Agnes Scott College Elects New Members to its Board of Trustees

Decatur, Georgia — Agnes Scott College announced that five newly elected members will join its Board of Trustees July 1. Deirdre Campbell ’00, Shaunda Fales ’99, Gail Grimmett, Edward A. (Ned) Montag and Shannon Sale will each serve a four-year term.

“I look forward to working with our newly elected trustees who bring a range of experience to the boardroom,” said President Leocadia I. Zak. “Together, we will continue to ensure Agnes Scott College is a place providing a transformative education—one that prepares our students to claim their place as leaders in our communities, workplaces and world.”

Campbell’s professional career has focused on strategy, marketing, analysis and communication. She began her career at McKinsey, where she specialized in retail. She later served as director of marketing and community engagement for AUSL, a Chicago nonprofit focused on teacher development and school turnaround. Co-founder of the National Charity League Winnetka Chapter (Winnetka, Ill.), she currently serves as president. Graduating from Agnes Scott in 2000 with a major in chemistry, she earned her MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Fales spent 20 years in the financial services industry, where she most recently served as a credit portfolio manager for Capital One Bank, N.A., in Plano, Texas. Prior to that, she was vice president and relationship manager for PNC Financial Services in Dallas. Since leaving financial services, Fales teaches with the Dallas Independent School District, serves as a ruling elder for First Presbyterian Church of Dallas and volunteers for a number of nonprofit organizations in the Dallas area. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Agnes Scott and an MBA from East Tennessee State University.

Grimmett is president and CEO of Delta Flight Museum. First joining Delta Air Lines in 1995, she has held a variety of executive positions, most recently senior vice president of sustainability performance and strategic partnerships. While SVP of Global New York, she was named among the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in New York by Crain’s Business for six consecutive years. She holds an undergraduate degree from Indiana University and an MBA from George Washington University.

Montag is chief executive officer of MONTAG Wealth Management, a position he has held since 2009, having joined the firm in 1996. An Atlanta native, he previously worked in the Family Business program in the business school at Kennesaw State University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Washington University and an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. He is active in the Jewish community and has been active in the Rotary Club of Atlanta and YPO.

Sale is executive vice president and chief administrative officer for Grady Health System in Atlanta, where she is responsible for strategic planning, strategic service lines, population health, community benefit, pharmacy, IT, facility planning, management and safety, as well as Grady’s hospital-based emergency medical service. She is a member of the Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Healthcare Improvement, a coalition of public, private and nonprofit organizations. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Wake Forest University and a Master of Healthcare Administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The board has honored five trustees whose service on the board concluded June 30: Frank Blake and Duriya Farooqui of Atlanta, Loucy Tittle Hay ’87 of Oxford, Ga., Kathy Scott ’85 of Petaluma, Calif., and Tawana Ware ’96 of Indianapolis, Ind. Frank Blake, along with Mary G. Bankston ’74 of Studio City, Calif.; Lib McGregor Simmons ’74 of Summerville, S.C.; and Susan G. Smathers ’75 of Jacksonville, Fla., were elected as trustees emeritus/emerita.

To learn more about Agnes Scott College or to show your support, visit www.agnesscott.edu.  

About Agnes Scott College
Located in Decatur, Georgia, Agnes Scott College was founded in 1889 and is a highly selective women’s liberal arts college with approximately 1,100 students in its undergraduate and coed graduate programs. Named “Most Innovative” seven years in a row by U.S. News & World Report, Agnes Scott is known for SUMMIT, its dynamic experiential learning curriculum, and graduate programs that prepare students to lead inclusively in medicine, health sciences and strategic communication. To learn more about Agnes Scott College, please visit agnesscott.edu.