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Atlanta Education Foundation

2024 Honorees

Distinguished Alumni awards

 

Stephanie Byrum, PhD

Stephanie Byrum, PhD, is a graduate of the AHS class of 2000. Byrum continued her education at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a Chemistry and Mathematics minor. She also holds a Master’s and PhD in Bioinformatics at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Byrum is currently a Tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UAMS and the Director of the Arkansas Data Science Core. Her duties include supporting research faculty with data analyses by investigating changes in genes and cancer research, as well as teaching and mentoring graduate students. Dr. Byrum is the daughter of the late Rebecca Moulton and granddaughter of the late Carrel  Byrum and Dean Byrum.

Dr. Trevor Swanson
Dr. Trevor Swanson, a 1992 graduate of AHS, has been deeply involved in giving back to this community since he moved back to Atlanta after chiropractic school. He has served the Atlanta Softball and Baseball Associations as well as a board member and past president of the Atlanta Athletic Booster Club. He owns Swanson Family Chiropractic - Advanced Spine, Sports, and Rehab, and he loves to extend his chiropractic service and knowledge to students. Typically he treats student athletes for free because wants them to receive the best care he can provide to make them better athletes. Swanson attended Stephen F. Austin University, Tyler Junior College, and Parker College of Chiropractic, where he received a Doctorate of Chiropractic in 1998. In 2016, he was awarded ATL Magazine’s “Best Chiropractor.” Swanson is married to Jana Stanley and has three children, Sydney, Cooper and Christopher.

 

Nancy Chambless

Nancy Chambless retired in 2018 and was the beautiful face of Atlanta Primary School. Mrs. C knew every parent, every grandparent, every child AND their siblings by name and she created a loving environment that instantly welcomed any one who walked through the doors of that school. If anyone needed anything done, Mrs. C would ensure it was done. Her kind and loving demeanor put all parents at ease as they started their children's educational journey in AISD. Chambless was raised in Savannah, Georgia. She and her husband, Jimmy, moved to Atlanta in 1983 and raised their son, Keith. She has two grandsons, Jackson and Liam Chambless, a sister, Carla Godwin, and a very special friend, Janice Prator.