Business Portfolio — April 17, 2016

PROFESSIONAL

David Maschke, architect and owner of Maschke Associates, recently returned from attending the National Council of Architectural Registration Board’s Regional Summit. The three-day summit, conducted in Savannah, was attended by more than 200 board representatives from all 50 states and four territories.

Maschke represented the Georgia State Board of Architects and Interior Designers, on which he has been a member for 12 years and serves as vice-president. Maschke also served as a speaker and panelist member at a plenary session entitled “Minimizing Illegal and Negligent Architectural Practice Through Relationships with Code Officials”.

LEADERSHIP

Mary Ligon, director of Leadership Albany, recently received national recognition when she was presented with the 2016 Preceptor Award by the Association of Leadership Programs while attending the organization’s Southeast Regional Conference in Winter Park, Fla.

This award recognizes the director of a leadership program who has gone above and beyond, who has achieved a new standard of excellence, and who has a high level of civic and community engagement. The recipient must also demonstrate creativity in leadership development; have effective communication skills; model “best practices” of leadership development; and show dedication to strengthening and transforming community leadership.

Ligon has been the director of Leadership Albany since January 2000 and was a member of the 1989-90 Leadership Albany class. She has served on a variety of nonprofit boards of directors in our community for more than 30 years. Currently she is a member of the Chehaw Park Authority Board, Dougherty County Rotary Club, United Way Education Impact Solutions team, and Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church. She is a graduate of Georgia Southern University with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Management/Information Systems. She and her husband, Jim, have two adult children.