- Chair: Rob Garcia, Pinnacle Financial Partners*
- Vice-Chair: Ellen Smith, Parker Poe*
- Sunny Abree, Terracon
- Kimberly Adams, Crown Castle
- Joe Allen, Gwinnett Place CID
- Taylor Anderson, Blue Landworks
- Teri Anulewicz, Capital City Public Affairs
- Kerry Armstrong, Pope & Land*
- Frankie Atwater, DeKalb Chamber of Commerce
- Michelle Arrington, MARTA
- Alex Battle, True North 400
- Will Battle, Perimeter CIDs
- Whitney Blanco, Acreage
- Sofia Bork Aun, Truist
- Patrick Brooks Geosam
- Kelley Brown, CBRE*
- Melanie Brueggemann Archer Western
- Jacqueline Chandler, Brasfield & Gorrie
- Stacey Chapman, CROFT & Associates*
- Trisha Colpetzer, TSW
- Rick Cunningham, LDG Development
- Chelsey Curney, Rohadfox Corporation
- Laurel David, Galloway Law Group*
- Stephen Davis, Progress Residential
- Katherine DeMoura, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
- Jason Dickerson, VHB
- Al Edwards, CERM*
- Louis Elrod, The Malbrue Group
- JD Espana, Piedmont Residential
- Lisa Exley, Volkert, Inc.*
- Jennifer Fennell, Jackson EMC*
- Howard Franklin, Ohio River South
- Cari Gerrits, LS3P
- Dagney Gomez del Campo, The Amherst Group
- Andre Grant-Acquah, Black Opal Realty
- Joel Gross, Metro South CID
- Jared Guyer, Carl E Sanders Family YMCA at Buckhead
- Scott Haggard, ATL Atlanta Transit Link Authority
- Brett Hanes, Falcon Design Consultants
- Ann Hanlon, Perimeter CIDs*
- John Harpring, PEC Inc.
- Brandon Hartley, AT&T*
- Clyde Higgs, Atlanta Beltline Inc.*
- Peter Hortman, Thompson Engineering
- Tiffany Hogan, DR Horton
- Kimberly Hudgins, HNTB*
- Jennings Hughes, Hughes Public Affairs
- Ashley Jenkins, Gas South*
- Colleen Kiernan, Gateway85 CID
- Natalie Knight, Impact Public Affairs
- Trina Kolawole, Regions
- Matt Kraczon, CROFT & Associates
- Steve Labovitz, Dentons*
- Jennifer Larosa, MARTA
- Matthew Lee, Tucker-Northlake CID
- Madeline Lester, Partnership Gwinnett
- Mark Lethbridge, Brown & Caldwell
- Greg Lewis, Selig Enterprises*
- Jun Lin, Georgia Sky Train Mobility
- Coleman Loftin, Cobb Chamber of Commerce
- Stephen Loftin, Loftin Public Affairs
The Council’s Government Affairs Task Force is a collection of Council members that assembles with every legislative session to discuss and identify critical issues at the state level.
Using a collective voice of leaders across the development industry equips the Council with a united front with which we can engage our state policy makers on issues that affect the ins and outs of the growth sector. This Task Force is an incredible members-only benefit that provides an opportunity to get insight from our members’ companies and get involved in how the Council advocates of their behalf at the state level.
2026 Government Affairs Task Force Members
- Andy Macke, Lumos Fiber*
- Joey Maxwell, Pape-Dawson
- Tia McCoy, Atlanta Habitat for Humanity
- Gerald McDowell, ATL Airport CIDs*
- Chuck Meadows, Ohio River South*
- Kim Menefee, Cumberland CID*
- Kenyatta Mitchell, Roll Call Local Decisions
- Pamela Monastra*
- Al Nash*
- Amol Naik, Resurgens Strategies
- Alan Neal, Foresite Group
- Kevin Norton, Empire Communities*
- Paul Oh, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
- Sam Olens, Dentons
- Alfonso Pacheco, The Amherst Group
- Martha Pacini, LEO A DALY
- Shalamar Parham, Cornerstone Government Affairs
- Adam Parker, Carter USA
- Brandeis Parkman, The Malbrue Group
- Alex Poirot, Beep
- Kristy Rachal, Georgia Power*
- Trey Ragsdale, Kaiser Permanente
- Carolina Ramos, MARTA
- Sally Riker, Atlas*
- Ted Rinehart, Perimeter CIDs
- Malaika Rivers, Chamblee Doraville CID*
- John Rodriguez, Dominium
- Adam Ross, Cumberland CID
- Rob Ross, Kimley Horn
- Scott Samuel, Lose Design
- Christopher Sanders, East Metro CID
- Matthew Saylor, Asana Partners
- Amanda Seals, Cobb Chamber of Commerce
- Julie Sellers, Dillard Sellers
- Cory Singer, NAIOP GA
- Garrett Skinner, GHD
- Faith Smith, ECS Southeast
- Woody Snell, Lynwood Development*
- Kimberly Steele, CERM
- Stefani Strength, DeKalb Chamber of Commerce
- Tracy Styf, Town Center CID*
- Jerri Sumlin, SAK Construction
- Michael Sullivan, ACEC*
- Christy Tarallo, ACEC
- Aysha Treadwell, The Amazing Energy
- Walter Vinson, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- John Wetherald, Russell Landscape Group, Inc.*
- Ross Wetherald, Russell Landscape Group, Inc.
- Mae Whiteside Williams, CKL Engineers
- Matthew Wilder, Pond & Company
- Kyle Williams, Williams Teusink*
- James Willmer, Willmer Engineering*
- Brandon Woods, ResiBuilt
* Indicates Council Board Members