Background
Business Leader
- Business Owner – Elaine Padgett has co-founded, managed and sold multiple successful companies over the last 30 years, including a global software company. Elaine’s companies have provided software and services to Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses. Elaine has managed multi-million dollar budgets and the HR department for these companies.
- Case Manager in Insurance and Worker’s Compensation
- Registered Nurse
Education
- MBA in Finance - graduate of Kennesaw State University.
- BSN - graduate of Emory University
Community Leader
Over the past three decades, Elaine Padgett has served her community as:
- CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocate for foster children
- U.S. Census - Field Supervisor
- Girl Scouts of America - Troop Co-leader
- Angels Among Us - Volunteer
- Golden Retriever Rescue of Atlanta - Volunteer
- Canine Vision of Atlanta - Puppy raiser for a service dog for the blind.
School Leader
In the schools, Elaine has been a volunteer or leader in:
- VEX Robotics – Helped start the VEX Robotics program at Lakeside Middle School in 2011. At this time, the school did not have a teacher sponsor, robot or any funds for the team. The team was able to raise over $5000 through a community fund-raising campaign and to recruit a teacher sponsor (Mr. Smart). This money allowed for the formation of multiple robotics teams in the first year and created a fund that helped fund future teams. The LMS program became very popular and successful, winning a VEX World Championship in 2016.
- FLL Robotics – Helped start and co-coached a championship FLL Robotics team at Haw Creek Elementary.
- Science Olympiad – Parent Volunteer at Haw Creek Elementary and Lakeside Middle School.
- Battle of the Books – Parent Volunteer for a championship Haw Creek Elementary team.