Graduate Catalog 2023-2024

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
Dr. Kara Keel Moody '94*
D.M.D. (Retired)
Dentist
Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia

Lisa Black, '01, '07
Retired Educator
Gwinnett County
Commerce, Georgia

Sandra G. Borrow*
Owner/Operator
JSB, Inc.
Cornelia, Georgia

Martha K. Cantrell ’80
Gifted Program Coordinator
Habersham County School System
Clarkesville, Georgia

Matthew Cook '96
Attorney
Cook Law Group
Gainesville, Georgia

Marshall Criser
President
Piedmont University
Demorest, Georgia

Walter Crowder
Attorney Business Development Manager
Cornwell Law Lexmark International
Cornelia, Georgia

Matt Desing '02
Alumni Trustee
Regional Account Manager, Cogent Communications
Roswell, Georgia

Dwight H. Evans*
President (Retired)
Southern Company
Atlanta, Georgia

David C. Foster ’88
Vice President, Sales
WCON
Cornelia, Georgia

Mack H. Guest III
President
LAD Truck Lines, Inc.
Watkinsville, Georgia

Ladson Haddow
Managing Partner
Haddow & Company
Atlanta, 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

Nick Kastner '03, '06
Alumni Trustee
Director of Brand & Strategy, Forum Communications
Gainesville, Georgia

Rev. Dr. Sarah Lund
Senior Pastor
First Congregational UCC
Indianapolis, Indiana

Mylle Mangum*
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
IBT Holdings
Atlanta, Georgia

Kimberly Melton
Investor Relationship Manager
Windsor Stevens Holdings
Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Octavius Mulligan '95, '00, '02, '14
Principal
Tesnatee Gap Elementary School
Cleveland, Georgia

Jim Parham ’67
President
Jim Parham & Associates, Inc.
Lakeland, Florida

Joseph M. Piper ’95
Director, Reporting & Analytics
Brightree
Gainesville, Georgia

Rev. Thomas M. Richard ’70
Interim Minister
First Congregational Church Marshfield
Nantucket, Massachusetts

The Honorable Brian Rickman ’98
Judge
Georgia Court of Appeals
Tiger, Georgia

Mike Santowski '06
Senior Vice President
Corporate Banking at PNC
Cumming, Georgia

James F. Sievers ’63
National Account Manager/VP (Retired)
Bristol-Myers Squibb– Nuclear Medicine Division
Fort Myers, Florida

Barbara Strain
Social Worker & Real Estate Broker (Retired)
Cornelia, Georgia

Mary Hart Wilheit
Artist and Community Volunteer
Gainesville, Georgia

*Executive Committee