Board of Trustees
Chairman
Thomas A. Arrendale III*
Chairman, Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer Fieldale Farms Corporation
Baldwin, Georgia
Vice Chairman
Dock C. Sisk ’72*
Superintendent (Retired)
Banks County School System
Homer, Georgia
Secretary
D. Stewart Swanson*
Director, Emerging Enterprises & Alliances
Cisco-Jasper
Atlanta, Georgia
Edward D. Ariail ’80*
Financial Advisor
Carson Advisory, Inc.
Clarkesville, Georgia
Jane Higdon Ballard ’70
Assistant Vice President (Retired)
Wachovia Bank
Atlanta, Georgia
Elizabeth Bingham
Senior Minister
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Pomona, California
Sandra G. Borrow
Owner/ Operator
McDonald’s Northeast Georgia
Cornelia, Georgia
Vann Brown ‘89
President
Brown Ox Ventures, Inc.
Dalton, Georgia
Martha K. Cantrell ’80
Gifted Program Coordinator
Habersham County School System
Clarkesville, Georgia
Dennis T. Cathey
Attorney
Cathey & Strain
Cornelia, Georgia
Ben F. Cheek III
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
1st Franklin Financial Corporation
Toccoa, Georgia
James E. Cornwell Jr.
Attorney
Cornwell Law
Toccoa, Georgia
Myron O. Downs
Co-Owner, Veterinary Surgeon
Athens Veterinary Surgery Center & Animal Emergency Hospital
Athens, Georgia
Dwight H. Evans*
President (Retired)
Southern Company
Atlanta, Georgia
David C. Foster ’88
Manager of Marketing and Member Services
HEMC
Cornelia, Georgia
Mack H. Guest III
Owner, LAD Truck Lines, Inc.
Watkinsville, Georgia
Thomas M. Hensley, Jr.
President
Fieldale Farms Corporation
Baldwin, Georgia
James C. Hobbs III
Vice President (Retired)
BellSouth Corporation
Partner, Outlook4Mobility
Atlanta, Georgia
William M. House
Attorney
Gainesville, Georgia
Fran Davis Jarrett
President
Acree-Davis Funeral Home
Toccoa, Georgia
James R. LeMay
Deputy Managing Editor
CNN News
Atlanta, Georgia
Mylle Mangum*
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
IBT Holdings
Atlanta, Georgia
Michael S. Mansfield, Sr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mansfield Energy Corporation
Gainesville, Georgia
Shirley Meeks
Principal, Cornelia
Elementary School (Retired)
Homer, Georgia
Kara Keel Moody, DMD ‘94
Partner
Bragg Dental
Atlanta, Georgia
Jim Parham ’67
President, Jim Parham & Associates, Inc.
Lakeland, Florida
Joseph M. Piper ’95
Process and Financial Consultant
Gainesville, Georgia
Thomas M. Richard ’70
Interim Minister
Congregational Church of the Chimes
Sherman Oaks, California
Brian Rickman ’98
Judge
Ceorgia Court of Appeals
Tiger, Georgia
Stanley W. Roberts ’79
General Manager
Tabor Motor Company
Toccoa, Georgia
Michael Santowski ’06
Principal Banker, Vice President
Atlanta Business Banking Group, Wells Fargo Bank
Atlanta, Georgia
James F. Sievers ’63
National Account Manager/VP (Retired)
Bristol-Myers Squibb– Nuclear Medicine Division
Fort Myers, Florida
Robert C. Whitehead
Corporate Senior Vice President and
Chief Information Officer (Retired)
SunTrust Bank
Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia
Joseph A. Wingate Jr.
Senior Vice President Business Development
The Element Group
Cornelia, Georgia
James F. Mellichamp
President
Piedmont College
*Executive Committee