
About The Georgia Ballet
Founded in 1960 by Marietta native Iris Hensley, The Georgia Ballet is a non-profit organization committed to inspiring the public through professional ballet performance, unparalleled dance training and meaningful community outreach. We are continuously growing to meet the needs of the community while fulfilling our reputation as an outstanding arts organization.




MEET THE EXECUTIVE TEAM

JOY JOHNSON
Executive Director
Joy M Johnson is an experienced executive with a career foundation at IBM and progressively responsible leadership roles in NYNYX Business Center, Chubb Corporation, Delta Airlines and her own firm GrowthMindset. She has held full P&L accountability in multiple organizations and made major contributions in strategic planning, operations, team collaboration and marketing. In the years directly preceding her tenure at The Georgia Ballet she was working with business leaders in both for profit and non-profit companies to maximize bottom line results by focusing on such things as leadership skills, effective communication, productivity, training and facilitation, process and procedures, revenue growth and expense control.
As the Executive Director of the Georgia Ballet she leads the organization from a business perspective, creates a strategic vision and builds the infrastructure to achieve the Ballet’s strategic goals.



BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Sam Hensley, Jr.
Board Chair
Attorney
Bentley, Bentley & Bentley
Dawn McEachern
Senior Territory Manager
Pfizer
Don Parsons
Development Committee
State Representative
Chris Loope
CIO
BG Staffing
Annaka Woodruff
Chris Harrison
Trustees Emeriti
Jean Hawkins
Partner
Hawkins, Moore & Cubbedge, CPA
W. Allen Separk
Attorney
Honorary Trustees
Babe Atkins-Byrne
Senator Chuck Clay
Interested in becoming a board member? Contact Joy Johnson at jjohnson@georgiaballet.org or call 770-528-0881 ext.224.