Decatur Active Living’s Employee Spotlight

As part of Park and Recreation Month, we are celebrating our Active Living employees! We are thankful for our dedicated employees who rise up to build strong, vibrant and resilient communities through the power of parks and recreation.

Our final Employee Spotlight is another professional in Decatur Active Living, Gael Doyle

Gael is originally from outside of Boston, Massachusetts. She attended the University of Georgia and earned a BFA in Photography. Gael went on to pursue graduate studies in Graphic Design in Atlanta. Growing up in the forests of New England and spending summers in the rural West of Ireland, where her family is from, gave Gael a love and appreciation for the great outdoors and wild spaces. Gael is an environmentalist and strongly believes in protecting nature. Her role as Decatur Active Living’s Adult Program Leader gives Gael the chance to get outside leading our Hiking Club, Trails & Ales group, managing Scott Park Community Garden and biking around town with Bikes & Brews. Gael moved to Decatur in 2017 and loves being active in the city through activities, events and meeting new people in the community. #riseupjuly

Decatur Active Living’s Employee Spotlight

As part of Park and Recreation Month, we are celebrating our Active Living employees! We are thankful for our dedicated employees who rise up to build strong, vibrant and resilient communities through the power of parks and recreation.

Our next Employee Spotlight is another professional in Decatur Active Living, Jada Jordan.

Jada is originally from Memphis, Tennessee but has been in Atlanta for almost 20 years. She has spent most of her career working with Children and Youth in sports and athletics.

Jada earned a college scholarship to play basketball and still plays and has a love for the sport. She loves coaching and empowering women and girls to be the best version of themselves.

She started with Decatur Active Living in 2017 as an Assistant Program Supervisor in athletics and is currently the Adult and Senior Program Supervisor. This new role has given her the chance to work closer with the adults in the community and she loves that it allows her to make deeper connections with the participants. She was very close to her grandmother so this position also allows her to have several surrogates and to do the things that she used to do with her like play bingo.

Sports, especially with youth, has always been a passion of Jada’s but her current position allows her to not only stay active but make sure that other adults have fun and stay healthy as well.