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About CCT

Community Consulting Teams—Atlanta was founded in Boston in 1990, and expanded to Atlanta in 1996. From modest beginnings, CCT today undertakes 10-12 projects each year, staffed by more than 60 volunteers from around metro Atlanta. Cumulatively since 1996, CCT has helped more than 70 nonprofit organizations.

CCT is endorsed by the Atlanta Business School Alliance (ABSA), an alliance of 17 Atlanta-area MBA alumni clubs from the top graduate business schools in the country. Many of our volunteers are graduates of ABSA member schools. CCT has also developed a strong relationship with the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, and local foundations. Through this relationship, we are able to make the nonprofit community more aware of the service we provide, and identify attractive projects.

CCT has historically been funded exclusively by the committee of eight to ten volunteers who organize CCT, though we are in the early stages of trying to identify grant funding to ensure the organization’s continuity and growth. Current plans are for CCT to undertake 10-12 projects in 2005-6, and even more projects in succeeding years. Besides the current chapters in Atlanta and Boston, the national CCT program has new ones underway in Denver and Seattle as well.


Executive Committee

President - Nivedita "Niv" Persaud
president@cctatlanta.org

Niv Persaud is a Vice President, Commerzbank, AG. She has six years experience in the healthcare industry and over seven years experience in finance.  Her career began as a management consultant, developing strategic plans and facilitating m&a activities.  Niv began volunteering with CCT in 2000 and joined the Executive Committee in 2002.

Volunteer Recruiting/ABSA Liaison - Jeff Plank
volunteers@cctatlanta.org

Jeff Plank is the Manager of Consulting Services at HLB Gross Collins, PC, a full service Accounting and Consulting company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Jeff manages specialized services including business advisory services, business valuations, strategic planning, corporate financial planning and analysis, and business process reengineering. Jeff has an undergraduate degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Client Recruiting - Tom Chapel
clients@cctatlanta.org

Thomas J. Chapel coordinates the program evaluation team in the Office of the Director at CDC. Tom helps CDC's many programs, grantees, and partners think strategically about their goals and objectives, how best to measure progress, and how to use findings to improve their efforts. He has a BA from Johns Hopkins and MBA and MA from the University of Minnesota.

Project Management/Volunteer Training - Dan Berler

Daniel H. Berler, Ph.D., is Project Manager/Georgia Regional Director of Business Development QORE Property Sciences in Duluth, GA.

Infrastructure Development - Cynthia Devroy

Cynthia Devroy is a Senior Financial Analyst, Department of Surgery, The Emory Clinic. Prior to receiving her MBA at Emory University's Goizueta School of Business, Cynthia managed the Capitol Hill Office of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold and received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Networking/Event Planning - Rubina Malik

Rubina Malik is currently the Director of The Executive Mentorship Program and Instructor of Management at Morehouse University. Rubina holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Georgia State University, a Masters in Business Administration from Mercer University and a Certification of Professional of Human Resources. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Georgia.

In addition to her professional endeavors, she is very active in the community, to fulfill on her passion to be active in supporting education based incentives, she facilitates resume writing and interviewing workshops for InRoads, is the Vice Chair for a Local School Council and on the Board of Atlanta Outward Bound.

Marketing/PR - Accepting Applications

Webmaster - Sameer Soleja
webmaster@cctatlanta.org

Advisory Board:

  • Tom Chapel
  • Rolf Grun
  • Samantha Hodgkins
  • Niv Persaud
  • Jeff Plank
  • George Sanderlin