Announcements | Feb 3rd


Meeting
 

PROSPECTIVE NEW MEMBERS:

• Rachel Tilghman attended Chapman University and works as an Area Vice President at Braze Solutions Consulting, where she leads the North and South America teams, partnering with well-known brands like Wendy’s, Burger King, Grubhub, and Canva to design and deliver customer engagement solutions that scale. With over 15 years of experience in marketing, customer engagement, and technology, Rachel combines strategy, creativity, and technology to help organizations build meaningful connections with their audiences. She is passionate about supporting women in STEM and contributing to Savannah’s growing technology scene. Rachel is also deeply committed to community service. She currently serves as VP of Fundraising for the Junior League of Savannah, is active in the Cuyler-Brownsville Neighborhood Association, participates in her local neighborhood group on W. 36th Street, and hosts an annual toy drive through the Buy Nothing Group of Midtown. Originally from Richmond, VA, Rachel has lived all over—attending college in Southern California, living in Chicago, New Zealand (where she first joined Rotary), and Austin—before putting down roots in Savannah in 2022. Outside of work and volunteerism, she enjoys horseback riding with her horse, Elmo, and walks with her Cavapoo Welly around Forsyth Park.
  • Sponsors: Kristen Crawley & Elizabeth Summerell
• Kat Erickson is the Senior Program Manager for Savannah Tree Foundation and often runs their events. In her free time, she loves partnering with friends at FUN Savannah and Ice Tub Club. She would love to designate time to further involve herself with organizations outside of work. She is ridiculously awesome at connecting people and making good ideas actually happen, by bringing enthusiasm, organization, and a roll-up-your-sleeves approach to service and community work. She moved here in 2023 and married my husband in Forsyth Park; he works at Gulfstream, and they have loved building their lives in Savannah. They share their home with their Springer Spaniel, Konza, who keeps them active and outdoors as they explore the city they now call home.
  • Sponsors: Whitney Shepperd, Leigh Acevedo
• Laura Brock is a retired award winning art director ( 6 Emmy’s) for television and Film, and most recently, theater - she is most proud of her philanthropic work for No Strings International, https://www.nostrings.org.uk/our-story as well as her work on Johnny and the Sprites for Playhouse (Disney) Her career spans Art Director - Set designer in Children's Television - Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Where in the Time is Carmen San Diego, Sesame Street - 2 home videos, Between the Lions for Pbs, and television props builder for the Dr oz show, art director for ABC'S the Chew, assisted on One life to Live, and All My Children. Movies are New Jack City, A Perfect Murder, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn - Comedy Central.
  • Sponsors: Ruth Hutson and Katie Rudder-Fender