Meet Our Board
Our board is made up of community leaders from across the North Georgia region.
Board members serve a three-year term and may be re-elected for an additional three-year term. New members are elected after recommendation by the NGCF Governance Committee.
2020 Executive Committee
Rob Fowler
ChairCEO, Turner, Wood & Smith
Blair Diaz
Vice-ChairCertified Public Accountant, Blair C. Diaz, CPA, PC
Randall Frost
SecretaryManaging Partner, Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP
Rusty Hopkins
TreasurerCertified Public Accountant, Partner, BatesCarter
2020 Board of Directors
Phill Bettis
Bettis Law Group, LLC
Chad Black
Habersham County Emergency Services
Tammy Caudell
Carroll Daniel Construction
Linda Foster
Jackson County Family Connection
Dr. Mary Gowan
Mike Cottrell College of Business University of North Georgia
Kristi Griffin
BatesCarter
Linda Hughes-Hardie
Community Advocate/Forsyth County
Brian Horton
Ameris Bank
Jay Jacobs
Jacobs Media
Cal Johnson
Communicate Advocate/Fannin County
Mary Helen McGruder
Community Advocate/Forsyth County
Phillippa Lewis Moss
City of Gainesville Community Service Center
Ann Nixon
Community Advocate/Hall County
Rev. Bob Prim
Nacoochee Presbyterian Church
Greg Rhodes
Community Advocate/Rabun County
Robert Shippey
Georgia Mountain Food Bank
Brian Steines
Northeast Georgia Health System
Brian Tam
Tam's Backstage/Tam's Tupelo
Natalie Teston
Coleman, Chambers, & Rogers LLC
Brian Whalen
Stribling-Whalen Financial Group
Mary Hart Wilheit
Community Advocate/Hall County