About the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Foundation

Leadership & Mission
To guide its efforts, the Foundation has assembled an enthusiastic and distinguished group of board members comprised of business, education, civic and cultural leaders. They share a commitment to the arts and community by serving concurrent roles as the Foundation governing board and capital campaign fundraising for the Cobb Energy Centre.

Board Members
Barbara E. Williams, President
John Williams, Vice-President
Jack Demarest, Secretary/Treasurer
Dwight Brown, Director
Jack Ward, Director
Jerry Nix, Director
Sylvia Dick, Director



Capital Campaign Committee
Tom Bell, Chairman
Sam Olens, Co-Chair
Larry Stevens

The mission of the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Foundation is to secure financial resources in support of the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and to act as a fiduciary of those resources. Under the leadership of its board of directors, the Foundation supports the initiatives of the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority to build the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre and the creation and maintenance of an endowment to secure its future and expansion through on-going fundraising efforts.