Board of Directors of the Georgia Department of Economic Development Chairman – Jay Neely First Congressional District Second Congressional District Jay Neely Jay Wells Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Premiere Enterprises Savannah Colquitt Third Congressional District Fourth Congressional District Scott Blackstock Dennis Chastain Tidal Wave Auto Spa Georgia EMC Thomaston Dacula Fifth Congressional District Sixth Congressional District Cassius F. Butts David Belle Isle Capital Fortitude Business Advisors Hipes & Belle Isle, LLC Mableton Alpharetta Seventh Congressional District Eighth Congressional District Ron Garrard Larry Hanson Garrard Construction Group Georgia Municipal Association Duluth Valdosta Ninth Congressional District Tenth Congressional District Steve Syfan Jake Carter Syfan Logistics Southern Belle Farm Gainesville McDonough Eleventh Congressional District Twelfth Congressional District Drew Ellenburg Garnett Johnson The Ellenburg Chair Company Augusta Office Solutions, LLC Fulton Richmond Thirteenth Congressional District Fourteenth Congressional District June Wood Amy Kelley Henry County Commission TAK Homes, LLC McDonough Cedartown Members-at-Large At Large 1 – Allen Hodges At Large 6 – Mulham Shbeib Hodges Land and Timber, Inc. Mar-Jac Poultry, Inc Sandersville Fulton At Large 2 - Mark Bassford At Large 7 - Marisa Simpson Bassford Construction Southern Company Gas Valdosta Atlanta At Large 3 – Randy Hatcher At Large 8 - Jaclyn Ford MAU Workforce Solutions Dixon Gin Company, Inc. Augusta Alapaha At Large 4 - Mitch Malcom At Large 9 – Mat Swift Collegiate Construction Retired Watkinsville Columbus At Large 5 - Eric Johnson Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung International, Inc. Guyton Advisors to the Board Russell Allen Senator Brandon Beach Georgia Research Alliance Georgia State Senate Atlanta Atlanta Chris Clark Daryl Ingram Georgia Chamber of Commerce Electric Cities of Georgia, Inc. Atlanta Atlanta Anne Kaiser Sean McMillan Georgia Power University of Georgia Atlanta Athens Pat Merritt William Pate Georgia Electric Membership Corporation Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau Atlanta Atlanta Matt Sawhill Kevin Shea Southern Company Gas Georgia Economic Developers Association Atlanta Atlanta Ron Stephens Georgia House of Representatives Atlanta November 17, 2020 .