GIPA Board — GIPA Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance®

GIPA Board

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Featured

Scott Frank

AT&T

GIPA Chair, President

Corrine Sukiennik

C-Synergies

Executive Director

Kenneth Franklin

Georgia State University

Corporate IP Institute

Tarianna Stewart

IBM

Vice Chair, Diversity & Inclusion, Patent Agent Roundtable

Mike Wright

Coca-Cola (retired)

Treasurer

Michael Hobbs

Troutman Pepper

Secretary & Corporate Governance

Yuri Eliezer

Founders Legal

Fundraising

Pai Liu

Georgia State University Licensing

Michael Frnka

K-12 InVenture Prize

Andy McNeil

Georgia Tech

Gage Ramos

Delta Air Lines

Corporate IP Institute

Yolanda Payne

Georgia Tech CEISMC

PROGRAM LEADERS

Featured

Chris Arena

Baker Hostetler

National IP Events, Diversity & Inclusion

Sander Biehn

Thought Horizon

Social Media, Startup IP Roundtable

Jeff Blake

Merchant & Gould

IP Springsposium

Pete Canalichio

BrandAlive

IP Leadership Development Program

Jim Corbitt, Ph.D.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals

IP Ecosystem - Protectors

Anne Fahrni

Nova IP Solutions

Inventor Roundtable

Alexander Gee

Ballard Spahr LLP

Jamie Graham

Meso Scale Diagnostics

IP Leadership Development Program

Chris Haggerty

Brient Intellectual Property Law, LLC

Corporate IP Roundtable

Brenda Holmes

Kilpatrick Townsend

IP Law Firm Leadership Council

Ed Khalili

Founders Legal

K-12 IP Awareness and Education

Greg Kirsch

Smith Gambrell & Russell

VC IP Roundtable

Jamie LeLiever

Murgitroyd

CIP CUP

Ashley Mengwasser

Georgia Public Broadcasting

K-12 IP Awareness and Education

Sam Mullman

Wellborn, Wallace & Mullman

Southeastern IP Job Fair

Daniel Sineway

Morris, Manning & Martin

IP Roundtable

Brittney A. Smith

McDermott Will & Emery

IP Ecosystem - Protector

Lindsay Smith

Crown Jewel Insurance

Trade Secrets Roundtable

David Sutherland

University of Georgia
Terry School of Business

ECOSYSTEM CONSTITUENTS

Featured

Mary Albertson

Georgia Institute of Technology Office of Technology Licensing

Universities

Russell Allen

Biotech Exec

Georgia, Health, Technology, MAC, Entrepreneur

Brannon Anthony

Tyler Perry Studios

Entertainment

John Avery

Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)

Technology, Startups

Umar Bakhsh

Eversheds Sutherland; Atlanta Bar - IP Section Chair

IP Law Firms

Bruce Berger

Clark Atlanta University

Innovation, Entrepreneurship

Perry Binder

Binder Law Training, Georgia State University College of Business

Governor’s IP Proclamation, Corporate IP Institute

Barry Brager

Perception Partners

Strategy, Technology

Laura Brewer

University of Georgia, Georgia Science and Engineering Fair

K-12 IP Education

Justin Burns

Georgia Research Alliance

Startups

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

Gia Compton

GBC Solutions Group

Ashley Cornelison

Georgia Research Alliance

Start-Ups, Universities

Chris Cornelison

Kennesaw State University

Universities

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

Braxton Davis

Facebook, Patent Institute of Training, Georgia State University

IP Certification (NCPP)

Derek Eberhart

University of Georgia Innovation Gateway

Universities

Irina Fays

Clarivate Analytics

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

Jim Forbes

Vizzia Technologies
Digital Health

Ecosystem Constituents

Kristina Forbes

Georgia Center for Oncology Research & Education (Georgia CORE)

Georgia, Health, Technology

Maria Thacker Goethe

Georgia Life Sciences

Jonathan Goins

Lewis Brisbois

Entertainment, Arts, & Sports

Yaniv Heled

Georgia State University College of Law

Universities

Laura Huffman

King & Spalding

Georgia University IP Alliance

Jim Johnson

Eversheds Sutherland (Retired)

Diversity & Inclusion

Featured

Stephen Kabakoff

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

Jessica Keesee

Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC

Diversity & Inclusion

Ed Khalili

Founders Legal

Charles Landrum

Brient IP Law

Technology

Gibson Lanier

Atlanta Bar IP Section, Meunier Carlin

IP, Atlanta, Law Firms

James Lillard

Morehouse School of Medicine

Jason Lye

LycoWorks

IP Think Tank & IP Legislation

Eric Maurer

Thomas Horstemeyer

K-12 IP Education

Miles Nieman

Georgia Hollywood Review

Entertainment

David Nuckolls

Georgia Centers of Innovation

Innovation, Financial Impact/Value Creation

Len Pagano

Safe America

Safety, Innovations

Marguerite E. "Becky" Patrick

Law Office of Marguerite E. Patrick LLC

IP Ecosystem - Protector

Daniela Perry

Georgia Chamber of Commerce

Georgia, Business, Legislative

Gail Podolsky

Technology Industry Group

Marketing & Communications

Meredith Ragains

Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, Georgia PATENTS

Georgia IP Pro Bono Services

Karla Redding-Andrews

Otis Redding Foundation

Entertainment

Kim Ribbans

Native American IP Enterprise Council

Diversity & Inclusion, Inventors

West Richards

American Transaction Processors Coalition

Georgia, Technology, Legislation

Eileen Hintz Rumfelt

Miller & Martin PLLC

Women in Technology (WIT) Representative

Susan Russell

Capstone Intellectual Property Law

IP3 Intellectual Property Professionals & Practitioners

John Sears

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

University IP Alliance

Cheryl Tubach

J.M. Huber

Corporations

Sarah Wilkening

Merchant & Gould

Corporate IP Institute

Larry Williams

Technology Association of Georgia

Georgia, High Technology

Sam Zellner

AT&T (Retired)

Patent Quality Artificial Intelligence (PQAI) Chair