Dr. Robert Avossa - County Line Magazine

ROGER WISE, JR.Roger and his wife, Claire,have lived in North Fultonfor 30 years. During thistime, Roger has workedwith local citizens, leadersand members of local organizations,and local governmentofficials on countlessprojects and ideas thathave benefited the community.He is always available to move a project forwardand to see it through to success. Roger has helped somany individuals to become better leaders, and in doingso, his efforts have created stronger organizationsthrough stronger leadership. He has worked directly withleaders and members of the Johns Creek Business Association,the Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce, andCity Council representatives. Roger worked on the formationof Leadership Johns Creek, taking the idea to theGovernor’s office to turn the project into a successful resourcefor both the City and the citizens of Johns Creek.Roger was instrumental in taking the idea of celebratingJohns Creek’s Founders Day with a parade and turningit into an annual event. Roger has always been availableto work with organizations and promote ideas that benefitJohns Creek. He has promoted, assisted with, andworked with just about every organization in the City.He is known as the go-to person, who always gets thejob done in the best possible way. A Vietnam veteran,Roger is an ambassador for Post 201 of the AmericanLegion, and is always active and available to recognizeand assist the local men and women, who have servedin our military.LINDA HAMBYFor over 20 years, Linda hasbeen involved in promotingpublic safety on local,county, state and nationallevels. She has been a tirelessadvocate for fire andpolice departments, andemergency medical services,working to ensure thatthere are effective and efficientservices to benefit public welfare. Linda has servedon the Board of the American Heart Association (AHA).In an effort to save lives through the use of AutomatedExternal Defibrillators (AEDs), Linda worked through theAHA to ensure that these devices were available for usein as many public places as possible, including airportsand shopping malls. As a consumer advocate, Linda hasbeen on the Board of the AHA AED task force and theRestart Atlanta’s Heart Initiative. She also was co-chairof the Johns Creek Public Safety Committee. She workedto promote the City of Johns Creek becoming the firstcity in the state of Georgia to receive a “Heart ReadyCity” award in 2008, and she has continuously held AEDdemonstrations for the community. Linda has served forover 10 years as a Citizen Advocate on the Departmentof Community Health’s Region III EMS Council. In herrole on the Council, Linda has worked to ensure a balancebetween fiscal efficiency and achieving high clinicalquality. Linda volunteered on the Public Safety TaskForce that worked to design and define the Fire Departmentand EMS response models that were used to createthese critical services when Johns Creek became a city.BRENDA YATESBrenda has been workingbehind the scenes for manyyears to support and makeimprovements at localschools and for the City ofJohns Creek. She has beenpresident and treasurer ofthe Chattahoochee Gridiron,PTSA officer in chargeof buildings and grounds,oversaw Eagle Scout projects at Chattahoochee, waspresident of the Tennis Team Booster Club, and treasurerof the Chattahoochee Umbrella Booster Club that overseesall sports clubs. Brenda even personally painted thetennis fence at Chattahoochee, using spray cans to completethe job, to make the fence look better. Other schoolenhancement projects that she has taken charge of are:construction of the entry arch at Taylor Road MiddleSchool and Chattahoochee High School, banners reading“Hooch Pride” at the top of every pole at Chattahoochee,and changing the letters on the manual marquee todisplay updated messages at Autrey Mill Middle school.She has worked with civic leaders to address local schoolconcerns. Brenda has also been involved in many projectsand organizations that have contributed to the Cityof Johns Creek. She was instrumental in starting TheTaste of Johns Creek, an annual fundraising event heldat Chattahoochee, featuring a sampling of food fromJohns Creek restaurants. She served as a Johns CreekCommunity Association (JCCA) board member and zoningcommittee chair, and was instrumental in helping theJCCA during the creation of the City of Johns Creek. Shehas been a member of the Johns Creek Planning Commissionsince 2007.25 CountyLine | January 2012