Advisory Committee

These business, faith, military, and community leaders believe that Georgia benefits when America leads in the world through investments in development and diplomacy.

Hon. Hon. Co-Chairs U.S. Senate, (2003-2015) U.S. Senate, (1972-1996) U.S. House of Representatives, (1995-2003)

Kevin Abel Roy Bowen Stephanie Freeman Abel Solutions Georgia Association of Manufacturers Dunwoody/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce Founder, Past President, & Board of President President and CEO Directors Martha F. Brooks Anne French New American Pathways Novelis Inc. Peachtree Road United Methodist Church Board of Directors Former President and COO Director of Global Missions CARE Hon. Gardiner Garrard Board Member Fair Fight TTV Capital Founder Deborah Watkns Bruner, RN, PhD, FAAN Co-Founder & Managing Partner GA House of Representatives Andrew Gobeil Former Minority Leader Senior Vice President for Research Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International F. Duane Ackerman Dr. Diane Caceres Airport BellSouth Corporation Market Access International Inc. Interim Director of Policy and Former Chairman & CEO Founder and CEO Communications Home Depot Board of Directors Former Member Doug Carter Justin A. Godchaux Don Carter Realty Savannah State Paige Alexander President and Broker Professor Chief Executive Officer The Chris Clark Carmalitha Gumbs Georgia Chamber of Commerce City of South Fulton Russell Allen President and CEO Councilwoman of South Fulton Georgia Research Alliance President and CEO Linda Clary Phyliss Graham Clary Consulting Cobb Association of Realtors Dr. Matt Auer President Immediate Past President School of Public and International Affairs Dr. Julius E. Coles Brynn Grant Dean Morehouse College Savannah Economic Development Authority Director, Andrew Young Center for Global COO Joseph R. Bankoff Leadership World Trade Center Savannah Georgia Institute of Technology Vice President Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Walter M. “Sonny” Deriso, Jr. School Chair Atlantic Capital Bank and Atlantic Capital Steve Green Bancshares, Inc. Stephen Green Properties Charlie Battle Chairman President and CEO Miller & Martin PLLC Of Counsel Dr. Mark Elgart, Ed.D. Kevin Greiner Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games AdvancED Gas South Managing Director for International President and CEO President and CEO Relations Guanming Fang Col. Mayo “Biff” Hadden* Ellen Beattie Worldpay US, Inc. Serco-NA International Rescue Committee Senior Corporate Counsel Regional Coordinator U.S. Army Senior Director for Program Quality & Pierre Ferrari Retired Innovation Heifer International Susan Bell President and CEO Constance Hallaran Savannah Morning News America’s Power & Utilities Sector Catherine Fleming Account Executive Financial Accounting Advisory Services Charter Communications Partner Vice President, Governmental Affairs Tara Hall Hon. Gary W. Black Interfaith Children’s Movement, Inc. Georgia Department of Agriculture Executive Director Commissioner Georgia Advisory Committee

Ashley Williams Haltom Jarrod Jordan Mylle Mangum Georgia Bio Leadership for Educational Equity IBT Enterprises, LLC VP of Government Affairs Regional Director CEO Dr. John Hardman Derreck Kayongo Santiago Marquez The Carter Center Unite Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Former President and CEO Chief Executive Officer President and CEO Virginia A. Hepner National Center for Civil and Human Rights Nick Masino Woodruff Arts Center Former President and CEO Gwinnett Chamber Former President and CEO Cindy Murphy Kelley President and CEO Matthew Hicks Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Ross Mason Grady Health System Homeless Healthcare Institute for Neuro-Recovery Senior Vice President, Government Executive Director and Innovation Relations Andrew R. Klepchick Executive Director & Founder Tommy Holder Homrich Berg Gordon Matthews Holder Construction Company Principal Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah Chairman and CEO Dr. Joseph M. Knippenberg President Maj. Bill Howerton* Reese McCranie MOAA Atlanta Professor of Politics Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport President Michael Kogon Director of Policy and Communications William W. Hubbard Pull-A-Part Brian McGowan Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President, IT & Marketing Dentons President and CEO Dr. Jeff P. Koplan Principal – Policy and Regulatory Practice Graham Huff Emory University Ann M. McMikel League of Hope Vice President for Global Health Step Up Executive Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Executive Director Former Director (1998-2002) Hon. Edna Branch Jackson Dave McMullen City of Savannah Rev. Keith E. Lawder Redpepper Former Mayor (2012-2016) Georgia United Methodist Foundation Lead Visionary President and CEO Phil Jacobs Thomas R. McNeill The Pendleton Consulting Group Craig Lesser Bryan Cave LLP Founding Partner The Pendleton Consulting Group Senior Counsel Managing Partner Trey Jarrard Hon. Butch Miller Renewvia Energy Roz Lewis CEO/Founder Greater Women’s Business Council Member President and CEO DeShawn Jenkins Hon. Fran Millar Alliance Française d’Atlanta Jim Lientz Georgia State Senate Executive Director Safe Harbor Consulting, LLC Member Partner Hon. Eric B. Johnson State of Georgia Rev. John R. Moeller, Jr. Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung Former COO Inspiritus International, Inc. President & CEO President Dr. Karen Loch Dr. Judy Monroe Georgia State Senate World Trade Center Atlanta CDC Foundation Member (1994-2009) President President and CEO Nancy Johnson Dennis M. Love Hala Moddelmog Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Printpack, Inc. The Woodruff Arts Center Research Pavilion Former Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer Executive Director Tim Lowe Mark Moore Ted Jonas Lowe Program Management MANA Nutrition Dentons Principal Founder and CEO Senior Council Lowe Engineers, LLC Former CEO John L. Neely Gary Jones* Colliers International Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Meghan Magruder Principal Commerce King & Spalding LLP Executive Vice President, Military Affairs Partner

