Meet Our Board
Our board is made up of 23 community leaders from across the region. Board members serve a three-year term and may re-elected for an additional three-year term. New members are elected after recommendation by the nominating committee. Officers are elected every December and serve for one year.
2019 Executive Board
Tim Darrah
Chair
Lona Pope
Past ChairOwner, First Financial Services and E’aars, Inc.
Rob Fowler
Vice ChairCEO, Turner, Wood and Smith
Rusty Hopkins
TreasurerCertified Public Accountant, BatesCarter
Blair Diaz
SecretaryCertified Public Accountant, Blair C. Diaz, CPA, PC
2019 Board of Directors
Phill Bettis – Forsyth County
Chad Black – Habersham County
Lance Carpenter – Hall County
Tammy Caudell – Habersham County
Tim Darrah, Chair – Rabun County
Blair Diaz, Secretary – Hall County
Linda Foster – Jackson County
Rob Fowler, Vice Chair – Hall County
Randall Frost – Hall County
Linda Hardie – Forsyth County
Rusty Hopkins, Treasurer – Hall County
Jay Jacobs – Hall County
Cal Johnson – Pickens County
Phillippa Lewis Moss – Hall County
Ann Nixon – Hall County
Lona Pope, Past Chair – Hall County
Bob Prim – White County
Robert Shippey – Hall County
Brian Steines – Hall County
Brian Tam – Forsyth County
Natalie Teston – Hall County
Brian Whalen – Hall County
Mary Hart Wilheit – Hall County