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Emeritus Council
Tom Andersen, Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.
Kerry Armstrong, Pope & Land
Chuck Button
Jill Edwards
Ron Garrard, Garrard Group
Stephen K. Hill, SKH Enterprises, Inc.
Terri Jondahl, CAB Worldwide
J. Michael Levengood, Law Office of J. Michael Levengood
Wayne Mason, Mason Family Management Company
Sean Murphy
Bill Russell, Russell Landscape Group
Dr. Manfred Sandler, CardioVascular Group
Tammy Shumate, Capital City Home Loans
David Snell, E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
John D. Stephens, JDS Holdings, Inc.
Michael Tennant
Perry Tindol
Richard Tucker, Arlington Capital, LLC
Executive Cabinet
Nick Masino, President & CEO Gwinnett Chamber
Kim Hartsock, Warren Averett, Chair
Matt Hyatt, Rocket IT, Chair Elect
Brad Carr, Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C., Past Chair
Dave McMullen, FRENZY, Treasurer
Carla Carraway, Precision Planning, Inc., Secretary
Joy Mitchell, Office Creations, VC Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Jennifer Fennell, Jackson EMC, VC Economic Development/PG
Cole Porter, Porter Steel, VC Membership
Dean Collins, Axis, VC Leadership & Young Professionals
Sal Ajani, Amazing Energy Solutions, VC Programs & Special Events
Pat McDonough, Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C., VC Community Development
Lanier Levett, Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory, VC Gwinnett Foundation
Trey Ragsdale, Kaiser Permanente, VC Public Policy
Executive Committee
Kelley Balkcom, Georgia Power, At Large
Houston Bass, Truist, At Large
Chris Braun, Renasant Bank, At Large
Greg Cantrell, Living Stone Properties, At Large
Natalie Cho, Missy Cosmetics, At Large
Dorsey Grist, United Community Bank, At Large
Brandon Hartley, AT&T, At Large
Jonathan Holmes, Mighty 8th, At Large
Gregory Jay Chandler, Britt & Jay, LLC, At Large
Kathryn Kieser, Primerica, At Large
Dr. Uday Parikh, Dentistry4You, At Large
Teddy Russell, Russell Landscape Group, At Large
Greg Shumate, Capital City Home Loans, At Large
Raymer Sale, E2E Benefits Services, Inc., At Large
Lee Tucker, Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, At Large
Marvin Willis, Smith & Howard, At Large
Nancy McGill, Cartridge World, At Large
Chair's Appointees - Term Expiring End of 2026
Adrienne Carden, SouthState Bank
Joe Godfrey, Oconee State Bank
Joey Helton, Positive Impact Health Centers
Linnea Miller, Long Table
Melanie Conner, Rainbow Village
Randy Strunk, Halff
Trent Spake, Chastain & Associates Insurance
Board Term Expiring 2026
Kevin Bell, Skanska
Chris Palmer, Jacobs
Mike Fulton, Capital City Bank
Matt Ritzer, Georgia Swarm
Bin Liu, SimpleFloors
Jim Imholz, Members Insurance Advisors, LLC
Imran Niazi, Blackwater Construction Group
Shaw King, Comcast Business
Bruno Taillefer, Taillefer Commercial Group
Bob Williams, Pond
Chris Willis, Willis Mechanical
Richard Dobbs, Capital Restoration, LLC
PK Martin, Hood Insurance Agency
Maureen Kornowa, Home of Hope at Gwinnett Children’s Shelter
Katrina Lucisano, Silverton Mortgage
Theresa Wenzel, Atlanta Vibe
Joe Harrington, Gwinnett Stripers Baseball Club
Brad Beisber, First Citizens Bank
Shuron Hall, Bank of America
Prabha “Pabs” Raahava, Tours Unlimited, LLC
Beto Tenorio, Norsan Group
Brett Russell, Atlanta Landscape Group
Dr. Celestine Chukumba, InterSearchMedia
Neshma Sawja, Sawja Development
Board Term Expiring 2027
Ron Baker, Baker & Co. Law
Matthew Bowling, Lanier Islands Resort
Fred Dawkins, Frederick C. Dawkins, Esq., P.C.
Audra Cunningham, ACRE Consultants
Cherish De La Cruz, Pierson Ferdinand
Rob Drake, Synchronize Solutions
Kendall Ely, Renasant Bank
Aaron Aliaga, Regions Bank
Adam Hammock, iS3 Tech Services
Alonzo Llorens, Paker Poe
Melissa Meeker, The Water Tower
Jay Patel, JMS Family Companies
Eunicia Peret, Excelis Capital Partners
Jamila Pope, Intuitive
Michael Ramos, Raymond
Rebekah Rudd, Garrard Group
Alton Rutledge, United Coca-Cola
Brian Smith, Brand Properties, LLC
Marcus Sonnier, Snowie Atlanta
Chrissy Thomas, About Face Skin Care
Tami Wilder, Positive Impact International
Stuart Downs, Northeast Georgia Health System
JT Wu, Preface Project
Board Term Expiring 2028
Aysha Abdullatif, Spherion Greater Atlanta
Vandana Aggarwal, Aggarwal Real Estate
Chuck Allen, Sugar Hill Church
Phil Bonelli, Roundtable Advisors
Hamilton Brodnax, Roofserv
Jeff Clayton, Garver
Tony Musa, Heraeus Quartz North America
Jon Neff, SKL’D
Sally Riker, Atlas
Kamden Robb, Gas South
Rebekah Rudd, Garrard Group
Shawn Still, Olympic Pool Plastering
Amy Sulka, Sandler
Ron Surani, Green Ventures, LLC
Heather Fleming, MSTiller
Sarah Hathorn, Hathorn Consulting Group
Sara Irvani, Granite Holdings
Mayor Mike, Mason City of Peachtree Corners
Tim Minard, Minard Enterprises
Angie Ulibarri, Georgia Festival of Trees
Phil Weatherly, Walton Gas
Wanda Weegar, Georgia Banking Company
Eric Xue, Dezhu US
Ex-Officio Members
Chairwoman Nicole Hendrickson, Gwinnett Board of Commissioners
Dr. Tarece Johnson-Morgan, GCPS School Board Chair
Councilwoman Victoria Jones, Gwinnett Municipal Association
Dr. Al Taylor, Gwinnett County Public Schools
Glenn Stephens, Gwinnett County Government
Dr. D. Glen Cannon, Gwinnett Technical College
Dr. Karen Bryant, UGA Gwinnett
Dr. Andrea Mann, PCOM Georgia
Dr. Jann Joseph, Georgia Gwinnett College
Jay Dennard, Northside Hospital
Larry Ebert, Piedmont Eastside Medical Center
Wendy Palmer, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Stan Hall, Explore Gwinnett/Gas South District
Alyssa Davis, Gwinnett CIDs
Michael Paris, Council for Quality Growth
DePriest Waddy, Community Foundation for NE Georgia
Renee Byrd-Lewis, Gwinnett Coalition
Tasha Allen, Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Mathias Hoffman, German American Chamber of Commerce
Frank Zhou, Chinese Business Association of Atlanta
Veronica Maldonado-Torres, GA Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Santiago Marquez, Latin American Association
Vaishali Joshi, GA Indo-American Chamber of Commerce
Suzy Han, Korean American Chamber
Patric Ho, GA Vietnamese American Chamber
Heather Bellew, Gwinnett Young Professionals
Denise Townsend, United Way of Greater Atlanta
Deirdra Cox, Gwinnett Chamber Foundation
Gwinnett Senate Delegation Chair
Gwinnett House Delegation Chair