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