Lisa

Tanner, volunteer coordinator for the Atlanta Track Club,

will be the guest speaker for the Jan. 3 meeting of the

Peachtree City Running Club.

Tanner was

employed with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games

prior to coming to work for the Atlanta Track Club. While

at ACOG, she was one of six full time staff members

working the athletics (track and field) venue. She

"did it all," as she explains that she worked

everything from managing the volunteers to developing the

time line for the athletics events to working with

officials.

She is a

graduate of the University of Georgia with a BBA in human

resource management in 1992 and a master's of education

in sports management in 1994.

While at

Georgia, she was a member of the track and field team,

where she competed in the high jump, achieving a height

of six feet.

She has

been with ATC since September 1996. She is responsible

for getting volunteers for the 25 events the ATC puts on

each year, with the largest event being the Peachtree

Road Race, which has 3,000 volunteers, and the Atlanta

Marathon, which has 1,500. The Peachtree Road Race is the

largest 10K in the United States.

Peachtree

City Running Club's first meeting of the new century will

be at the Wyndham Peachtree Executive Conference Center

at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3.

The public

is invited to attend and hear what she has learned the

hard way, what works and doesn't work in recruiting,

organizing and managing volunteers.

For

information, phone Bob Dalton, administrative vice

president, at 404-464-4969.