Without question, the most influential board in Atlanta is the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, the largest philanthropy in the Southeast.
Now, for the first time in its 86-year history, it no longer has an all-white male board of trustees.
At its last board meeting on April 4, the Woodruff trustees voted in Joseph A. Arnold, who spent 40 years with Trust Company Bank/SunTrust/Truist before retiring in September 2021. For the last 20 years at the bank, Arnold ran the Not-for-Profit and Government Banking Division in Georgia. He also has been deeply engaged with numerous nonprofit boards in metro Atlanta.