2026 Board of Directors Leadership
- Gerald McDowell, Chairman
- Rob Garcia, Vice Chairman
- Ellen W. Smith, Treasurer
- Audra Cunningham, Secretary
Download the 2026 Board of Directors Listing
| Name | Position | Company |
|---|---|---|
| W. Kerry Armstrong | Principal | WKArmstrong, LLC |
| Noel Baber | VP and Chief Financial Officer, Georgia | Kaiser Permanente |
| Mason Berryman | Principal Engineer | Geo-Hydro Engineers, Inc. |
| Simon H. Bloom | Partner | Bloom Parham, LLP |
| Kali Boatright | President & CEO | Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce |
| Kelley Brown | Program Director | Turner & Townsend Heery |
| Rick Brownlow | Southeast Water Market Growth Director | Jacobs |
| Chuck Button | ||
| Daniel Buyers | Partner & Senior Vice President | McWhirter Realty Partners |
| Carla Carraway | President | Precision Planning |
| Scott Carter | SVP, Corporate Strategy | Atlanta Gas Light & Southern Company Gas |
| Stacey Chapman | Principal | Senior Vice President | CROFT |
| Cedric Clark | President | Southeastern Engineering, Inc. |
| Paul Cook | President | Columbia Engineering |
| Audra Cunningham | President & CEO | ACRE Consultants |
| Mitch Danklef | Vice President of Market Development | Comcast |
| Laurel David | Partner | The Galloway Law Group LLC |
| Alyssa Davis | Executive Director | Sugarloaf CID |
| Dorian DeBarr | President | Decide Dekalb Development Authority |
| Albert G. Edwards | President & CEO | CERM |
| Ernest Ellis | President, CEO & Founder | FS 360 |
| Lisa Exley | Assistant Vice President, Regional Business Development Manager, Southeast Region | Volkert, Inc. |
| Jennifer Fennell | Gwinnett District Manager | Jackson EMC |
| Terry Fox | CEO | Fox Building Company |
| Rachel Gage | Partner | Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC |
| Jason Gaines | Planning Development Manager | Croy Engineering |
| Rob Garcia | Atlanta President | Pinnacle Financial Partners |
| Melody Glouton | Partner | Andersen, Tate & Carr |
| Robin Godwin | Executive Vice President | Atlanta Commercial Board of REALTORS |
| Nathan Hammond | President | Hammond Engineering, Inc. |
| Ann Hanlon | Executive Director | Perimeter CIDs |
| Brandon Hartley | Director, External Affairs | AT&T |
| Ben Hefner | Project Manager | DCCM |
| Debra Henson | VP, Sr. Business Development Director | AtkinsRéalis |
| Clyde Higgs | President & CEO | Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. |
| Michael Hightower | Managing Partner | The Collaborative Firm |
| Wayne Hill | Business Development Executive | Atlas |
| Hamilton Holmes, Jr. | Director of Business Development | POH+W Architects |
| Jonathan Hunt | Interim General Manager | MARTA |
| Bryan A. Jackson | Vice President, Program Management | H.J. Russell & Company |
| Ashley Jenkins | Director of Government Affairs | Gas South |
| Stanley L. King | Chairman & Founder | S.L. King & Associates |
| Matt Kraczon | Business Development Manager | Croft & Associates |
| Steven J. Labovitz | Senior Partner | Dentons |
| Sarah-Elizabeth Langford | Executive Director | Development Authority of Fulton County |
| Michael Leithead | Principal | Leithead Consulting |
| Tad Leithead | Executive Director | Lilburn CID |
| Greg Lewis | Senior Vice President | Selig Enterprises |
| Andy Macke | Market Development | lumos |
| Nick Masino | President & CEO | Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce |
| Keith Mason | Founder | KWM Capital Management |
| Sharon Mason | President & CEO | Cobb Chamber of Commerce |
| Wayne H. Mason | President | Mason Family Management Companies |
| Gerald McDowell | Executive Director | ATL Airport CIDs |
| Brian McHugh | Senior Transit Project Manager | HDR, Inc. |
| Chuck Meadows | Chief Strategy Officer | Ohio River South |
| Kim Menefee | Executive Director | Cumberland CID |
| Robert Michener | Executive Director | Gateway85 CID |
| Pamela Monastra | ||
| Greg Mullin | Managing Principal | AECOM |
| Melissa Mullinax | VP, Business Development Officer | HNTB |
| Alvin P. Nash | Principal | Parallax Advisory Group |
| Shayla Nealy | Principal, Public Policy & Programs | Stantec |
| Kevin Norton | Vice President, Land Acquisitions & Development | Empire Communities |
| Trey Paris | Senior Director, Government Affairs | Freeman Mathis Decisions |
| Tim Perry | Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer | Jamestown LP |
| Fabricio Ponce | Managing Director | VHB |
| Gerald L. Pouncey, Jr. | Chairman | Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP |
| Kristy Rachal | Statewide Project Manager, Region External Affairs | Georgia Power |
| Sara Ray | President & CEO | Douglas Chamber of Commerce |
| Matt Reid | Business Development | The Winter Companies |
| Sally Riker | Vice President, Strategy & Growth | Atlas |
| Emily Ritzler | Southern States Advisory Business Line Lead | WSP |
| Malaika Rivers | Executive Director | Chamblee Doraville CID |
| Anna Roach | Executive Director & CEO | Atlanta Regional Commission |
| John F. Robbins | Senior Managing Director | Granite Properties |
| Anthony Rodriguez | Executive Director | South Forsyth CID |
| Christie Sims | Vice President | Hussey Gay Bell |
| Chris Sizemore | Founder & CEO | INCISIVE |
| Ellen W. Smith | Partner | Parker Poe |
| Garen Smith | Vice President, Land Acquisition | Pulte Group |
| Grady Smith, Jr. | Senior Vice President, Infrastructure | Pond & Company |
| Pamela J. Smith | President | Smith Real Estate Services, Inc. |
| Woody Snell | President | Lynwood Development |
| Tracy R. Styf | Executive Director | Town Center CID |
| Michael L. Sullivan | President & CEO | American Council of Engineering Companies |
| Robert J. Svedberg | Sector Leader & Principal | TVS |
| Richard Taylor | *ELI Chair Appointment | ARRC Capital Partners |
| Jim Teel | Vice President, Market Strategies | Goodwyn Mills Cawood |
| Kate Triplett | Vice President | Kimley-Horn |
| Jue Wang | Director | T. Dallas Smith & Company |
| Alex Warner | VP of Economic Development | Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce |
| Seth G. Weissman | Partner | Weissman PC |
| David Welch | CEO | Robinson Weeks Partners |
| John Wetherald | Vice President of Business Development | Russell Landscape Gorup |
| R. Kyle Williams | Founding Partner | Williams Teusink |
| James Willmer | CEO & CFO | Willmer Engineering |
| Kristin Winzeler | Executive Director | True North 400 CID |