BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bryant Reid
Founder & CEO
Bryant Reid is an award-winning, 30-plus year entertainment industry executive, television producer, fashion designer, consultant, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known for discovering Usher, one of the world’s most iconic artists, and for his leadership roles as Senior Vice President of Artist and Repertoire at both LaFace Records and Atlantic Records. Reid has worked with internationally renowned artists including Toni Braxton, TLC, OutKast, and Tamar Braxton.
In addition to his record industry achievements, Reid created and produced the original television program B-Street Live for Turner Broadcasting System’s regional network, Turner South, further establishing his reputation as a creative force and cultural influencer.
Reid’s philanthropic work has earned him national recognition. In 2024, he received the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, signed by President Joe Biden, honoring his decades of service and impact through charitable initiatives. That same year, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear commissioned him as a Kentucky Colonel, the state’s highest civilian honor. In 2022, he was honored with the Phenomenal Women’s Health Community Service Award for his dedication to health advocacy.
A graduate of his high school’s top ten percent and a member of the National Honor Society, Reid was voted Most Outstanding Male Senior and excelled in both academics and athletics. After being diagnosed with lupus in 2007, he founded The Reid Foundation for Lupus®, transforming personal adversity into a lifelong mission to advance research, awareness, and support for those impacted by the disease.
Rep. Kim Schofield
Kim, State House of Representative District 60 was elected to the Georgia Assembly in 2017 and serves on the Small Business Development, Interstate Cooperation and the Health and Human Service Committees. She serves as Chaplain of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and an appointed member to the Atlanta Commission on Women. Rep. Schofield holds leadership positions as State Lead for the National Caucus of Environment Legislatures and National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women. As a public servant Kim lives out her core values of Access, Action and Accountability. Kim holds a Bachelor’s Degree and Masters in Theology and Organizational Leadership. She holds a DMIN ABD from Oral Roberts University.
Sheryl McCalla Esq.
Sheryl serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer at the American College of Rheumatology. She brings over a decade of expertise creating and leading results-driven programs that educate providers about lupus, with a focus on eliminating health disparities in lupus. She leverages her legal background, business acumen and creative problem-solving skills to facilitate large-scale collaborations working toward the good of people with lupus and other rheumatic diseases. Prior to beginning her work in the nonprofit sector, Sheryl was a practicing attorney representing the business sector, healthcare sector, and individuals. Sheryl holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Minnesota and a Doctor of Law from Emory University School of Law where she was a Robert Woodruff Fellow.
S. Sam Lim, MD
Dr. Lim received his undergraduate education at Duke University and his medical degree from the State University of New York at Brooklyn. He did his internal medicine training and rheumatology fellowship at Emory and has been faculty since 2002. He also has a MPH in epidemiology from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory. Dr. Lim is Professor of Medicine and Clinical Director in the Division of Rheumatology at Emory University School of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and the Chief of Rheumatology for Grady Health Systems.
Nyya Parson-Hudson
Nyya Parson-Hudson was diagnosed with lupus nephritis at the age of twenty-six. Despite this life altering diagnosis, she has enjoyed a fulfilling career as an attorney, municipal court judge and community leader. During her tenure on the bench, Nyya presided over several specialty courts, including Domestic Violence Court, Bilingual Court and Mental Health Court. She is a member of The Links, Incorporated; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated; and a life member of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science at Howard University, a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Alabama, and a juris doctorate from Miles Law School. She is continuing her education at Clark Atlanta University’s Whitney M. Young School of Social Work, where she is a candidate to receive her Master of Social Work in May of 2023.
Ian K. Hall Esq.
Ian graduated with honors from Hampton University in 2010, with a major in English, and earned his J.D. from Emory University School of Law in 2013. In law school, he served as a competitor and coach for the Emory Moot Court Society. Ian is currently Litigation Counsel at Beazer Homes.