Chairman
Mike Plant
The Atlanta Braves
Immediate Past Chair
Greg Teague
Croy Engineering
Chair Elect/Vice Chair, Member Development
Chris Britton
Brasfield & Gorrie
General Counsel
Dave Cole
Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP
Vice Chair, Member & Community Programs
Melissa Cantrell
CDH Partners
Vice Chair, Marketing & Communications
Kim Gresh
SA White Oil Company
Vice Chair, Finance
Jeff Fucito
Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC
Vice Chair, Economic Development
Kat Schwaig
Kennesaw State University
Vice Chair, Government Affairs
Hillary Thrower
The Home Depot
Appointed Director
Tracy Styf
Town Center CID
Appointed Director
Donna Middlebrooks
RE/MAX Premier
Appointed Director
Bert Reeves
Georgia Tech
Appointed Director
Candice Saunders
Wellstar
Appointed Director
Joyette Holmes
Gregory Doyle Calhoun & Rogers
Appointed Director
Kevan Espy
Cobb EMC
Appointed Director
Rob Garcia
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Appointed Director
Andrew Dill
Lockheed Martin
Appointed Director
Trey Paris
Freeman Mathis Decisions
Appointed Director
Stephen Vault
Wellstar
Appointed Director
Pete Quinones
MetroAtlanta Ambulance
Appointed Director
Dan Joy
Rule Joy Trammel & Rubio
Britt Fleck
Georgia Power, 2022
John Loud
LOUD Security Systems, Inc., 2020-2021
Mitch Rhoden
Futren Hospitality, 2019
Trey Sanders
Brasfield & Gorrie, 2018
Gary Bottoms
Summit Legacy, 2017
Terry DeWitt
SouthState Bank, 2016
Kim Menefee
Cumberland CID, 2015
Ben Mathis
Freeman Mathis & Gary, 2014
Terri Bunten Guthrie
Smith & Howard
Lisa Crossman
Cobb & Douglas Public Health
Mike Davis
FireSide Natural Gas
Wayne Dodd
Dato Technologies
Brandon Hartley
AT&T
Ashley Jenkins
Gas South
Chad Koenig
Cushman Wakefield
Alex Valente
Piedmont Realty
Pam Younker
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Elaine Armster
Linkscape 360
Philip Barber
Geo-Hydro Engineers
Littie Brown
SpeedPro Imaging
Otis Brumby
Marietta Daily Journal
Dan Buyers
McWhirter Realty Partners
Andrew Cox
Wellstar
John Cristadoro
Alliance Activation
Jay Cunningham
Superior Plumbing
Allison Giddens
Win-Tech
Sonya Grant
WorkSource Cobb
Kevin Greiner
Gas South
Jon Ingram
Woodruff Arts Centre
Lee Johnson
Wells Fargo
Don Keller
Consulting LLC
Bill Kilburg
Truist
Ron King
Capital City Bank
Mike Knowles
Fifth Third Bank
Mike LaFerle
The Home Depot
Melinda Little
Comcast
Lance LoRusso
LoRusso Law Firm
Rob Lynch
Papa John’s
Al Martin
Georgia Power
Jesus Martinez
Peach Tree Commercial Capital
Darin Mitchell
Chase Bank
Justin O’Dell
O’Dell, O’Neal, Hungerford & Blanchard
Russ Owens
Vanderlande
Michael Paris
Council for Quality Growth
RJ Patel
PCT Clean
Smith Peck
HUB International
Holly Quinlan
Cobb Travel & Tourism
Cynthia Reichard
Arylessence
Jordan Sandler
Frenik
Julie Smith
Verizon
Sean Stewart
Kaiser Permanente
Jeremy Strife
The Battery Atlanta
Derrick Vincent
Jaobs Engineering
Dave Walens
Exploring Georgia
Bob Walsh
Delta Community Credit Union
Cumberland Area Council Chair
BJ Mitchell, The Atlanta Braves
Marietta Area Council Chair
Kim Blass, Marietta City Schools
East Cobb Area Council Chair
Lawson Kirkland, ServisFirst Bank
Northwest Cobb Area Council Chair
Alex Almodovar, City of Acworth
Smyrna Area Council Chair
Andrew Walker, Colliers International
South Cobb Area Council Chair
Ray Thomas, Mableton Improvement Coalition
Diversity Equity & Inclusion Co-Chairs
David Jones, Cobb County Sheriff’s Office
Chris Martin, Kaiser Permenente
Government Affairs Committee Chair
Hillary Thrower, The Home Depot
Honorary Commanders Co-Chairs
Robert Stephens, CFO Navigator
Jen Hogan, Town Center Alliance
HCAA Co-Chairs
Col Pat Campbell
Carla Jackson, Cobb Tax Commissioner
Leadership Cobb Co-Chairs
Betsy Madrerohon, Capital City Bank
Brian Marcos, Smyrna Fire Department
Transportation & Mobility Chair
Greg Teague, Croy
LCAA Chair
Tom Heyer, Motto Mortgage
Cobb Executive Women Chair
Sheronica Burgess, The Barcliff Group
Cobb Young Professionals
Luci Hogue, Croy Engineering
Team Dobbins Co-Chairs
Pam Younker, Children’s Health Care of Atlanta
Joe Gaskin, Arcadis
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