Board of Directors

	Robert E. Youmans serves as the President of the Altamaha EMC board.
	David J. Pierce is a Gilmer County native and develops property within the county. Mr. Pierce is also a farmer and currently owns the largest poultry farm in Gilmer County, consisting of 13 poultry houses. He is the former owner of Cutlass Carpets, Inc. in Dalton and Specialty Flooring, Inc. in Ellijay. Mr. Pierce currently serves on the Gilmer County Chamber Board and previously served as the treasurer of the Gilmer County Industrial Authority Board. He has served on the Board for Regions Bank of Gilmer County for more than 15 years and serves on the RDC Advisory Committee. Mr. Pierce has served on the Amicalola EMC Board of Directors since 1992 and Georgia EMC's board since 2001.
	Robert F. Ensley is a retail merchant and businessman and resides in Blairsville. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge and active in church. Mr. Ensley has been a member of the Blue Ridge Mountain EMC board since 1993 and the Georgia EMC board since 1997.
	Kenneth Shuman is a member of Canoochee EMC's board of directors and serves on Georgia EMC's board of directors.
	Emmet Harrod is a retired proabate judge who resides in Heard County. Currently he is a farmer and serves as a general and civil mediator. Mr. Harrod serves on the board for Regions Bank Heard County Branch. He is a member of the Heard County Cattlemen's Association, the Heard County Lions Club and the Heard County Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Harrod is also on the Board of Deacons at the Ephesus Baptist Church. He is the vice-chairman of the Carroll EMC Board of Directors and has served on Georgia EMC's Board since 2001.
	D. A. Robinson is a Central Georgia EMC director and member of the Georgia EMC board since 2006
	W. L. Bland owned and operated Blanding Ace Hardware and Building Supply for 10 years in McIntosh County. Mr. Bland is a former McIntosh County Commissioner and has served on the McIntosh County Industrial Authority and McIntosh County Zoning Board. Mr. Bland, who moved to McIntosh County more than 25 years ago, has served on the Coastal Electric Cooperative board since 1995.
	David Herndon resides in West Cobb County and is a retired senior pricing analyst at Lockheed-Martin Company. He serves on Lockheed-Martin board's Policy and Public Relations Committee. Herndon is the past president of the Cobb County Civitan Club and the past president of the McEachern High School Athletic Booster Club. He is a member and deacon at Roswell Street Baptist Church. Herndon has earned Director Certification from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. He was elected to the Cobb EMC board of directors in September 1994.
	Alice J. Mallory is a retired school teacher and a Coweta-Fayette EMC director. She became a member of the GEMC board of directors in 2003 after she was elected to finish the unexpired term of Thomas C. Parker. After graduating from Auburn University, Ms. Mallory spent 33 years in the teaching profession. In 2003, she was honored with the Retired Educators Service Award. She is currently the secretary treasurer of Coweta-Fayette EMC Natural Gas and a director for Relyco, Inc. Ms. Mallory is involved in a large number of community organizations. She is a member of the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce, the Fayette Retired Educators, Women in Aviation, the Methodist United Women, and the First United Methodist Church. She is also the 2nd Vice-president of the Fayette County AARP and former president of the Fayette Association of Special Children.
	Charles L. Knight is a lifelong resident of LaGrange where he owns and operates Charles Knight Construction. After Graduating from LaGrange High School, he attended the Georgia Institute of Technology where he earned a building construction degree in 1965. He is also a member of the West Georgia Home Builders Association, President of the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra, and a member of the First Methodist Church in LaGrange. Mr. Knight was elected to Diverse Power Incorporated's board of directors in 1998 and to the Georgia EMC board in 2000.
	Gary T. Drake is the general manager of Excelsior EMC in Metter. Mr. Drake is a member and past president of the Metter Rotary Club and is the past director of the Metter/Candler County Chamber of Commerce. He has served on two local bank boards, many charitable fund raising boards and committees and many professional organizations. Drake has served on the Georgia EMC Board of Directors since May 1991.
