We’re passionate about one thing: Empowering Women

Our mission is to break the cycle of generational poverty for women through education and job training.

Meet The Team!

Our Board of Directors is comprised of community  leaders with expertise in a wide range of areas, including counseling, advocacy, education, finance, grants, realty, health & wellness, and business management. The Board meets monthly. It is responsible for taking care of the strategic and financial health of the organization on an ongoing basis. Board terms are three years with a two (2) year minimum for continuity.  Officers are elected annually as required. The UGA MBA students serve as, non-voting members through the four semesters of the MBA program (a 20-month term).

Virgina “Ginny” Hamilton

President

Grants Professional

UGA Auxiliary Services, Athens, GA

Virginia “Ginny” Hamilton is the President of our Foundation, and also works at the University of Georgia with Auxiliary Services as a Grants Professional.

 

Ed Keegan

Founder & Treasurer

Associate Director, Raytheon Technologies
Retired US Air Force

Ed Keegan is a Founder, Treasurer, and Board Member. Ed is, and always will be, Ashton’s Dad.

Kim Keegan

Founder & Community Outreach / Interim Secretary

Chairwoman of the Board

Kim Keegan is the Founder, CEO and past-President of the Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation, as well as the Chairwoman of the Board.

Libba Beaucham

Member at Large (July 2025)

Advertising Sales Representative
Flagpole Magazine

Libba Beaucham has an eclectic background and skill set in nonprofit administration, youth history education, marketing, and music production. She is honored to be part of this mission as she is passionate about the power of education and giving back to the community.

Kim Cook

Member at Large (Dec. 2023)

LifeVantage Consultant & Retired Teacher

Kim Cook is a retired teacher who was born and raised in Texas and earned her BS in Deaf Education at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. She moved to Oconee County in 2022 and now loves calling Georgia “Home”.

Steven M. Hines, MD

Member at Large (Jan. 2024)

Owner, Five Points Psychiatry

Dr. Steven Hines is a board certified adult psychiatrist who has been in practice in Athens, GA, since 2006.

Sherry J. Anderson, SHRM-CP (she/her)

Volunteer Coordinator (April 2024)

Executive Office Coordinator
PAN Foundation

Sherry Anderson is a professional with a passion for working in mission-driven organizations.

UGA MBA Fellow Board Members

The UGA MBA students serve as, non-voting members through the four semesters of the MBA program (a 20-month term).

Emeritus Board Members

Martha “Tish” Rumsey

Martha “Tish” Rumsey

Retired Georgia Division of Family & Children Services

Terri Davis

Terri Davis

Realtor & Associate Broker Keller Williams Realty – Greater Athens

Michaela Buttler

Michaela Buttler

Consultant - Korn Ferry, Atlanta, GA

Do you have a passion to help support our mission?

Ashton was all about volunteerism, and that is the biggest need for the foundation.  We will be hosting events to raise funds to support Ashton’s causes.  Becoming a member of a nonprofit board as a board member or committee member can be a rewarding, high impact way that for-profit executives can do community service while learning new skills that can enhance their own careers.

Come to a Board Meeting!

We hold our board meetings once a month at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty, 2405 W. Broad St. #150, Athens, GA  30606, the first Monday of every month @ 5:30PM.  Come out sometime to see what we are all about.

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