Trish Spivey
Tricia Spivey has been an RN for over 30 years with expertise in Pediatric ICU, hospice care, and public health. During the Covid 19 pandemic, like many healthcare workers, she worked tirelessly with the Department of Public Health to mitigate the spread as a contact tracer and subsequently vaccinating hundreds of Georgia citizens.
She is an active community volunteer who has served as executive board chair for Bartow Collaborative, the Northwest Georgia Community Foundation, and the Hope Center Foundation. She has been involved with community literacy through work with the Bartow Literacy Council, the Book Mobile, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, and by mentoring local elementary school students. She is a former Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow, participating in both their youth exchange program and their world humanitarian trip to Bangladesh, where she was part of an international team that operated on children with cleft lips and palates at the Dhaka Children’s Hospital. She has provided statewide disaster relief by volunteering at disaster shelters for the medically vulnerable.
Tricia is currently focusing on working with the Cherokee Judicial Circuit’s mental health court as an advisory board member. She recently completed the Master Gardener Extension Volunteer program through the University of Georgia and is involved with Etowah River clean up through Keep Bartow Beautiful, providing upkeep of the grounds at Roselawn Museum, 4- H club Play in the Dirt camp, and education promoting indigenous plants, pollinator gardens, community and school gardens, and the relationship gardening has to overall health and well-being.
Tricia’s hobbies include traveling, reading, crocheting, kayaking, working in her yard, and simply hanging around in her hammock enjoying life.
Her family includes her husband of 34 years, Steve a local physician, her daughter, Rachel, who is an Emergency Room pediatric nurse practitioner, her son Carter, who just graduated from UGA with a degree in biochemical engineering, and his fiancée, Elyse, an architectural historian.
Marty Sonenshine
Marty Sonenshine has a history of leadership and service in both the executive and philanthropic worlds. He has been the Executive Director of Anverse, Inc., a private operating foundation, since its inception in 2000. In this role, Marty has been a driving force behind numerous philanthropic initiatives that have positively impacted communities in Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Puerto Rico.Additionally, he oversees the operation of The Grand Theatre, WBHF radio station, and the Teacher Resource Center in Cartersville, as well as the Carroll County Non-profit Center in Westminster, Maryland.
Prior to his role at Anverse, Marty worked in various capacities at Prestige Communications, where he began his career journey as a news and sports reporter. He later served as Marketing Director, and ultimately Director of Operations. During his long career with Prestige, Marty gained expert knowledge and skills in leadership and communication, as well as a deep understanding of business strategies and community engagement.
With a passion for community development and a commitment to service, Marty has also served on numerous boards. These include the Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center Board of Trustees, Cartersville City Schools Foundation, Cartersville High School CTAE, Bartow College and Career Academy, the Bartow County Mental Health Court Advisory Board, and the Southeast Regional Board for the Anti-Defamation League.Additionally, Marty is a founding member and Charter President of the Rotary Club of Etowah, and has served on the Philanthropy Southeast Membership and Program Committees. He has also served as a mentor for both Bartow County and Cartersville City schools.
Marty earned a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism with a minor in marketing from Georgia State University. He is an Atlanta native and longtime resident of Cartersville, GA, where he lives with his wife and two sons.