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Steven Lindsay
Steven Lindsay
President
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president@underwoodhills.org
Steven Lindsay moved to Atlanta in 2013 with his wife (Christine) and three boys (Dante, Nelson and Amadeus) after five years in London, exploring Europe and losing his suntan. Prior to that he lived in Melbourne, Australia, where he worked as a professional musician and educator. Steve became involved with UHNA after having certified his yard as a Wildlife Habitat and helping out at community workdays. His current project (outside of UHNA) is continuing to develop the family’s 1/3-acre slope into a Peripatetic Permaculture Paradise, which is now producing strawberries, blackberries, muscadine, peach, nectarine, pear, apple and paw paw!

Bryan “Beau” Grant
Bryan “Beau” Grant
Vice President
vice-president@underwoodhills.org
Beau Grant moved into Underwood Hills in 1999 and bought his home back in 2002. He is a sixth generation native Atlantan, but has lived in Augusta; New Orleans; Park City, UT; St. Martin, NA; and Strasbourg, France. In a prior life, he was a systems engineer deploying outsourced data center installation for clients. Beau has been actively in the Commercial Real Estate industry since 2001. He is very interested in Animal Welfare issues and founded a Facebook fan page, SE Pet Rescue Railroad (@SEPRR) to help pet rescues coordinate with each other to pull homeless pets from shelters in fostering or adoptions. He has also done some work in commercial PV solar installations, political consulting and was even a professor for a few years at a local college. In his spare time, Beau likes hitting the gym at the YMCA, riding his motorcycle and occasionally traveling wherever.

Steve Whitlock
secretary@underwoodhills.org​, ​membership@underwoodhills.org
Steve Whitlock has lived in Underwood Hills for over 20 years. He lives on Harper Street with his wife Debbie, three kids (Charlie, Pete and Abby), two dogs and a cat.  Steve earned Bachelor of Industrial Engineering and Masters of Science in Operations Research degrees from Georgia Tech. He currently works for S3RUS providing crew planning optimization software for the airline industry. Steve enjoys bowling and following Tech sports and the Braves. You might see him out at night walking his dog Oscar on Ridgeway and Springer.

Mary Anna Chiles
Treasurer
treasurer@underwoodhills.org​

Ben Hudgins
Ben Hudgins
Planning
planning@underwoodhills.org
A​n area native and City of Atlanta resident for nearly 20 years, Ben Hudgins has developed a true appreciation for urban living. He lives on Seaboard Avenue with his wife, Kristen, and their two sons, Miles and Henry. Having welcomed two children since moving to Underwood Hills in 2013, the Hudgins are contributing members of the Seaboard Avenue kid zone. Ben earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Master of Architecture degree from Georgia Tech. He is a principal of Brock Hudgins Architects, where he specializes in urban design and mixed-used developments. His extensive knowledge of the City of Atlanta zoning regulations and processes has resulted in dozens of successful projects in town, while helping him better serve and protect the Underwood Hills community.

Eva Nason
Eva Nason
NPU-D Rep

NPD-D-Rep@underwoodhills.org
Eva Nason was born in 1940 of a North Georgia farmer mom and an Ohio traveling-man dad who came to Atlanta to teach a WPA class. She has mostly lived at 1743 and 1747 Harper St., homes her mom and her mom’s mom bought in 1945, with large side lots to farm, dirt streets and no sewer. For grades 1–7, Eva walked to E.P. Howell Elementary (where Kroger is now), then attended O’Keefe High and took a B.A. at Emory in languages, wanting to travel. Lots of jobs and three years of teaching allowed her to live in Germany, Ireland, Denver, NH and NY, with month-long travels over the U.S. and Canada camping in a VW Vanagon. At 36, she married an Albuquerque man she met while working at Emory, and they raised a daughter and son at renovated 1743 Harper, with the children attending E. Rivers and N. Atlanta High to go on to U. of Chicago and Indiana U. With the working-class residential area along Defoor and Bellemeade in steep decline thru the 1960s and early 1970s, Eva argued against re-zoning property along her mom’s back line for industrial use. That began well more than a decade of constant non-residential zoning applications she would oppose. Soon after the first re-zoning case, she gathered seven neighbors on the large front porch at 1743 Harper, and they established a neighborhood organization for the area they somewhat later named Underwood Hills. Many of the zoning cases Eva argued were for properties along Bellemeade, until finally Berkeley Park established its own organization and broke away from Underwood Hills. In these later years, with her husband now deceased, Eva has concentrated on maintaining her property as best she can, continuing UH involvement and working on an “intellectual” endeavor still underway. It is her hope that eventually her property will contribute to Atlanta’s green space rather than to its now very expensive housing stock, but if not not green space, then at least to truly affordable housing with lots of valued trees and greenery.

