Board of Directors

Chair
Matthew Mackey
Access Corporation

Chair Elect
Marlene Kimball
Century 21 Smith, Branch & Pope

Organizational Improvement Vice-Chair
Valerie Roberson
Regions Bank

Community Development Vice-Chair
Doug Dean
Lawson & Reid, LLC

Keep Crisp Beautiful Vice-Chair
Chip Wells
Wells Hardware & Supply

Public Affairs Vice-Chair
Marlene Kimball
Century 21 Smith, Branch & Pope

Karen Kinsey
Norbord

Small Business Development Vice-Chair
Heath Hamilton
National Realty Company

Tourism Division Vice-Chair
Monica Mitchell
Cordele Main Street

Treasurer
Denise Ruff

Past Chair
Patti Deal
Planters First Bank

Crisp County Power Commission Rep
Ray Hughes
Cherokee Brick Company

Cordele City Commission Rep
Wesley Rainey
Rainey Family Funeral Services

Cordele City Commission Rep
Dickie Dowdy

Agri-Industrial Development Rep
Bob Evans
Colony Bank

Mary Beal
MLB Consultant

John Donohue
Hampton Inn

Melody Godfrey
Melody Godfrey Insurance

Adam Hamlin
Crisp Air

William Hurt
Planters First Bank

Arthur Jackson
GTC Fitness

Dr. Robbie Lancaster
Cordele Dental Associates

Kathy Murdock
Kathy & Company

Marcus Payne
Payne Capital Management

Lee Perlis
Perlis Realty

Ben Rambo
Doherty Duggan & Tiernan Insurors

Rev. Larry Rollins
Cordele First United Methodist Church

Robert Sears
TJ’s Italian & American Restaurant

Tracy Stewart
Ameris Bank

Monica Watson
South Georgia Banking Company

Ben Wright
Rainwater, Gibbs & Wright

Edward Beach
City of Cordele

Grant Buckley
Cordele/Crisp Industrial Development Council

Robert Cooke
Southwest Georgia United

Kenneth Cutts
Rep. Sanford Bishop’s Rep

Steven Gautney
Crisp Regional Health Services

Joshua Grant
Crisp County Extension

Traci Griffen
Albany State University

Craig Huckaby
Mayor of Arabi

Greg Kirk
State Senator District 13

Brooke Marshall
Crisp Regional Health Services

Albert Mertz
The Lake Blackshear Resort & Golf Club

David Mims
Crisp County School Superintendent

Beth NeSmith
Cordele Housing Authority

Julie Partain
South Georgia Technical College

Tom Patton
Crisp County Commission

Jody Redding
Senator Johnny Isakson’s Rep

Steve Rentfrow
Crisp County Power Commission

James “Kip” Stephens
Crisp Academy

John Watford
South Georgia Technical College

Randy West
Crisp County Extension

Charlie White
Senator David Perdue’s Rep

Noel Williams, Jr.
State Representative-District 147