John W. Stephenson retired as Executive Director of the J. Bulow Campbell Foundation in Atlanta after 38 years of distinguished service. He reflected that as careers go, “It is hard to imagine one more interesting and rewarding than bringing a donor’s hopes together with organizations that can meet our community’s steepest challenges and most exciting opportunities.” John has devoted his career to philanthropy and education, from administrative roles as current Executive Director of the Georgia Health Foundation, and Trustee of the Teague Family Foundation, to past Executive Director of the Courts and Fraser-Parker Foundations, and Vice President for Development, Secretary of the University, and Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees at Emory University.

John’s many civic engagements include serving as a Trustee of Mission 1:27, an advisory committee member to the Katherine John Murphy Foundation, volunteering with the Atlanta Youth Academy, and formerly serving as a Trustee at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, the Southeastern Council of Foundations, and Kappa Alpha Order Educational Foundation. He is a 1984 graduate of Leadership Georgia and served on the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation National Selection Committee and chaired the board of First Montessori School of Atlanta. John served as a Director, Treasurer and President of the Emory University Employee Credit Union and was a member of the Commission of White House Fellows Regional Selection Committee for six years.

He earned a B.A. in Economics from Emory University, and an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. He is a member of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church and enjoys volunteer work and travel and professes to be terrible at the game of golf. He especially enjoys spending time with his two wonderful sons and two stepdaughters who together have provided him 6 delightful grandchildren.