Tess Cunningham

Background

Cunningham, Tess was born on May 5, 1949 in Milwaukee. Daughter of Andrew Michael and Marie Magdalene Weber.

Education

Student, Chattanooga State University.

Career

Art consultant, division manager CI International and Regency Galleries, Athens, 1982-1989. Sales associate, public relations manager, finance manager Heyward Allen Motor Company, 1987-1991. Telemarketing associate, consultant Dial American, 1994-1995.

Owner marketing, media and public relations consultant Tess Cunningham Consultant, Atlanta, since 1993. Director marketing, owner Paradigm Racing, since 1995. Director marketing Visual Communications, Atlanta, since 1998.

Public relations consultant Pineapple Public Relations, Atlanta, 1998-1999. Owner Paradigm Marketing, since 1999.

Achievements

• Tess Cunningham has been listed as a noteworthy marketing professional by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Facilitator planning committee Athens-Clarke Tomorrow, Athens, 1993. Art committee, co-chair Athens International Art Festival, Athens, 1994. Vice president Forging New Tomorrows, Atlanta, 1994-1998—.

Board directors, committee chairman Alliance Theatre Guild, since 1995. Member steering committee Earth Keepers. Board directors Illian Adoption, Inc.

Member National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Women of the Southern Region (marketing and fund raising consultant 1998), Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Walk Atlanta, Freedom Foundation of Valley Forge.

Interests

• Avocations: stained glass, boating, racing, hiking, movies.

Connections

Married John B. Cunningham, September 12, 1970 (divorced). Children: Misty, Jordan, Lauren.

Father:

Andrew Michael Weber

Mother:

Marie Magdalene Weber

Spouse:

John B. Cunningham

child:

Lauren Cunningham

child:

Jordan Cunningham

child:

Misty Cunningham