Meet the 2024 NRPA Annual Conference Local Host Committee

July 25, 2024, Feature, by NRPA Staff

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The 2024 NRPA Annual Conference Local Host Committee is excited to welcome you to Atlanta! Beginning on Monday, October 7, the committee will be offering many educational tours to engage conference attendees in all that this amazing city has to offer. Each of these Off-Site Institutes include continuing education units (CEUs):

  • Big Creek Greenway and Amenities Tour
  • Old Growth and Beyond! Conservation and Natural Resources in Gwinnett Parks
  • Park Partnerships
  • Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum Walk
  • Discover Historic Oakland Cemetery — A View From the Inside
  • Westside Park Tour
  • Chattahoochee RiverLands
  • Gwinnett’s Incredible Water Journey!
  • The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
  • Atlanta BeltLine Tour

The Local Host Committee also will be offering great opportunities to get outside and be active during the annual conference, including a golf tournament on Monday and a 5K Fun Run, Walk or Roll on Thursday morning. Each of these activities and tours require preregistration. To learn more, click here.

Local Host Committee Members

  • La’Shawn Brown Dudley (Co-Chair) – Atlanta Parks and Recreation
  • Chris Bass (Co-Chair) – Douglasville Parks and Recreation
  • Steve Card – Georgia Recreation and Park Association
  • Lisa Bond – Atlanta Parks and Recreation
  • Charles Brown II – Atlanta Parks and Recreation
  • Jarett Brown – Atlanta Parks and Recreation
  • Chiquita Curney – Atlanta Parks and Recreation
  • Keith Flemming – Atlanta Parks and Recreation
  • Bridget Johnson – Atlanta Parks and Recreation
  • Jeffrey King – Atlanta Parks and Recreation
  • Parthenia Mitchell – Atlanta Parks and Recreation
  • Fenton Morris – Jefferson Parks and Recreation
  • Montero Ward – Atlanta Parks and Recreation
  • Aisha Washington – Atlanta Parks and Recreation
  • Sonia Wimbish – Atlanta Parks and Recreation
  • Adrienne Wright – Atlanta Parks and Recreation