Council for Quality Growth Announces 2021 Board of Directors
Chaired by Georgia Power’s Metro North Region Director, Doug Jenkins
ATLANTA – The Council for Quality Growth formally announces their 2021 Board of Directors and officers, after convening formally for the first time on January 22, 2021. In their first quarter board meeting, the board directors discussed a wrap up of 2020 and their plans to continue work in every metro county and city to address the region’s growing population, transit options, affordable housing needs, inspection and permit regulations, and other development related issues.
After regular business of the meeting, the Board of Directors hosted members of the development industry for a fireside chat with the four newly installed county chairwomen from across the region including Lisa Cupid of Cobb County, Carlotta Harrell of Henry County, Nicole Hendrickson of Gwinnett County, and Cindy Mills of Forsyth County. The historic event discussed regional vision, workforce housing, county infrastructure, and county efforts in the spread of the COVID-19 vaccine. A recording of the fireside chat can be viewed on the Council’s homepage of their website.
Link to Fireside Chat Event: https://www.councilforqualitygrowth.org/fireside-chat-with-new-county-chairs/
Full Board of Directors listing below.
2021 Board of Directors Leadership
- Doug Jenkins, Chairman
- Al Edwards, Vice Chairman
- Rob Ross, Secretary
- Ellen Smith, Treasurer
Download the 2021 Board of Directors List
| Name | Position | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Jon Antoine | Executive Director | South Forsyth CID |
| W. Kerry Armstrong | Managing Director, Development Partner | Pope & Land Enterprises, Inc. |
| Bryan Batson | President | Atlanta Gas Light Company |
| Brandon L. Beach | President & CEO | North Fulton CID |
| Josh Belinfante | Attorney | Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC |
| Simon H. Bloom | Partner | Bloom Parham, LLP |
| Kali Boatright | President & CEO | Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce |
| Tad Braswell | Principal | Oak Hall Companies LLC |
| Kelley Brown | Program Director | CBRE |
| Rick Brownlow | Senior Consultant | Jacobs |
| Chuck Button | COO | Jacobs |
| Daniel Buyers | Partner & Senior Vice President | McWhirter Realty Partners |
| Carla Carraway | President | Precision Planning |
| Stacey Chapman | Principal | Senior Vice President | CROFT |
| Paul Corley, Jr. | Regional President | Empire Communities |
| Audra Cunningham | EVP & Chief Administrative Officer | T. Dallas Smith & Company |
| Frederick L. Daniels Jr. | EVP & Chief Credit Officer | Citizens Trust Bank |
| Laurel David | Partner | The Galloway Law Group LLC |
| Dorian DeBarr | President | Decide Dekalb Development Authority |
| G. Douglas Dillard | Partner | Dillard Sellers |
| Chris S. Doughtie | President | Hallmark Developers |
| Lee C. Duncan | ||
| Darryl Edler | Associate Project Manager | C.E.R.M. |
| Albert G. Edwards | Managing Director | C.E.R.M. |
| Ernest Ellis | President & CEO | FS 360 |
| Jennifer Fennell | Gwinnett District Manager | Jackson EMC |
| Terry Fox | President | Fox Building Company |
| Rob Garcia | Atlanta President | Pinnacle Bank |
| Melody Glouton | Partner | Andersen, Tate & Carr |
| Collie Greenwood | General Manager & CEO | MARTA |
| Nathan Hammond | Managing Director | Hammond Engineering, Inc. |
| Ann Hanlon | Executive Director | Perimeter CIDs |
| Clyde Higgs | CEO | Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. |
| Wayne Hill | Business Development Executive | Atlas |
| Hamilton Holmes, Jr. | Associate | Pieper O’Brien Herr Architects |
| Douglas R. Hooker | ||
| Stephen Hopper | Senior Landscape Architect | Stantec |
