2026 Cobb Rising Professionals Summit

2026 Cobb Rising Professionals Summit

Featured Presentors

Theda Riggins-Crawford

Manhattan Associates

Director, Global Learning and Development

Andrew Geocaris

Cobb County School District

Professional Learning Coordinator

Ladonna Huggins

CobbWorks

Youth Services Manager

Tonya Harvey

Cobb County Business Bootcamp

Director of Enrollment and Teacher Engagement

Bryan Cox

Georgia Tech College of Computing

Research Associate II/Senior Research Fellow

Marcus Benson

Independent Electrical Contractors

Workforce Development Coordinator

Laura Potts

Associated General Contractors of Georgia, Inc.

Member Engagement and Workforce Specialist

Sheri Blight

CareerRise

Industry Partnerships Manager

Presentors

BC

Batichon, Claudia

Wheeler HS

WBL

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Brink, Katherine

Hillgrove HS

Marketing ManagementnSports MarketingnWBL

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Gipson, Lisa

South Cobb HS

WBL, Digital Technology

Hunt, Kathryn (Katy)

Osborne HS

WBL

Ryan Behrens

Delta Community Credit Union

Financial Education Center Program Manager

Susan Coley

Chattahoochee Technical College

Student Outreach and Recruitment Specialist

Gregory Crawford

Sandbox VR

Store Manager- New Store Support Team

SD

Sabrina Duron

Belt Power

ME

Molly Edmondson

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Program Coordinator

Nate Futrell

CareerRise

Industry Partnerships Director

Sonya Grant

CobbWorks

Executive Director

PJ

Pamela Johnson

CobbWorks

WEX Coordinator

Kevin Scott Paul

ADDO

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Deborah L. Pendergrass,

Georgia Power

Kara Rawlinson

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Manager for Workforce Planning

Jolene Render

Hillgrove HS

Business & WBL

Kathryn Smith

Walton Birch

Founder & Principal Consultant

Shaquana Teasley

Agate Solutions USA

International Trade Expert, Founder & CEO, Agate Solutions, LLC