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GHS Adds Dynamic New Leadership to the Board of Curators

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Savannah, GA – April 22, 2009.  The Georgia Historical Society installed three of Georgia’s top business and philanthropic leaders to its Board at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Membership on April 16, 2009. GHS welcomes Mr. S. Taylor Glover, Mr. William J. Todd, and Mrs. Alston P. Watt to the Board of Curators. “Our new board members are three of the state’s most prominent leaders.  They are joining one of Georgia’s most influential and experienced boards and will undoubtedly contribute their notable expertise as the Society continues to grow its services, programs, and other offerings across this great state,” said GHS President and CEO, Dr. Todd Groce.

Mr. S. Taylor Glover is president and chief executive officer of Turner Enterprises, Inc. (TEI). In this capacity, he has oversight of TEI's landholdings, financial investments, and business interests, including Ted's Montana Grill.  Additionally, Glover works closely with Ted Turner's philanthropic and charitable organizations, which include the UN Foundation, Nuclear Threat Initiative, and the Turner Foundation.

Prior to joining TEI, Glover was senior vice president of the Private Client Group at Merrill Lynch, where he retired after nearly 30 years.

Mr. William J. Todd has been President and CEO of the Georgia Cancer Coalition since 2003.  A strategic public-private initiative to move Georgia to the leading ranks of cancer care in the nation, the Coalition has invested more than $300 million supporting research and prevention efforts to reduce cancer deaths.

Todd’s 38-year career has focused on healthcare and technology management in Georgia. He was the founding president of the Georgia Research Alliance in 1990, nurturing the independent not-for-profit organization that has helped build Georgia’s reputation as a center for discovery and invention and fostered major advances in science, medicine and technology. He founded Encina Technology Ventures in 2000. His career began at Emory University hospitals, clinics, and the medical school, where he held a variety of administrative posts over two decades, ultimately serving as Assistant Vice President for Medical Administration at the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center.

Todd is Board Chairman of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association and a Board member of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the American Cancer Society, the Georgia Tech Foundation, and Georgia Tech Ireland.  A fourth generation Atlantan, he has been named one of the “100 Most Powerful and Influential People in Georgia” by Georgia Trend for six years.

Mrs. Alston P. Watt is the Executive Director and a Trustee of the Williams Family Foundation of Georgia, a family foundation that supports programs in children’s welfare, preservation, and conservation in southwest Georgia.  Watt is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and received a Masters in Health Science from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.

Active in national and international public service causes, Watt has served CARE-USA in both Haiti and Bangladesh where in 1991 she was named the Jessore Sub-office Administrator for CARE-Bangladesh. In April 1994, she and her husband, Philip, a physician, moved to Zambia, Africa, where she served as Director of Community Development for the North Luangwa Conservation Project. She has also served as an Advisor for the Emory University Summer Program in Family Planning and as Program Evaluator for Grady Teen Services’ in Atlanta.

Alston is a Trustee of W&L; has served as a Trustee of the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore; is a founding Board member of Hands on Thomas County; serves on the Board of Trustees for the Community Foundation of South Georgia, the MNW Boys & Girls Club of Thomas County and the Georgia Alliance Boys & Girls Club.