Eugen Gassman
Communication/Membership
communication@underwoodhills.org​
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John Haliburton
John Haliburton
Safety
safety@underwoodhills.org
John Haliburton is a full time Government Affairs Consultant for clients before state government, federal government, local government and the private sector. He is active at E. Rivers Elementary School (where his children go to school), serving on the GO Team, Foundation Board and helping to run the Christmas Tree Sale. John is an active volunteer in Camp Sunshine, an organization for children with cancer and leukemia. He has served on numerous boards, including the Corporate Leadership Council for Fernbank Museum, Executive Committee of the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods, Peachtree Hills Civic Association Board of Directors and a committee that selects scholarship recipients each year from his former high school (Pebblebrook in Mableton). John graduated from the University of Georgia, where he played football for the Bulldogs, with a degree in Speech Communication and Political Science. He resides with his wife and children in Underwood Hills — the best neighborhood in Georgia!

Melissa Blair
Sponsorship
sponsorship@underwoodhills.org
Melissa Blair has lived in Underwood Hills for eight years with her husband, Jeremy, and now three kids (Harris, Charlie and Watson). Melissa got her “Big D” in Mathematics from Georgia State way back in 2003. In a previous life, Melissa taught Algebra I and AP Calculus and then worked as the Office Manager at J. Christopher’s for 10 years. She loves all things Indie Music related, camping with her family, volunteering at E. Rivers and taking exercise classes at the Y.

Jeremy Blair
Jeremy Blair
Traffic
traffic@underwoodhills.org​
Jeremy Blair has lived in Underwood Hills for eight years with his wife, Melissa, and now three children (Harris, Charlie, and Watson). He is originally from the South End in Boston, where he walked, biked and used public transportation to get everywhere. For his first five years in Atlanta, he similarly did not own a car. This drives his primary interest on the Traffic Committee, which is equitable and safe transportation for all: walkers, bikers, public transportation and personal vehicles. Jeremy is an entrepreneur in medtech product development. He currently serves as VP of R&D for DJO Foot and Ankle. Prior to DJO, he served as CTO at MedShape until its acquisition by DJO in 2021. Jeremy also serves on the Board of Directors of Pressio Spine. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Emory and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. Jeremy enjoys travel, camping with his family, playing drums and all things Boston sports.

Kristen Hassel, Molly Hargather
Parks/Beautification
beauty@underwoodhills.org

Chris Lecraw
Social

social@underwoodhills.org

Shane Murphy
Play Group
​play@underwoodhills.org

Brewery
The Underwood Hills Neighborhood Association (UHNA) election of officers is conducted at the final general meeting of each year, typically held in November. In addition to President, Vice President, Secretary  and Treasurer, the following committees have been established and defined by the UHNA Bylaws (referred to in the Bylaws as “Sub-Committees”):
  • Land Use and Planning. The Land Use and Planning Sub-Committee represents the interests of Underwood Hills regarding all issues of land use, including zoning, variances, business licenses/permits, and code enforcement. One of its members serves as the representative for Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) D.
  • Communications. The Communications Sub-Committee is responsible for all communications to Association membership, including  the newsletter and  website, as widely as economically practicable throughout Underwood Hills.
  • Beautification/Park. The Beautification/Park Sub-Committee aims to develop, enhance and maintain the Underwood Hills Park and other Greenspace within Underwood Hills in cooperation with the City of Atlanta.
  • Membership. The Membership Sub-Committee is responsible for maintaining records, increasing membership awareness, participation, and dues payments.
  • Social – The Social Sub-Committee provides for social activities for Underwood Hills residents and welcomes new residents to the neighborhood.
  • Traffic/Safety. The Traffic/Safety Sub-Committee works with the City of Atlanta and Underwood Hills residents and businesses to develop and maintain a safe environment in Underwood Hills and to optimize traffic flow through the neighborhood.
  • Playgroup. The Playgroup Sub-Committee  coordinates social activities for children and parents of Underwood Hills.
  • Elections. The Elections Sub-Committee identifies  candidates for each elected position within the Association, including Officers and Sub- Committee Chairs, vets potential candidates for conflicts of interest and ensures candidates are eligible to run for office. It also educates potential candidates on the duties and responsibilities of each position and compiles basic biographical information on the candidates to be included in the election notice.

See the Committees/Groups and Calendar pages for details about some of the functions and activities of UHNA committees and groups.
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