2021 Corporate Board of Directors
Chair
Simon H. Bloom
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Secretary
Steve Cook
Pulte Group (Retired)
Treasurer
Sarah Saunders
Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP
Immediate Past Chair
Susan Ward
UPS (Retired)
Althea J. Broughton
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Angelia Duncan
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Aniska Moss-Melford
Home Depot
Anthony Banks
PNC Foundation
Brooks Robinson
Springbot
Carl G. Drake
Ares Management L.P.
Christopher D. Hohlstein
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Cloteen Jasmin
Ryan Companies
Darius Bates
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
David Touwsma
MosquitoNix
Derek Goshay
Genuine Parts Company
Eric L. Barnum
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Eric Hagen
The Home Depot, Inc.
Erica J. Bolden
Mercedes-Benz USA
Erica Moore
Wells Fargo – Atlanta Regional Office
Francesca Gary
Amerigroup Corporation
Gairy R. Moore
Deloitte LLP
Gardiner Garrard
TTV Capital
Helen S. Carlos
Community Volunteer
Jamael Hester
Coca-Cola Company
James T. Ellis
Cousins Properties Inc.
James R. Kaufman
Merrill Lynch GCIAS
James W. Morris
Citi Private Bank
Jennifer Cybul
Cendyn
Jerald Estime
Levi Strauss & Co.
Jerel L. Causey
Accenture
John C. Bottini
Koch Companies Public Sector
John Coughlin
Fleetcor
Judith E. Starkey
Glen Partners
Kevin R. Custis
EY
Larry Patrick
PwC
LeighAnn H. Costley
UHY LLP
Margarita M. Breen
Georgia Power Company
Mark D. Huffstetler
SunTrust Robinson Humphry Capital Markets
Michael A. Hazelton
Chick-Fil-A
Michael Sullivan
Southern Company Gas
R. C. Henn
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Richard W. Deriso
South Coast Commercial, LLC
Robert W. Kamerschen
Aaron’s Inc.
Solange Claudio
Formerly Known As
Stacey D. Eames
Highland Bakery
Thomas E. Reilly
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Coweta County Board of Directors
Scott Berta, 2021 Board Chair
Stephen Allen
Scott Berta
Brent Blankenship
Lauren Bollinger
Randy Burgess
Betsy Burnette
Jeff Coggin
Robert Coggin
Hasco Craver
Russell Crutchfield*
David Farmer
Dr. Cynthia Finney
Rebecca Jo Frey
Jim Gay
John Hall
Dr. Robert Heaberlin
Kelly Hines
Marla Hollis
Schwanda Jackson
Evette Jones
Clay Neely
Kim Melhouse
Jeff Patterson
Anissa Patton
JoAnn Ray
David Ridgeway
Brandon Smith
Chad Smith
JJ Thomasson IV
Laura Thomas
Linette Ward
Jonathan Watkins
Douglas County Board of Directors
Lisa Lonon, 2021 Board Chair
Francisco Artley
Kathy Barnes
Vanessa Brook
Monique Carruthers
Leigh Ann Champion
Ronald Hall
James Haddle
Urshla Fouch
Elmer Horn
Doris Isaacs
Jamal Jessie
Travis Landrum
Dr. Aisha Meeks*
Dr. Suvess Ricks
Michelle Ruble
Phil Taylor*
Michael Stephens
Chanteasea Swain
Davidae Walker
Christopher Womack
Fulton County Board of Directors
Dan Ludlam, 2021 Board Chair
Amy Averill
Emojoy Brown
Adam Cohen
Stephanie Delatorre
Steve Ensor
Bruce Feiman
Jessi Freeman
Steve Goeke
Van Hardimon
Stan Hill
Al Keeler
Brian Lees*
Dan Ludlam
Jenny Hergenrother
Raj Palakshappa
Mitch Robinson
Rick Suid
Hala Sura
Neelesh Tatia
Marcus Thornton
Rita Treadwell
Stokely Weinberg
Pierre Yapo