	Neal L. Talton resides in Bonaire. Mr. Talton is the owner and operator of Ocmulgee Dairy, Inc. He is a member of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, National Chamber of Commerce and Southern Milk Sales, Inc. Mr. Talton is on the Board of Trustees, Bonaire UMC and belongs to the Jones Company Dairy Herd Improvement Association. He has served on the Flint Energies board since 1993 and on the Georgia EMC board since 2001.
	J. Neal Shepard, Jr. is a Member Director with Georgia System Operations Corporation.
	Charles R. Fendley is the chairman of the Georgia Transmission Corporation board of directors.
	Donald Cooper - Grady EMC director and Georgia EMC board member
	Edwin Garrard is a Real Estate Broker from Powder Springs. He has lived in Cobb County for over 40 years and is President of Garrard Realty, Inc. Mr. Garrard spent three years in the Air Force during World War II and served two of them fighting in the Pacific. Later, in 1961, he earned a degree from Atlanta Law School. Mr. Garrard served four terms in the Georgia Senate from 1967 to 1976. He represented District 37 and was Chairman of the County and Urban Affairs Committee. Mr. Garrard is also an active member of the First Methodist Church of Atlanta where he is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Administration Board, and the Pastoral Relation Committee. Mr. Garrard has been a director for GreyStone Power since 1998 and a GEMC board member since 2003.
	Herman Barrett is a self-employed poultry farmer from Cornelia and a member of Habersham EMC’s board of directors. Mr. Barrett has been with the cooperative since 1981. In that time, he has served as president, vice-president, and secretary/treasurer. He became a member of the GEMC board in 2005. Mr. Barrett is a strong supporter of the agricultural way of life. In addition to owning his own farm, Barrett is also a director with the Habersham County Farm Bureau, a member of the Old Timey Georgia Plow Club, a member of the Northeast Georgia Cattlemen Association, and was manager of the White County Farmers Exchange for 16 years. Mr. Barrett is also a deacon at Chattahoochee Baptist Church, Cleveland.
	Galen Mills makes his home in Elberton and has been self-employed in the granite industry for the past twenty-six years. Mr. Mills is a member of the Elbert County Chamber of Commerce, the Elbert Memorial Hospital Authority and on the board of directors of Regions Bank in Elberton. Mr. Mills is a member of the board of directors of Hart EMC and Georgia EMC, and past chairman of the Georgia EMC board.
	Donald Wiggins is a resident of Fitzgerald and an Irwin EMC director. For over 30 years, he has been an Insurance Agent with Liberty National Life Insurance Company. Mr. Wiggins considers himself very close to the city of Fitzgerald. He is a member of the First Baptist Church in Fitzgerald, The Fitzgerald Lions Club, and the American Legion. Donald Wiggins has been a member of the GEMC board of directors since 1985.
	C.B. (Chuck) Steele is Georgia EMC director for Jackson EMC and serves as Vice Chairman on the Jackson EMC Board of Directors.
	J. Tim Garrett is a farmer who lives outside Swainsboro. Mr. Garrett is a member of the Young Farmers' Association, and the Farm Bureau. He is a lifelong member of Oak Chapel Baptist Church. Mr. Garrett has served on Jefferson Energy's Board since 1984 and on the GEORGIA EMC Board since 1996.
	Grant Rowe resides in Dublin where he is a fifth-generation farmer on family land in Laurens County. Mr. Rowe attends Bethesda Baptist Church in Laurens County, serving as deacon, church treasurer, and music director. He is a member of Red Hill Masonic Lodge # 533 and is also a member of the Laurens County Farm Bureau where he serves as vice president. Mr. Rowe serves on the board of directors of the New Farmer Co-op in Laurens County. Mr. Rowe was elected to the Little Ocmulgee EMC board in 1991, currently serving as president of their board of directors - a position he has held since 1995. He has served as a director on the Georgia EMC board since 1996.
	Ronnie Fleeman is a real estate broker who lives in Hawkinsville. Mr. Fleeman is active in the Rotary Club. He has served on the Middle Georgia EMC Board of Directors since 1980 and the Georgia EMC board since 1998.
	Mr. T. "Ralph" Davis, Jr. -Mitchell EMC director and Georgia EMC board member.