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Lamar Norton Mike Rettaliata Dr. Robert L. Turknett Georgia Municipal Association Bank of America Turknett Leadership Group Former Executive Director Senior Vice President CEO The Hon. Brenda Lopez Romero Chikere Uchegbu CARE USA Georgia House of Representatives Karna LLC President and CEO State Representative Senior Communications Specialist Democratic Party of Georgia Latino Caucus SOTENI International Colonel Michael E. Nunnally* Vice Chair Board of Directors U.S. Marine Corps Retired Teya Ryan T. Rogers Wade Georgia Public Broadcasting Georgia Public Policy Foundation Dan Owens President and CEO Chairman eVeritile CTO Debbie Ryysylainen Raymon White Sixty Feet Go Fish Savannah Commonwealth Group Partners Former President Owner Founder & Principal Dr. Michael Owens Jill Savitt Dov Wilker U.S. Global Center for Cyber Policy The National Center for Civil and Human AJC Atlanta President Rights Regional Director Democratic Party of Georgia Executive Director Hon. Joe Wilkinson* State Committee Member Gerald Scott* GA House of Representatives Sam Park First Community Development State Representative (2001-2016) George House of Representatives Senior Vice President James Williams Deputy Whip Hon. Charles Shapiro JW Williams Consulting and Services, LLC Chair, Gwinnett Delegation World Affairs Council of Atlanta Management Consultant President Sunny K. Park* Hon. Pat Wilson General Building Maintenance, Inc. U.S. Ambassador Georgia Department of Economic CEO Venezuela (2002-2004) Development Hon. John Parkerson* Doug Shipman Commissioner Woodruff Arts Center Honorary Consulate of Hungary Hon. Stan Wise* Honorary Consul General & Foreign President & CEO Georgia Public Service Commission Economic Counselor for Hungary BrightHouse Consulting Former Commissioner CEO Hon. Mary Ann Peters Dr. Veronica Womack Carmela Spinelli Former CEO, The Carter Center Black Farmer’s Network Savannah College of Art and Design U.S. Ambassador Founder and CEO International Special Projects and Bangladesh (2000-2003) Rural Studies Institute Admission U.S. Naval War College Executive Director Provost (2008-2014) Hon. Ron Stephens David Peterson GA House of Representatives * Indicates Veteran of the The North Highland Company State Representative U.S. Armed Forces Founder and Former CEO Daniel Suwyn As of July 23, 2021 Joyce E. Piersanti WorkplaceDynamics United Nations Partner Former Director of Sales Worldwide Katerina Taylor David M. Ratcliffe DeKalb Chamber of Commerce Southern Company President and CEO Former Chairman, President & CEO Maria Thacker Jonathan Reckford Georgia Global Health Alliance Habitat for Humanity Executive Director CEO Hugh “Trip” Tollison Charles Redding Savannah Economic Development Authority MedShare International President and CEO President and CEO Carolyn M. Turknett Hon. Kasim Reed Turknett Leadership Group City of Atlanta President Former Mayor

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