Board of Directors
2022 Executive Committee
Chair
Valerie Roberson
Regions Bank
Chair Elect and Vice-Chair Public Affairs
William Hurt
Planters First Bank
Vice-Chair Organizational Improvement
Monica Watson
South Georgia Bank
Vice-Chair Community Development
Kenny Smith
GreenPoint Ag
Vice-Chair Keep Crisp Beautiful
Chip Wells
Wells Hardware & Supply
Vice-Chair Tourism Division
Marlene Kimball
Century 21 Smith, Branch, and Pope
Vice-Chair Small Business Development
Denise Ruff
SWGAU
Treasurer
Tracy Stewart
Ameris Bank
Past Chair
Doug Dean
Lawson, Reid, And Dean LLC
Cordele City Commission Rep
Wesley Rainey
Rainey Family Funeral Services
Cordele City Commission Rep
Dickie Dowdy
Crisp County Power Commission Rep
Rusty Slade
Planters First Bank
Agri-Industrial Development Rep
Bob Evans
Colony Bank
2021 Board of Directors
Mary Beal
MLB Consultant
Kathy Murdock
Kathy & Company
Rev. Larry Rollins
Cordele First United Methodist Church
Tracy Stewart
Ameris Bank
William Hurt
Planters First Bank
Ed Vaughn
Helena Industries
Latoshia Harper
Marvair
Heath Hamilton
National Realty Company
Jeffery Hester
Colony Bank
Jerry Lotts
Harris
Candy McRee
Sakari
Kenny Smith
GreenPoint Ag
Ex-Officio
City Manager
City of Cordele
Clark Harrell
Crisp County Commission
Michael Ivey
Crisp County Power Commission
Cindy Hughes
Crisp Co. School Superintendent
Carden Summers
State Senator- District 13
Noel Williams, Jr.
State Representative-District 147
Joshua Grant
Crisp County Extension
Randy West
Crisp County Extension
Grant Buckley
Cordele/Crisp Industrial Development Council
Steven Gautney
Crisp Regional Health Services
Brooke Marshall
Crisp Regional Health Services
Robert Cooke
Southwest Georgia United
Sonny Taylor
Lake Blackshear Resort
Traci Griffen
Albany State University
Tim Hathcock
Crisp Academy
Julie Partain
South Georgia Technical College
Jody Redding
Senator Kelly Loeffler’s Rep
Tammye Jones
Rep. Sanford Bishop’s Field Rep
Beth NeSmith
Cordele Housing Authority
Charlie White
Senator David Perdue’s Rep
Sherry Evans
Crisp County Community Council
Craig Huckaby
Mayor of Arabi