Tonya D. Cook papers

Tonya Denise Cook, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, was born February 4, 1968. She began her career at Georgia State University in the fall of 1986 as an undergraduate and as a work study student for the College of Education. She was a Charter Member and Member at Large of GSU Spotlight Programs (Women's Life and Black Life and Culture) of which she served as Co-Chair (1987-1988) and as Chairperson (1988-1989). She was actively involved in a myriad of roles on campus, including membership in Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Lambda Nu Chapter, Leadership Conclave, Student Government Association, Order of Omega and Black Student Alliance (1988-1990). In 1994, Cook graduated from Georgia State University with a B.B.A. in Marketing and earned a Masters degree in Human Resources Development from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies in 2005.

Since 1999, Tonya Cook has been the Program Specialist for Georgia State University's Student Life and Leadership/ Intercultural Relations, planning a varied and diverse range of cultural and educational programs for the University. She is the Event Chairperson for the annual Martin Luther King. Jr. Convocation, which pays homage to the life and legacy of Dr. King. She is active in her community, which also includes her graduate chapter of her Zeta Phi Beta Sorority-Kappa Iota Zeta which she is an inductee of their Hall of Fame (2008). Tonya Cook is also involved and a member of Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, National Black Arts Festival, Alvin Ailey Ambassadors Committee (Atlanta), Camp Girlfriends and Plan Your Meetings Magazine. She is an alumna of the Atlanta Women Foundation's Destiny Fund (2008) and the United Way V.I.P. Program (2008). Tonya Cook was included among Women Looking Ahead magazine's list of Georgia's 100 most powerful and influential women (nonprofit and diversity).