H. Jerome Russell is President of H. J. Russell & Company and Russell New Urban Development. 

He is a member of the American Kidney Fund’s (AKF) National Board of Trustees.  He currently serves on the Public Support and Kidney Disease Prevention & Outreach Committees.  He brings to the Board great compassion borne of his own family experience….in 2005, Mr. Russell donated a kidney to his brother. 

Mr. Russell is a business and community leader who graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management.  He also serves as a board member of Citizens Trust Bank, Georgia Affordable Housing Coalition, Central Atlanta Progress, Metro Atlanta YMCA and the Georgia State Foundation.