GIPA Board — GIPA Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance®

GIPA Board

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Featured

Scott Frank

AT&T

GIPA Chair, President

Wade Walker

AT&T

Vice Chair, IP Legends, Community Service Awards & IP Celebration

Tarianna Stewart

IBM

Vice Chair, Diversity & Inclusion, Patent Agent Roundtable

Corrine Sukiennik

C-Synergies

Executive Director

Mike Wright

Coca-Cola (retired)

Treasurer

Michael Hobbs

Troutman Pepper

Secretary & Corporate Governance

Barry Brager

Perception Partners

Strategy, Technology

Diane Durrett

Producer, Singer, & Songwriter

Entertainment, Arts & Sports

Yuri Eliezer

Founders Legal

Fundraising

Allyson Eman

Venture Atlanta

Startups, Venture Capital, Fundraising

David Eramian

Stripe | Paypal | Blackrock Alum

IP Ecosystem, Corporations, Venture

Irina Fays

Clarivate Analytics

K-12 IP Education, IP Software, Diversity & Inclusion

Griff Griffin

Eversheds Sutherland

IP Ecosystem - IP Professionals & Practitioners (Protectors), IP Law Firm Leadership Council

Jim Johnson

Eversheds Sutherland (Retired)

Diversity & Inclusion

Jerry Liu

Georgia Institute of Technology

Universities

John Sears

Anzu Partners, Innovators Legal, Wake Forest University School of Law

University IP Alliance

Shawn Boger

National Inventors Hall of Fame

IP Education, Strategy & Planning

PROGRAM LEADERS

Featured

Chris Arena

Baker Hostetler

National IP Events, Diversity & Inclusion

Perry Binder

Binder Law Training, Georgia State University College of Business

Governor’s IP Proclamation, Corporate IP Institute

Jeff Blake

Merchant & Gould

IP Springsposium

Shawn Boger

National Inventors Hall of Fame

IP Education, Strategy & Planning

Laura Brewer

University of Georgia, Georgia Science and Engineering Fair

K-12 IP Education

Chason Carroll

General Counsel, Mueller

Corporate IP Institute

Elizabeth Cecere

OneTrust

AIPLA Moot Court

Christopher Chan

Christopher J Chan IP Law

IP Mentoring

Rabbi Yaakov Citrin

Hartman & Citrin LLC

IP Ethics & Professionalism

Jim Corbitt, Ph.D.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals

IP Ecosystem - Protectors

Kevin Cranman

Kevin Cranman, LLC

Proprietary Information, Trade Secrets & Cybersecurity and Chair of Atlanta IP Inn of Court

Clint Crosby

Baker Donelson

Corporate IP Innovation Awards, Patent Agent Compensation

Chris Curfman

Meunier, Carlin & Curfman; Georgia Bar - IP Section Chair

K-12 IP Education, Science Fair Patents

Anne Fahrni

Nova IP Solutions

Inventor Roundtable

Kenneth Franklin

Georgia State University

Corporate IP Institute

Brian Giles

Thomas Horstemeyer

IP Careers

Chris Haggerty

Brient Intellectual Property Law, LLC

Corporate IP Roundtable

Brenda Holmes

Kilpatrick Townsend

IP Law Firm Leadership Council

Jessica Keesee

Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC

Diversity & Inclusion

Greg Kirsch

Smith Gambrell & Russell

VC IP Roundtable

Charles Landrum

Brient IP Law

Technology

Jamie LeLiever

Murgitroyd

CIP CUP

Jason Lye

LycoWorks

IP Think Tank & IP Legislation

Eric Maurer

Thomas Horstemeyer

K-12 IP Education

Featured

Sam Mullman

Ballard Spahr

Southeastern IP Job Fair

Gail Podolsky

Technology Industry Group

Marketing & Communications

Auma Reggy

McKesson, ChIPs

Trademarks, Diversity & Inclusion

Susan Russell

Capstone Intellectual Property Law

IP3 Intellectual Property Professionals & Practitioners

Milan Ruzicka

Thought Horizon

Social Media, Startup IP Roundtable

Jim Schutz

Troutman & Sanders

Startup IP Roundtable

Daniel Sineway

Morris, Manning & Martin

IP Roundtable

Brittney A. Smith

McDermott Will & Emery

IP Ecosystem - Protector

Ryan Walsh

Jones Day

Georgia IP Law Firm Leadership Council

Sam Zellner

AT&T (Retired)

Patent Quality Artificial Intelligence (PQAI) Chair

ECOSYSTEM CONSTITUENTS

Featured

Bob Koch

AT&T (Retired)

Inventor IP Roundtable, Technology

Mary Albertson

Georgia Institute of Technology Office of Technology Licensing

Universities

Chris Cornelison, Ph.D.

Kennesaw State University

Universities

Russell Allen

Biotech Exec

Georgia, Health, Technology, MAC, Entrepreneur

Brannon Anthony

Tyler Perry Studios

Entertainment

Umar Bakhsh

Eversheds Sutherland; Atlanta Bar - IP Section Chair

IP Law Firms

John Avery

Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)

Technology, Startups

Carol Beckham

Beckham Intellectual Asset Management

USIPA Liaison

Bruce Berger

Clark Atlanta University

Innovation, Entrepreneurship

Rob Cherof

Rocket Camp

Branding, Marketing

Ashley Cornelison

Georgia Research Alliance

Start-Ups, Universities

Keith Cowan

Cowan Consulting

Corporate, Venture Capital

Braxton Davis

Facebook, Patent Institute of Training, Georgia State University

IP Certification (NCPP)

Isaac Dolgovskij

AT&T

Fundraising & Development

Derek Eberhart

University of Georgia Innovation Gateway

Universities

Jim Forbes

Vizzia Technologies
Digital Health

Ecosystem Constituents

Kristina Forbes

Georgia Center for Oncology Research & Education (Georgia CORE)

Georgia, Health, Technology

Yaniv Heled

Georgia State University

Universities

Laura Huffman

King & Spalding

Georgia University IP Alliance

Kaye Husbands-Fealing

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech

Universities

Stephen Kabakoff

Licensing Executives Society (Atlanta), Miller & Martin
Atlanta, Licensing, Consultants

Nicole Morris

Emory School of Law

Universities

Miles Nieman

Georgia Hollywood Review

Entertainment

David Nuckolls

Georgia Centers of Innovation

Innovation, Financial Impact/Value Creation

Len Pagano

Safe America

Safety, Innovations

Daniela Perry

Georgia Chamber of Commerce

Georgia, Business, Legislative

Meredith Ragains

Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, Georgia PATENTS

Georgia IP Pro Bono Services

Art Recesso

Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

Innovation, IP Education, University Alliance

Karla Redding-Andrews

Otis Redding Foundation

Entertainment

Kim Ribbans

Native American IP Enterprise Council

Diversity & Inclusion, Inventors

Featured

Cheryl Tubach

J.M. Huber

Corporations

Larry Williams

Technology Association of Georgia

Georgia, High Technology