Our Board reflects an outstanding blend of experience and vision.

CEO Becky Webster invites you to meet
our Board of Directors.

James "Jim" F. Bell, Jr., Chairman
Jim Bell retired from his role of President and CEO of the Allen Morris Company of Georgia in 2004. He is a Certified Property Manager and Certified Commercial Investment Member, with over 40 years of active commercial real estate experience. His MBA is from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
   
Brian D. Hogg
Brian Hogg is the Executive Vice President with Portman Management Company and a past President of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. With 40 years experience in the development, marketing, leasing and management of industrial and office properties.
   
William "Bill" Farr, III
Bill Farr is a retired banking executive with a variety of commercial and consumer experience. He served as Executive Vice President of Wachovia and its local predecessor, First Atlanta. He is the former President and Director of Georgia Federal Bank. Bill was also organizer and President of InfiBank, N.A., a special purpose credit card bank.
   
John J. Gillin
John Gillin was an officer at The Coca-Cola Company and its divisions for thirty years. He retired in 1999 from his positions of Division President and Corporate Senior Vice President. He managed a division of 150 professionals and was Coca-Cola’s long time principal contact with its largest customer, McDonald's.  John served as a Senior Consultant to the Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company after his retirement.
   
James "Jim" Pollak
Jim Pollak is a retired advertising and marketing executive who has worked with J. Walter Thompson, The Colgate-Palmolive Company, R.T. French, Trone Advertising and OneSource Marketing. In 1998, he—with two others—founded Pollak Levitt & Partners which grew into one of the 15 largest advertising agencies in Atlanta and one of the Southeast’s top 50 agencies in just two years.
   
John S. Day
John Day, a lifelong resident of Atlanta, retired in 2005 after 30 years in public accounting. He was a partner at Arthur Andersen LLP from 1976 to 2002 and served Deloitte & Touche LLP as a Director from 2002 to 2005. He served as the engagement partner for a range of prominent clients, including SunTrust Banks, Inc., BB&T Corporation, Cousins Properties Incorporated and Delta Air Lines. John has a BA in Economics from the University of North Carolina and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
   
Karen Hendrix  
Karen has over 30 years of experience leading organizations in developing their employees to achieve stronger performance and career goals.  Currently Director, Coca-Cola University for The Coca-Cola Company's largest business unit, Coca-Cola North America, Karen has been with the company since 1999.
   

Marian Lucia
Marian is a retired executive with over 30 years experience in information technology management mostly in the financial services industry.  She has led several organizations through successful technology and business transformations.  She retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta and previously served in executive roles at Prudential Financial, Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch.  Marian currently serves on the boards of Women in Technology and Gwinnett Technical College and has served on several other non-profit boards including the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Atlanta YWCA. 

   

Rose White Messer
Rose is a health care and health promotion executive with over thirty years of diverse management and staff experience in the medical and aging services industries; last ten years as President of the Augusta Resource Center on Aging, Inc., and the Resource Center on Aging, Inc. both not for profit entities that are joint ventures of two Augusta health care organizations to provide retirement housing and medical, social, and health promotion services to the aging population through a membership program.  Recognized industry and civic leader and public speaker.