NOMAD with Rosalyn Merrick
• – • Georgia Public Broadcasting
About the speaker
Rosalyn Merrick is the President and CEO for Atlanta Habitat for Humanity. In this role, Merrick leads the organization’s strategic direction to accomplish its mission of empowering generations of working families by providing quality, affordable homes in safe, vibrant neighborhoods with opportunities to thrive.
Merrick, who joined the organization as chief development officer in November 2020, successfully generated diverse, record-breaking funds that helped the organization emerge from the pandemic with ample resources to ramp up production and expand its programs.
In January 2023, she was promoted to executive vice president and chief operations officer, a multifaceted role that empowered her to lead the organization’s extensive daily operations including oversight of eight departments — Family Services, IT, ReStore, Construction, Real Estate, Site Planning & Design, Warehouse and Facilities.
A native Atlantan and magna cum laude graduate of Georgia State University, Merrick’s 24-year career includes previous leadership roles at Georgia Community Foundation, Mount Vernon School, The Ron Clark Academy and United Way of Greater Atlanta.
Rosalyn currently resides in Tucker with her husband and two sons.
Local partners
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GPB is a knowledge hub where Georgians of all ages can access a variety of free and trusted platforms that encourage lifelong learning and collaboration. Our nine television stations serve Georgia and significant portions of surrounding states with PBS and locally produced programming. GPB’s 21 station radio network provides Georgia news, along with NPR news and informational content. GPB is also Georgia’s digital media content provider for the classroom, offering free, Georgia standards-aligned content across all subject areas for educators, students and families.
Founded 65 years ago, GPB has served Georgians with high-quality educational programming, unbiased local news, homegrown sports and entertainment, and emergency public safety messages. Despite the Rescissions Act of 2025 (H.R. 4) reducing federal funding for public broadcasting, GPB remains committed to serving diverse educational, informational, and cultural needs of all Georgians.
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Atlanta Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit affordable homes developer dedicated to transforming generations through the power of homeownership. We envision a city where all people have access to quality, affordable homes in safe, vibrant neighborhoods with opportunities to thrive. Since 1983, the organization has served more than 2,700 families (6,000+ individuals) with first-time home purchase, rehab and critical home repair services and education programs.
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Additional details
Join us as we explore this month’s NOMAD at Georgia Public Broadcasting featuring Atlanta Habitat for Humanity President and CEO, Rosalyn Merrick as our speaker.
8am Free coffee, free breakfast, mingling 9-10am The Main Event
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