Office & Staff Contact Information Page

Wayne Anderson, President
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Phone: (404) 636-9533 ext. 10

Dr. Anderson is a former college and university president who also has held positions at the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University, the Association of Governing Boards and the Alabama Independent Colleges. He has taught courses in political science throughout his career, and, as an adjunct professor, teaches a seminar in American Presidential Campaigns at Emory University. He is a former chair of the Board of the Georgia Humanities Council.

Dara Hawkins is the Office Manager for the Associated Colleges of the South, where she assists Wayne Anderson in administering grants, preparing reports for the deans and presidents, and assisting numerous faculty and staff at member institutions. Dara began working at ACS as a temporary employee in March, 1996. Prior to working at ACS, Dara has worked in the corporate real estate and hospitality industries and academic environments.

Elizabeth MacNabb originally joined ACS as a Faculty Fellow at the University of Richmond, where she was director of academic service learning until becoming director of ACS Environmental Programs in 2001. Now based at Centre College, Elizabeth occasionally serves as visiting assistant professor of humanities and freshman studies. She holds a PhD in comparative literature from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and was a postdoctoral fellow in writing at Illinois State University.

Marcia White, Director of Program Development
Phone: (404) 636-9533 ext. 18

Marcia White came to ACS from the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce where she was Executive Director of Atlanta Partners for Education. Prior to that, she was Director of the Education Department at the American Museum of Natural History in N.Y. With over 30 years experience in the education and museum fields, Ms. White brings an additional expertise in the area of administration and project development. She is skilled in project management, special event marketing, publicity and grant writing. Independently, she has authored and published articles and chapters for magazines and books. She is the recipient of a scholars grant from the Florida Council on the Humanities for research.

Marcia supports and coordinates program development at ACS. She works closely with ACS administration, tasks forces and committees to define, fund and implement the initiatives of the consortium.

Christiane Williams, Technology Support Specialist & Web Manager
Phone: (404) 636-9533 ext. 12

Christiane is the ACS Web Manager & Technology Support Specialist, and assists in the preparation and completion of various technology-related projects and other special projects. She has primary responsibility for the development and maintenance of the ACS website, the ACS central office LAN and workstations. She also maintains the database, the e-mail lists, and handles logistics for meetings and conferences held in Atlanta.

Jinping Zhu, Director of Chinese Programs
Phone: (404) 636-9533 ext. 20

Jinping Zhu has many years of language teaching experience both in China and in the United States. She also has extensive experience teaching diverse groups of individuals Chinese culture and cross-cultural communication. Her responsibilities at ACS include to work collegially with ACS faculty to design and oversee the Chinese programs, take charge of ongoing evaluation efforts, help enhance development opportunities for faculty and promote extensive exchanges between the sixteen institutions at ACS and Chinese partners.