Chair
Tom Hawkins
Managing Partner
Forte Ventures

Immediate Past Chair
Tad Hutcheson
Managing Director,
Community Engagement
Delta Air Lines

Vice Chair
Ryan Marshall
President & CEO
PulteGroup

Treasurer
Leslie Kurtz
CFO
Jackson Healthcare

Secretary
Jill Ratliff
Senior Client Partner
Kinavic Leadership Acceleration

President & CEO
John Hancock
Junior Achievement
of Georgia

Alba Baylin
VP, Stakeholder and
Social Impact Management
The Coca-Cola Company

Ken Bernhardt

Brian Blake
President
Georgia State University

Steve Cook

Allison Dukes
CFO
Invesco

John Dwyer

Susannah Frost
President
Chick-fil-A

Dwayne Irvin
VP, Enterprise Solutions
WestRock

Helene Lollis
President & CEO
Pathbuilders

Nancy Millett
CFO
Engineered Floors

Joe Reinkemeyer

David Rubinger
Market President and Publisher
Atlanta Business Chronicle

Katie Saez
Georgia Region President
Truist

Debbie Smith
President & CEO
Georgia United Credit Union

Cyril Turner
CEO
RORS Financial

Valerie Adair
CFO
PPC Partners

Mark Adams
Managing Director &
Regional Director of
Wealth Management
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Deb Battaglia
SVP, Customer Experience
Farmers Insurance

Joanie Bily
Division President
EmployBridge

David Brand
Managing Director
Protiviti

Russ Brockelbank
VP, Operations
Balfour Beatty

Ruben Brooks
COO
Atlanta Beltline

Angie Brown
SVP, IT
The Home Depot

Lisa Brown
EVP & CAO
Primerica

Fredie Carmichael
VP of Corporate Affairs
Georgia Power

Dallas Clement
President & CFO
Cox Enterprises

Patrick Dierberger
Assistant VP & Senior Procurement Officer
Federal Reserve Bank
of Atlanta

Mike Donnelly
EVP & Regional President
Wells Fargo

Monte Edwards
Managing Principal
MEG

Dan Eldridge
Partner
KPMG

Jane Elliott
Chief Human Resources Officer
NCR Voyix

Jeff England
Chief Supply Chain Officer
QXO

Dan Erling
CEO
Accountants One

Ed Fisher
Managing Partner
Southpointe Ventures

Andrea Freeman
VP, Marketing
Primrose Schools

Joe Gagen
Senior Director,
Acquisition Integration
Cisco

Warren Gardiner
CFO
Intercontinental Exchange

Mark George
EVP & CFO
Norfolk Southern

Randy Gregson
Partner
EY

Chris Gruehn
SVP, Commercial Banking
Pinnacle Financial Partners

Eric Guerin
CFO
RB Global

Louis Gump
President
Cambian Solutions

Guy Harris
Chairman
Chargebacks911

Mona Harty
Managing Director, Field Performance & Adoption
Delta Air Lines

Chris Hodgdon
VP, Digital Operations
Rooms To Go

Tim Hogan
VP, Product Management
LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Dan Janki
CFO
Delta Air Lines

Yogs Jayaprakasam
SVP, Chief Technology
& Digital Officer
Deluxe

Jason Jones
Managing Principal
Cresa

Rimas Kapeskas
Partner
Cambridge Capital

Ken LaManna
Partner, Consulting Solutions
PwC

Assad Lazarus
Chief Commercial Officer
Purchasing Power

Craig Lee
Partner
King & Spalding

Kyle Marrero
President
Georgia Southern University

Chris Mattie
Commercial Line of
Business Manager
Fifth Third Bank

Shawn Meade
Partner & Private
Wealth Manager
Creative Planning

Addison Meriwether
Executive Managing Director
Cushman & Wakefield

Carlos Navarro
CEO
Corvia

Jon Neff

Max Oligario
SVP & Market Executive
Bank of America

Grant Rivera
Superintendent
Marietta City Schools

Geddings Roche
Senior Client Partner
Korn Ferry

Jeff Rose
SVP, Leadership Development
Cognia

Sachin Sachdeva
Head of Global
Program Delivery
AIG

Mark Scalese
Partner
Deloitte

Steve Scherger
EVP & CFO
Graphic Packaging

Melanie Shook
General Manager -
South Region,
Small Business Services
ADP

Jane Stout
EVP
Cookerly Public Relations

Jamesetta Strickland
CSO
Curriculum Associates

Jay Sutton
EVP, Chief Operating Officer
Southern Company

Jim Teel
Regional VP
Goodwyn Mills Cawood

Janet Thomas
HR Business Partner
Quikrete

Jamie Tiernan
CFO
Gas South

Matt Toms
CEO
Voya

Lance Tracy
Managing Director,
Accenture Operations -
Delivery Program Executive
Accenture