Ronda Zents
Paulding County Board of Directors
Selena Jackson-Guines
Lateefah Conner*
Dr. Damian Elder
Angelia Farries
Wayne Glover
Jason Kolacz
Pastor Cliff McGrady
Maria Morton
Yolanda Newell
Sarah Powers
Stephanie Sparks
Robin Stern
Brandon Test
Tameka Walker*
Ashley West
2021 Board of Trustees
Timothy Tassopoulos (Chair)
Chick-fil-A
Aron D. Levine
Bank of America
Helen S. Carlos
Community Volunteer
Kathleen M. Barksdale
Rockdale Foundation
Mark L. Feidler
Msouth Equity Partners
Samuel R. Johnson
EY
Scott Hill
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
Roddy White
Running Water LLC
Stephanie Blank
Georgia Early Education for Ready Students
Steve Romaniello
Star Kids Foundation
Steven C. Voorhees
Westrock (Retired)
Susan F. Ward
UPS
2021 Senior Staff – BGCMA
David Jernigan
PRESIDENT & CEO
Michael LaMont
CHIEF OF STAFF
Sam Delaney
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Lorene Jackson
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS & OPERATIONS
Veronica Squires
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Margo Marks
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Shernā “Dr. Nae” Phillips, PhD
VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Kimberly Lucas
VICE PRESIDENT OF SAFETY & FACILITY OPERATIONS
2021 County Board Members
*Indicates members who joined in 2022
Cherokee County Board of Directors
Katie Pearson, Board Chair
Reginald Brown
Jon Campbell
Carleen McCarthy
Lori Davis
Stephen Divine
Doug Foley
Loretta Freeman
Tony Harrison
Anita Horton
Jay Hughes
Sarah Kendall
Wesley Latimer
Ryan Lawson
Debra Murdock
Chuck McGhee
Carleen McCarthy
Tom WcWethy*
Laura Mikszan
Mark Moore
Debra Murdock
Ted Officer
Katherine Pearson
Chip Poth
Robert Sinclair, Jr.
Brian Spivey
Lori Thompson
Jack Tuszynski
Shannon Wallace
Holli White
Stacey Williams
Cobb County Board of Directors
Joseph Cortes, 2021 Board Chair
Robin Baggs
Jen Brock
William Cheeks
Joy Doss
Stephen Gentry
Dave Hoeller
David Jones*
Derek Krebs
Vicki Montet*
Wayne McGee
Amber Patterson
Kelli Pierson*
Kevin Sledge
DeKalb County Board of Directors
Justin Palmer, 2021 Board Chair
Tom Adams
Keats Baldwin
Todd Barnes
John Burns
Dominique Davis
LaTisha Dear-Jackson
Greg Ford
John Freeman
Jonathan Granade
Shannon Harris
Crawford Humphreys
Rob Kaercher
Andi King-Wieczynski
Joshua Krentzman
Wm. Edward Laity
Sam McCammon*
Dante McDowell
Dave Mikita
Vera Morrison
Earl Porter III
Jay Robbins III
John Schumacher
Malik Smith
Todd Stanton
Michael Twum
Gwinnett County Board of Directors
Tom Davenport, 2021 Board Chair
Russ Crosio
Rennie Curran
Marcus Downs
William “Bo” Ford
Karen Fortune
Matthew Gore
B.T. Gutter-Parker
Michael Hay
Gregory King
Carol Landrum
Lani Mauriello
Teddy Russell
Jordan Sandler
AnneMarie Scully
Jeff Smith
Lisa Stalter
Joshua Strickland
Timothy Williamson
Katherine White
Randall Woody
Rockdale County Board of Directors
Franklin Beauford, 2021 Board Chair
Mudessar Ahmad
Shawn Bromell
Pamela Brown
Clarence Cuthpert, Jr.
Jorge Diez
Rev. Darrell Hall
Eric Levett
Jared McKinley
Yvette Morton-Williams
Heidi Pearson
Kai Oden
Heidi Pearson
Joey Ralston
Jerry Randolph*
Veronica Rhodes
Chad Shultz
Tisa Smart-Washington
Adrian Watson