Graduate Catalog 2019-2020

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

Lisa Black, ’01, ‘07
Teacher (retired)
Gwinnett County Public School System

Sandra G. Borrow

Owner/ Operator

JSB, Inc.

Cornelia, Georgia

Martha K. Cantrell ’80

Gifted Program Coordinator

Habersham County School System

Clarkesville, Georgia

Dennis T. Cathey

Attorney

Cathey & Strain, LLC

Cornelia, Georgia

Ben F. Cheek III

Vice Chairman

1st Franklin Financial Corporation

Toccoa, Georgia

The Honorable 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

Vice President, Sales

WCON

Cornelia, Georgia

Lauren Goza, ’05, ‘07
Special Agent
Georgia Bureau of Investigations

Phillip A. Furman '68
Vice President, Biological Services
Pharmasset, Inc.
St. Augustine, Florida

Mack H. Guest III

President, 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

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. '09

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mansfield Energy Corporation
Gainesville, 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

Director, Reporting & Analytics

Brightree

Gainesville, Georgia

Thomas M. Richard ’70

Interim Minister

First Congregational Church of Marshfield Nantucket, Massachusetts

The Honorable Brian Rickman ’98

Judge

Georgia Court of Appeals

Tiger, Georgia

James F. Sievers ’63

National Account Manager/VP (Retired)

Bristol-Myers Squibb– Nuclear Medicine Division

Fort Myers, Florida

Joseph A. Wingate Jr.

Senior Vice President Business Development

The Element Group

Cornelia, Georgia

James F. Mellichamp

President

Piedmont College

*Executive Committee