Board Biographies

Fair Districts GA

Board Chair: vacant

Vice-Chair: vacant

Treasurer: David Delle Monache
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Parliamentarian: Lindsay Hodgson
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Secretary: Julia Leon
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Michael Beach

Michael Beach is retired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he focused on preventing diseases associated with water, sanitation, hygiene, and food. He was an internationally known expert with over 180 publications and has given presentations around the globe. He also participated in over 40 domestic and international outbreak investigations. He retired as a Distinguished Consultant serving as Associate Director for Healthy Water in CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases and as Deputy Director of the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases.

He is currently serving as the Fair Districts GA Communications Lead and FDGA Board member overseeing the FDGA newsletter and website. He also serves as Vice President of the Board for the Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code, a nonprofit organization that promotes the health and safety of people, families, and workers at public aquatic facilities, as an assistant poll manager for Dekalb County, and as a community activist working on voting rights issues and environmental concerns impacting Georgians.

Becky Evans

Becky Evans, former Georgia State Representative (2018–2024), is a retired healthcare executive, non-profit co-founder, and longtime DeKalb public schools volunteer. Recognized by the Center for Effective Lawmaking as one of Georgia’s Top 10 Most Effective Democratic Legislators in 2023–24, she is passionate about improving the lives of children and youth. She believes partisan “rigging of maps” undermines self-government and blocks broadly supported policies. Becky serves as President of the DeKalb Juvenile Justice Council and as a Literacy Business Ambassador for Georgia Reads. She also contributes to the Haiti EcoVillage School Steering Committee, the Emory Village Alliance, and the Olmsted Linear Park Alliance, while supporting the South DeKalb Improvement Association Education. Becky began her civic journey as a Carter Center intern in 1983, inspired by President Carter’s reminder to “adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.”

Jeanine Abrams McLean
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Al Pearson

Al Pearson has a long and distinguished legal career in which he has practiced both criminal and civil law in Georgia state courts and the federal courts across the country. He taught constitutional law and civil rights rights litigation at University of Georgia’s School of Law. He is a past US Supreme Court fellow. He has been actively involved in past redistricting lawsuits in Georgia.

Raenell Soller

Raenell is a scientist, educator, and dancer, who has recently become an advocate for political justice. She is committed to a “government of the people, by the people and for the people”. She understands that fair districts are absolutely critical to the survival of this democratic form of government, where every voice is heard and every vote counts.

Beth Stevenson

Beth Stevenson currently uses her over 30 years experience in public health in a number of social justice and community activities including as the co-chair of the Fair Districts Georgia Research and Analysis Team. Her background includes an emphasis on health education and health policy–from a practice, policy, and research perspective, most recentaly as an independent contractor included working with communities facing health disparities in Georgia and Texas and leveraging partnerships with schools and communities to implement policy and systems changes. Previously she was with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and before that with the National Office of the American Cancer Society. At CDC, Beth served in multiple leadership positions including as an acting Deputy Director in the CDC Office of Health System Collaboration in the CDC Director’s Policy Office, acting Branch Chief helping build a new Division of Community Health’s capacity in training and research translation, co-lead for the Children’s Health Team during the 2009 CDC H1N1 emergency response, and Goal Team Leader for the CDC-wide effort to address a coordinated approach to child health. Under her leadership the American Cancer Society sponsored the development of the US National Health Education Standards, developed and implemented a 3-year training model for school/community teams to actively change policies to improve the health of students, and was awarded one of the first Innovations in Prevention Awards from the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Fair Districts GA Foundation

Board Chair: Ken Lawler

Ken was elected Chair of Fair Districts GA in 2021. Prior to this he was involved in the organization’s research into the 20-year history of gerrymandering in Georgia, and he has advocated for reform with the state legislature and Georgia’s Congressional delegation. As chair, he focuses on the group’s research efforts, both internal and through partnerships. Ken was instrumental in establishing FDGA’s partnership with the Princeton Gerrymandering Project during the 2021 cycle. He also focuses on education and outreach.

Ken occasionally advocates for reform of government at all levels through his blog, www.OurImperfectUnion.org. Ken has been involved with other groups that focus on bipartisanship in Congress and reducing the toxic impact of money in politics.

He started his involvement in political causes following a 39-year career as an IBM consultant and executive with deep experience in offering development, business consulting, and strategy.

Vice-Chair: Karen Davenport

Karen has worked in the field of education for 49 years at the elementary, high school, and college-level in a variety of positions. She believes that to help our country live up to the principles outlined in our constitution, we as citizens must be involved in fighting for social justice and voting rights.

Treasurer: David Delle Monache

During his career in the consumer products and electronics industries David held various executive positions including President of US operations and Chief Financial Officer.   During the last five years he has done volunteer accounting and compliance work with political campaigns and with non-profits focused on voting rights.   He considers preservation and strengthening of our democracy the top priority of our times and recognizes that the FDGA mission is critical to that end.

Parliamentarian: Lindsay Hodgson

Lindsay believes transparency and integrity in our democratic processes are fundamental to achieving a fully engaged electorate.  As a lifelong spectator of politics and a former local government attorney, Lindsay is committed to advocating for redistricting reform and voting rights protections.

Secretary: Julia Leon

Julia has carried her passion to hear “the voice of the people” throughout her 30-year career in information technology where she built systems to support education. In retirement, she believes that solving our rigged election system is the most important step we can do to strengthen our democracy.

Teri Anulewicz

Teri Anulewicz is an experienced government relations professional with 17 years of service in elected office. She represented House District 42 in Cobb County from 2017-2025. There, she served on the House Appropriations,Public Health, Government Affairs, Transportation, Code Revision, and Intergovernmental Coordination Committees, and was secretary for the House Creative Arts and EntertainmentCommittee. Teri served as Chair and Vice Chair of the Cobb County Legislative Delegation from 2021-2025, and as House Co-Chair for the Georgia-Japan Caucus and the Georgia-Taiwan Caucus.Prior to her service in the Legislature, Teri also represented Ward 3 on the Smyrna City Council, from 2007-2015, and in 2016 was appointed Mayor Pro Tem.

Her professional experience includes more than two decades of experience in public affairs and government relations, with an emphasis on advocacy, alliance development, coalition building,and grassroots mobilization.

Jeanine Abrams McLean

Dr. Jeanine Abrams McLean is the President at Fair Count, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. The goal of Fair Count is to ensure that every person in Georgia and the nation is seen, heard, and counted for a fair and accurate census and to building pathways to continued civic participation, including voter education and redistricting.

Jeanine is a highly skilled researcher with over 15 years of experience designing, managing, and implementing population-based studies and projects. While at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, she applied her expertise in computational biology and population research to advance public health initiatives. She has extensive project management experience as well as work in community organizing. In addition to her work in public health, she is passionate about finding creative ways to tackle community-based issues using both strategic planning and innovative ideas.

Nancy Watkins

Since concluding her 30-year career in public health, Nancy has advocated for voter education and voter rights.  She believes that in a representative democracy each vote must count. For each vote to truly count, there must be fair elections, starting with the end of gerrymandering and the creation of fair districts.