	Ron Hutchins is the president and CEO of North Georgia EMC. He has been with the cooperative since 1998 and also serves on the Georgia EMC board of directors.
	Algie J. Jones, Jr. - Ocmulgee EMC director and Georgia EMC board member.
	John B. Floyd, Jr. - Oconee EMC director and Georgia EMC board member.
	Benny W. Denham – member of the Oglethorpe Power and the Georgia EMC board of directors.
	Jimmy Woodard - Okefenoke REMC director and Georgia EMC board member
	Robert A. Reeves is a semi-retired farmer. Mr. Reeves is a member of the Jenkins County Historical Society, Genealogy Society and a member of the Millen United Methodist Church. He lives Millen. Mr. Reeves has served on the Planters EMC board for 35 years and has been on the GEORGIA EMC board since 1985.
	Linton Scott is a retired State Trooper who resides in Washington. Mr. Scott is active in Masonic Lodge functions and is a member of the American Association of State Troopers, the Georgia Police Officers Association and the Phillips Mill Baptist Church. He has served on the Rayle EMC board since 1993 and the Georgia EMC board since 1994.
	Hinson Mosley is a member of The Satilla REMC board and serves on Georgia EMC's board of directors.
	Rodney H. Reese – Sawnee EMC board member and Georgia EMC board member for Sawnee EMC.
	Lowell Herring - Slash Pine EMC director and GEMC board member
	G. Anthony Norton -- Secretary-Treasurer on the Snapping Shoals EMC board and Snapping Shoals' board member for Georgia EMC.
	W. H. Averett Jr. resides in Lizella. After 25 years of service at Riverside Ford as a sales representative, he is now retired. Mr. Averett served on the Board of Directors at his church for 40 years and served as the treasurer of his church for 17 years. He has served on the Southern Rivers Energy Board of Directors since 1975 and Georgia EMC's board since 1997.
	Bob Jernigan is retired from farming and piloting aircraft for Moon Industries. Mr. Jernigan resides in Buena Vista. He worked as a engineer on a project to implement a countywide water system for Marion County. Mr. Jernigan is a former member of Marion County Board of Education, former chairman of Marion County Board of Education, former president of Georgia School Board Association, former president of Southern Regional School Board Association, and the past president of Buena Vista-Marion County Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Jernigan has also served in a number of positions on the Oglethorpe Power Corporation board. He currently serves as Chairman of the OPC/GTC/GSOC Member Advisory Board and the Chairman of the new Georgia Energy Cooperative board. Jernigan has served on the Sumter EMCs Board of Directors since 1971 and the Georgia EMC Board of Directors since 1976.
	Steve Holt – Three Notch EMC director and Georgia EMC board member.
	Reverend Charlie Richardson was born and raised in Byron. Reverend Richardson is a Tri-County EMC director and sits on the Georgia EMC board of directors. He graduated from Progressive Seminary and Wolf Creek Baptist Bible School and spent three years in the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division. He is currently a self-employed poultry farmer and pastor at Cooper Hill Baptist Church in Milledgeville. Reverend Richardson is also secretary of the Jones County Ministerial Council.
	Jerry Pack is a self-employed Fanin County native. He has been a member of Tri-State EMC's board of directors since 1993 and a GEMC board member since 2000. Mr. Pack is active in his local church, the Fanin County Band Boosters, and the Fanin County Industrial Authority.
	Raphael Brumbeloe is retired from Georgia State Patrol. Mr. Brumbeloe resides in Pike County and is the owner of the Red Rock Armory. He serves on the Pike County Planning Commission where he has served in various capacities including two years as chairman. Mr. Brumbeloe has served on the Upson EMC board since 1978 and was elected president in January 1998. Mr. Brumbeloe has served on the Georgia EMC board since 1983 and served as chairman in 1988-1989.
	Johnny Allgood is self-employed as a construction inspector. Mr. Allgood resides in Walton County and is a deacon at the Corinth Christian Church. He has served on the Walton EMCs board for since 1998 and on the Georgia EMC board since 2001.
photo not available	Jewell J. Turner, Jr. – Washington EMC director and Georgia EMC board member.

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