Tony Ventry
SVP & CHRO
Veritiv

Michael Voynich
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland

Jamie Walker
CEO
Elavon

Frank Warren
President & Founder
AGW Insights

Ken Zeff
Executive Director
Learn4Life

Chair
Miranda Marchant
March Marketing

Incoming Chair
Holden Hayes
South State Bank

Members
Kathleen Anderson

Mark Bennett
Gulfstream

Tucker Eagle
Sterling Seacrest
Pritchard

Edwin Byck
Weiner, Shearouse, Weitz, Greenberg & Shawe

Tanya Chisholm
Georgia Ports Authority

Leia Dedic
United Way of
the Coastal Empire

Ryan Dew
Self-Employed

Jesse Dillon
Savannah Economic Development Authority

Larry Evans
Oliver Maner LLP

Kara Ford
Ford Agency

Yancy Ford
Effingham County Schools

John Giordano
Thomas & Hutton

Rick Hamilton
International Paper

Kurt Hetager
Savannah Chatham
Public Schools

David Higdon
City of Savannah

Mike Jackson
Colonial Group

Ben Johnson
Synovus

Stephanie Johnson
Truist

Shawn Kachmar
HunterMaclean

Scott Knudsen
National Distributing Co.

Kendria Lee
Georgia Southern University

Tony Martin
M3 Advisors

Jackie Ogden
University of Georgia

Steve Pound
St. Joseph's/Candler

Bess Powers
Shaw Industries

Ryan Price
JE Dunn

Ken Sellers
Colonial Group

Rob Sparks

Bob Thomas
Retired
International Paper

Jason Adams
Chick-fil-A

Tina Baggott
Augusta University

Dave Brendza
ADP

Brittany Burnett
United Way of the CSRA

Jay Forrester
SouthState Bank

Bernadette Fortune
Habitat for Humanity

Kevin Glass
Synovus Bank

Tiffany Heitzman
HBA of the Greater
Aiken-Augusta Area

Grace Helms
SRP Federal Credit Union

Sherrick Johnson
Augusta Technical College

Stephen King
Georgia Power

Jane Marie Kinsey
McKnight Construction

Catie McCauley
YMCA of Greater Augusta

Jasmine Sims
Augusta Office of the Mayor

Rebecca Sylvester
Piedmont Augusta

Mark Tamasi
Wells Fargo

Craig Tatum
Graphic Packaging

Janeabeth Wells
Columbia County
Board of Commissioners

Chair
Shane Lazenby
Lazenby Law Group

Immediate Past Chair
Tommy Howard
The Norton Agency

Secretary
Nancy Norton
The Norton Agency

Members
Tim Aderholt
Aderholt Management

Cindy Askounis
Security Solutions

Glennis Barnes
Georgia Power

Phil Bonelli
Regions Bank

Matt Dubnik
Forum Communications

Darla Eden
Hall County Government

Amanda Higgins
King's Hawaiian

Terri Limbach
Springer Mountain Farms

Dr. Valery Lowe
Forsyth County Schools

Richard Oates
Community Volunteer

Eula Parker
South State Bank

Ron Quinn
Peach State Bank

Rhonda Samples
Hall County Schools

Dr. Steven Smith
University of North Georgia

Dennis Stockton
Lanier Tech

Jody Wall
Brenau University

Philip Wilheit, Jr.
Wilheit Packaging

Chair
Charlie Morrow
Dalton Utilities

Immediate Chair
Jason Hopkins
Hamilton Healthcare System

Hall of Fame Chair
Anna Adamson
Flooring Capital
Development Corporation

Auction Chair
George (Smitty) Barnett
Whitfield Education Foundation

Executive Committee
Chip Howalt
Dixie Kinard
Debbie & Bryan Macon
John Neal
Dottie Boring Shaw
Joe Yarbrough

Members
Buddy Bennett
Colony Bank

Bill Blackwood
Coldwell Banker/
Kinard Realty

Jon Jewell
Retired

LaRuthie Mason
Shaw Industries

Ruth Mathews
Starr Mathews Agency

Phenna Petty
Georgia DOE

Jennifer Phinney
Georgia DOE

Mallory Safley
Dalton State College

Harrison Stafford
Georgia United Credit Union

Dr. Stephani Womack
Believe Greater Dalton,
Dalton Chamber of Commerce

William Young
Engineered Floors