Board of Directors

Zakiyyah Shahid

Zakiyyah Shahid is an Atlanta native and is a Special Education Teacher. Though teaching is her profession, social work is her passion.

For the past ten years, she has been volunteering and working with individuals, families & organizations in an effort to combat poverty and end homelessness. She began volunteering with Change to Humanity in September 2020 and joined the board in March 2022.

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Matt Gammon

Business mogul that owns several companies including Zeppelin Agency, Famous Films, and Fahrenheit Records. He was born in Dallas, Texas in 1979 and moved to Marietta, GA in 1990. He has been in the music industry since 2000. He has recorded many, i.e. Ying Yang Twins, Killer Mike, Rehab, Dead Prez, Bubba Sparxx, Collective Soul, Jarren Benton and more. He then entered the film industry in 2005 and has made commercials and music videos for clients such as : AT&T, Burger King, Krystals, Mazda, Jeep, Topgolf, Reebok, PGA Pro Wake Board Tour, Ritz, Usher, 2 Chainz, TI, J Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Waka Flocka, VH1 and more. He recently started his own company called  The Zeppelin Agency and has worked with clients such as Delta, Sprint, Meineke, Braces Braces, LED Cents and Rebelity Software. Matt has also appeared in movies and TV shows such as Remember the Titans, We Are Marshell, Zombieland, Flight, and The Walking Dead.

He went to college and played football at Georgia Southern University from 1998 to 1999. His team won the national championship in 1999. He graduated KSU in 2005 with degrees in Business Management, Communication and got a minor in IT.

Matt is a humanitarian and philanthropist, he has volunteered with many organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Must Ministries, Join our Fight, End it Movement, Messengers of Hope. He recently joint his church ministry at a trip to Uganda to assist in building wells for clean water for the people of Uganda.

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Sarah Ku

Sarah Ku is an Atlanta native and completing her PhD at Georgia State University. She will be joining Loyola University Chicago as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Sustainable Business Management in Fall 2022. Her research examines sustainability and equity in business, with a particular focus on organizational food waste and circular strategies. She began volunteering with Change to Humanity in April 2020 and joined the board in September 2021.

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Chris Macksey

Topher Mack Floral & Events’ owner, Chris Macksey, is an award-winning floral and event designer whose love for creating beauty from nature blossomed during time spent in the garden with his mother and grandmother as a child. Lured by Southern hospitality, Macksey moved to Atlanta, Georgia after years of designing high-end floral and events in NYC. He believes that when you love what you do, who you do it with, and who you do it for, his clients experience the love that is put into their design. The mission of Topher Mack Floral & Events bloomed from these core beliefs and so did a collaboration with Change to Humanity.

Macksey is guided by his mission of love and is excited for the enriching opportunity to expand his service to the community as a board member for Change to Humanity.