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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
