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truancy intervention project TIP Welcomes New Volunteers! By Caren Cloud Truancy Intervention Project of Georgia [email protected] N ew TIP volunteers are ready to spring into action following our annual Spring Volunteer Training Seminar, held on Thursday, March 22 at Sutherland, LLP. Held in conjunction with the Atlanta Bar Association’s “March Madness” series, Friday, March 18th , TIP played host to approximately 40 attendees and is pleased to welcome the following new volunteers to the TIP family: Valerie Adams, Michelle Arrington, Katie Childers, Claude C. Davis II, Angelia Duncan, Ellen Fister, Vivianne Guevara, Marcell Johnson, Tamara Lester, Jade Logan, Regina Matthews, Tiffany McKenzie, Danielle Obiorah, Steftia Richardson, April Robinson, Nancy Rowland, Katie Savage, RuPearl Sharpe, Jamie Stainback, Evanya Stevens, Terry Walker, Meredith Whigham, and Dawn Wynne. In addition to welcoming our new volunteers, TIP would like to thank all of our esteemed presenters for volunteering to take time out of their busy schedules to share their knowledge and experience with the trainees and TIP staff. Special thanks to presenters: Valerie Condit, Fulton County Schools, Katherine Dunn, Southern Education Foundation, Becky Hall, State Bar of Georgia, Janet Ransom, Juvenile Court Probation, Rick Rufolo, UPS, Judge Juliette Scales, Fulton County Juvenile Court and Josh Swiger, Weinberg, The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn and Dial. If you are interested in learning more about TIP or would like to volunteer with the Truancy Intervention Project Georgia, please contact Adrian Wright at (404) 613-4742 or [email protected]. ■ From left: Caren Cloud, TIP Staff Attorney, Becky Hall, State Bar of Georgia, Adwoa Seymour, Bryan Cave Powell Goldstein LLP, Janet Ransom, Fulton County Juvenile Court, Liz Liston and Adrian Wright, TIP GA May 2012 THE ATLANTA LAWYER 35