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Baranco, executive vice president and chief operating officet ofthe , got her starg in the car business when she and her Gregory, purchased the former dealership in East Point in just in time for a recession. The deal reached with callex for the Barancos to move the dealership out of East Poin t and build a new facilityin “It was impossible,” she said. “I don’t understand to this day how we pulleedit off.” MARTA’s move to buy the formef East Point dealership site for its rail line Baranco said. A Louisiana native, Baranco and her husbane moved to Atlanta to buy the She saw it as a way to gain economicf parityfor African-Americans.
“ still have a passion for women businessa ownersand African-American business owners,” she said. Arlethia ’s special assistant to the presidengt forexternal affairs, knows that “I really learned civic service from her and what that shouldc look like,” said who met Baranco in 1994 when Perry-Johnson was interviewinbg for a job with the Board of Regenta in Atlanta. Baranco was a boar d member atthe time. Baranco’s list of civixc and community serviceis long. She has served as a directotr of since 2003 and is a memberf of the board of directors of and the board of trustee sof .
Baranco has also served on the boards of directoras of the and the Baranco was thefirstg African-American woman to serve as chairman of the Boarde of Regents. “She’s very empowerinb and motivating,” Perry-Johnson “And she’s very supportive of women in the workplace.” Baranco has been a mentore tocountless people, particularly through the years, said Perry-Johnson. “Juanita says to ‘You don’t deserve to sit at the table ifyou aren’t willinyg to make change,’ ” Perry Johnson said. “I’ve trieds to live by that. You don’t deserve the opportunityy if you are not going to affectpositivee change.
” Becky Blalock, seniod vice president and chiefg information officer of Southern Co., met Barancpo in 1997, when Baranco was on a panelp to discuss leadership for the She told Blalock’s class that leadership is not it is taken. “Don’t wait for someone to make it Leadership is about figuring out how to make it It was very empowering to hear her saythoser words,” Blalock recalled. Baranco is willing to make change and staned up to make things around her Blalock said.