Candace Bazemore is Morehouse College’s Director of Digital Strategy and Transformation. She has served on boards of the United Way Women United Cole Cabinet, New Leaders Council, Junior League of Atlanta, and Atlanta Film Festival. Recognized in the classes of Outstanding Atlanta 2018, Leadership DeKalb 2017, and AJC’s Project Understanding 2015, which led to her co-authored children’s book & “Shabbat and Sunday Dinner.” Candace, a Clark Atlanta University alumna, Kennesaw State University KIP Program graduate, and Certified Scrum Master (CSM), originates from Virginia and has resided in D.C. and Atlanta.
Chris Sperry brings 15 years of business experience in the racing, automotive and sports categories, as well owning and managing his own marketing agency after becoming a member of the State Bar of Georgia in 1999.
He brings a very broad base of experience in many areas including corporate legal matters, startups, business organizations, contract negotiations, strategic planning, event management, profits and loss responsibility, intellectual property, licensing, corporate finance matters, external relations, communications, sales and marketing and business management.
During his career, he has negotiated multi-million dollar, multi-year sponsorship agreements, sanctioning agreements, engine lease agreements, licensing agreements, employment agreements, real estate contracts, confidentiality agreements while holding senior positions with Talladega Superspeedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Maserati North America and Road Atlanta where he worked with automotive clients such as Audi, Maserati, Porsche, Rolls Royce, Subaru, Michelin and Pirelli.
Chris currently lives in Virginia Highlands with his wife, three kids and dog named Teddy.
Bar Admissions: Georgia, 1999
Education
He works for Microsoft as a Cloud Solutions Architect. A graduate of ECPI University majoring in Computer Network Security, he has obtained his Masters Degree in Systems Engineering from Old Dominion University. Currently, he attends Rennes School of Business in Rennes, France. A Doctoral candidate for Global Doctorate of Business Administration majoring in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
“An educated and informed people equals a productive society!”