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2021 Officers & Directors
Executive Committee
Chair
Douglas Dean
Lawson, Reid & Dean, LLC
Chair-Elect & Organizational Improvement
Vice-Chair
Valerie Roberson
Regions Bank
Organizational Improvement
Monica Watson
South Georgia Banking Company
Community Development
William Hurt
Planters First Bank
Public Affairs
Vice-Chair
Karen Kinsey
Norbord
Keep Crisp Beautiful
Vice-Chair
Chip Wells
Wells Hardware & Supply
Tourism Division
Vice-Chair
Eli Tinsley
Planters First Bank
Small Business Development
Vice-Chair
Denise Ruff
SWGU
Treasurer
Melody Godfrey
Melody Godfrey Insurance
Past Chair
Marlene Kimball
Century 21 Smith, Branch & Pope
Cordele City Commission Rep
Wesley Rainey
Rainey Family Funeral Services
Crisp County Commission Rep
Dickie Dowdy
Crisp County Power Commission Rep
Rusty Slade
Planters First Bank
Agri-Industrial Development Rep
Bob Evans
Colony Bank
Board of Directors
Mary Beal - MLB Consultant
Kathy Murdock -Kathy & Company
Rev. Larry Rollins - Cordele First United Methodist Church
Tracy Stewart - Ameris Bank
Ed Vaughn - Helena Industries
Latoshia Harper - Helena Industries
Heath Hamilton - National Realty Company
Jeffrey Hester- Colony Bank
Jerry Lott- Harris Equipment
Candy McRee-Sakari & Company
Kenny Smith-GreenPoint Ag
Linda Rollins - DFACS
Ex-Officio
Albany State University -Traci Griffen
City of Cordele - Roland McCarthy
Cordele/Crisp Industrial Dev Council - Grant Buckley
Cordele Housing Authority- Beth NeSmith
Crisp Academy- Tim Hathcock
Crisp County Commission- Clark Harrell
Crisp County Community Council - Sherry Evans
Crisp County Extension - Joshua Grant/Randy West
Crisp County Power Commission- Michael Ivey
Crisp Co. School Superintendent- Cindy Hughes
Crisp Regional - Steven Gautney/Brooke Marshall
Lake Blackshear Resort- Sonny Taylor
Mayor of Arabi- Craig Huckaby
Rep. Sanford Bishop's Field Rep- Tammye Jones
South Georgia Technical College - Julie Partain
Southwest Georgia United - Robert Cooke
Senator Raphael Warnock's Rep -
Senator Jon Ossoff's Rep -
State Senator- District 13 - Carden Summers
State Representative-District 147 - Noel Williams, Jr.