2023 Chamber Board Members and Officers Elected

Committee: Mike Stephens, TonyaByrd, Beverly Tate, Nia BrownThe Chamber’s 2023Nominating Committee is pleased to announce its recommendations for the 2023Chamber Officer and Director positions. According to Chamber By-Laws, the Nominating Committee is responsible for nominating candidates for Officers and directors prior to the regular July meeting of the Board of Directors each year. Each candidate has been certified as an active member in good standing and has agreed to accept the responsibilities of a Director. Each Officer and Director nominated by the Nominating Committee will be voted on by the Board of Directors at their July meeting. As part of the selection process, this member notification of the names of persons nominated as candidates for Officers and Directors, and the right of petition is being sent to all Chamber members by email. Additional names of candidates for Officers and Directors can be nominated by petition bearing the genuine signatures of at least five (5) qualified members of the Chamber. Such petitions shall be filed with the Nominating Committee within ten (10) business days after notice has been given of the names of those nominated. If no petition is filed within the designated period, the Nominations shall be closed. The nominated slate of candidates shall be declared elected by the Board of Directors at the August Annual Meeting and Chamber Luncheon at Douglasville ConferenceCenter.

Executive Committee:

Chair–Nadia Faucette, GreyStone Power Corporation

Chair-Elect–Trent North, Douglas County Schools

Chair-Elect-Elect–Dr. Brendan Kelly, University of West Georgia

Treasurer–Shandron Pemberton, POSolutions, Inc.

Immediate Past Chair–TonyaByrd, Gilbane BuildingCompany

Elevate Douglas Board Appointment: Kyle Gable, PioneerLand Group(2022-2024)

Nadia Faucette, GreyStone Power Corporation (2021-2023)

2023-2025

Trent North, Douglas County School System

TonyaByrd, Gilbane Building Company

Mark DeNyse, DeNyse Companies

Trevor Quander, GeorgiaPower Company

Dr. Julie Post, West Georgia Technical College

2021-2023

Gil Shearouse, Douglasville-Douglas County Water & Sewer Authority

Kyle Gable, Pioneer Land Group

Athena Bryant, Synovus

Paul Zachos, The Zachos Team

Shandron Pemberton,POSolutions, Inc.

2022-2024

Beverly Tate, Gordon Food Services

TomWilliams, Kaiser Permanente

Nadia Faucette, GreyStone Power Corporation

Elena Hudson, Hudson’s Hickory House

Dr. Brendan Kelly, University of WestGeorgia

In addition to Officer and Director Nominations by the Nominating Committee, three one-year appointments are made by Chair-Elect Tonya Jackson:

2022 One-Year Appointments:

1)Aaron McCullough, HRC

2)Alicia Doherty, American Red Cross

3)Heath King, WellstarDouglas Hospital

Current Board Members willing to serve again (all said yesto3yr terms)

Athena Bryant, Synovus

Aaron McCullough, HRC Engineers, Surveyors, Landscape Architects

Additional Nominations for Board of Directors

Myesha Good, Junior League of DouglasCounty

Sharon Subadan, Carron Consulting

Alicia Doherty, American Red Cross

Collette Jackson, Gabe’s Downtown

Heath King, Wellstar Douglas Hospital

Michael Todd, Wellstar Douglas Hospital

Carol Burton, Total Care Medicine

Tim Thomas, Double T Contracting

2025Board Chair Nominees:

Trevor Quander, Georgia Power Company

Shandron Pemberton, POSolutions, Inc.

Mark DeNyse,DeNyseCompanies