governmental relations firm, and formerly has worked as an independent political consultant.

Widener holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the University of Georgia. She has worked with addicted teens, provided family counseling, and also has been the executive director of a Savannah homeless shelter providing social and educational support to single mothers.

Widener has been an active parent at State Bridge Crossing Elementary School, River Trail Middle School, Autrey Mill Middle School and Northview High School. She and her family are active members of the Peachtree Corners Baptist Church and the North Fulton Chamber of Commerce.

A former nurse at Grady Memorial Hospital, Catherine Maddox has been an advocate for Fulton County students and parents for many years. She has served as chair of the Superintendent’s Advisory Committee and as legislative chair of the South Fulton Council of PTAs. She also has served on the Fulton County Curriculum Advisory Board and is a current member of the Fulton County Schools Discipline Review Committee and the United States Justice Department-Fulton Community School Advisory Committee.

An East Point resident for more than 25 years, Mrs. Maddox is a founding member of the Mayor’s Educational Task Force and a member of the city’s Youth Council Advisory Board, Ethics Board, and Historical Society. She has been active with the Boy Scouts of America, previously serving as membership chair, and has attended the New Horizons Church of God in Christ for more than 10 years. In 2002, the American Legion presented Mrs. Maddox with the Ella Pierson Shining Star Award for her community work. She also is a member of the National NAACP and attended Atlanta Technical College and Georgia Military College.

Schools served: Brookview ES, Campbell ES, College Park ES, Conley Hills ES, Gullatt ES, Hapeville ES, Heritage ES, Hamilton E. Holmes ES, Seaborn Lee ES, S.L. Lewis ES, Liberty Point ES, Mt. Olive ES, Oak Knoll ES, Stonewall Tell ES, Harriet Tubman ES, Bear Creek MS, Camp Creek MS, McNair MS, Sandtown MS, Paul D. West MS, Woodland MS, Banneker HS, Creekside HS, McClarin HS, Tri-Cities HS, and Westlake HS.

Before coming to Fulton County, Dr. Loe served as associate superintendent of teaching and learning for Gwinnett County Public Schools. Her responsibilities included supervising all district principals and schools, as well as curriculum, special education and continuous improvement. Under her direction, Gwinnett raised student achievement across multiple measures, including the highest scores on the Georgia CRCT, the SAT and the ACT, and facilitated the establishment of the district’s Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS) curriculum.

Loe has been a teacher, assistant principal and middle school principal. With 26 years of public education experience, Loe has shared her expertise throughout the United States and internationally. Her first public school teaching assignments were in Fulton County at Mountain Park and Esther Jackson elementary schools and later at Holcomb Bridge Middle School. She has been a Fulton resident since 1991 and has two children who have graduated from Fulton County schools.

Loe received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Georgia State University. She received her master’s degree in middle grade and gifted education from Armstrong State College in Savannah and her Ph.D. in educational leadership from Georgia State University.