| Kimberly A. Hudgins | Vice President | HNTB |
| Bryan A. Jackson | Vice President, Program Management | H.J. Russell & Company |
| Ashley Jenkins | Director of Government Affairs | Gas South |
| Rich Johnson | Director of External Affairs | AT&T |
| Steven J. Labovitz | Senior Partner | Dentons |
| Sarah-Elizabeth Langford | Interim Executive Director | Development Authority of Fulton County |
| Jennifer Larosa | Vice President, State and Local Government | Ohio River South |
| Michael Leithead | Consultant | 2MNEXT |
| Tad Leithead | Executive Director | Lilburn CID |
| Greg Lewis | Senior Vice President | Selig Enterprises |
| Andy Macke | President | Macke Squared |
| BJ Martin | Senior Manager – Local Government Services | Pond & Company |
| Nick Masino | President & CEO | Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce |
| Sharon Mason | President & CEO | Cobb Chamber of Commerce |
| Wayne H. Mason | President | Mason Family Management Companies |
| Matthew McCormack | Vice President, Business Unit Leader | Reeves Young |
| James McCoy | President & CEO | Forsyth County Chamber |
| Gerald McDowell | Executive Director | Aerotropolis Atlanta CIDs |
| Sean McLendon | Principal | Cooper Carry, Inc. |
| M. Scott Meadows | President | Brand Real Estate Services |
| Kim Menefee | Executive Director | Cumberland CID |
| Gregg Metcalf | Executive Vice President | JLL |
| Taylor Morison | Chief Strategy Officer | MCP Foundation |
| Emory Morsberger | Executive Director | Gateway 85 CID |
| Alvin P. Nash | Executive Director | Development Authority of Fulton County |
| Trey Paris | Managing Director, Government Affairs | Taylor English Decisions |
| Tim Perry | Managing Partner | North American Properties |
| Fabricio Ponce | Managing Director | VHB |
| Gerald L. Pouncey, Jr. | Senior Partner | Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP |
| Sara Ray | President & CEO | Douglas Chamber of Commerce |
| S. Brent Reid | President & CEO | The Winter Companies |
| Sally Riker | Partner | Lowe Engineers |
| Emily Ritzler | Planning & Environment Manager | WSP |
| Malaika Rivers | Partner | Lexicon Strategies |
| Anna Roach | Executive Director | Atlanta Regional Commission |
| John F. Robbins | Managing Director | Granite Properties |
| Rob Ross | Project Manager | Kimley-Horn |
| Teddy Russell | President | Russell Landscape Group, Inc. |
| Lawrence Sharp | Real Estate Broker | Lawrence Sharp Realty |
| Christie Sims | Vice President | Hussey Gay Bell |
| Ellen W. Smith | Partner | Parker Poe |
| Pamela J. Smith | President & CEO | Smith Real Estate Services, Inc. |
| Woody Snell | President | Lynwood Development |
| Tracy R. Styf | Executive Director | Town Center CID |
| Brian Suker | Vice President Finance, Georgia Division | Pulte Group |
| Michael L. Sullivan | President & CEO | American Council of Engineering Companies |
| Robert J. Svedberg | Principal | tvsdesign |
| Helen Preston Tapp | Manager | FPT-WRT Management Co., LLC |
| Jim Teel | Regional Vice President | Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood, Inc. |
| Rukiya S. Thomas | Vice President | Atkins |
| Kate Triplett | Engineer | Kimley-Horn |
| James Tsismanakis | Executive Director | Discover Dekalb Convention and Visitors Bureau |
| Deon Tucker | Regional Director | Georgia Power |
| Seth G. Weissman | Partner | Weissman PC |
| David Welch | President | Robinson Weeks Partners |
| Greg Williams | Regional Manager | Kaiser Permanente |
| R. Kyle Williams | Partner | Williams Teusink |
| James Willmer | Principal | Willmer Engineering |
| Jay C. Wolverton, Jr. | Chief Growth Officer | CHA Consulting, Inc. |
| Louis D. Young, Jr. | Chairman | Columbia Engineering |
| H. Mason Zimmerman | Senior Vice President | Pope & Land Enterprises, Inc. |