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Chair
Ann Cramer
Director Americas, IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, IBM, Atlanta 

Vice Chair
Mike Garrett
President & CEO, Georgia Power Company

Secretary/Treasurer
Reuben McDaniel

President & CEO, Jackson Securities LLC

Past Chair
Robert L. Brown, Jr.
President and CEO, R L Brown and Associates, Inc.


Judy Agerton

Executive Director, External Affairs, AT&T Atlanta

Stuart Bennett

Executive Director, Georgia Association of Educational Leaders

Brad
Bryant

Brooks Coleman

State Superintendent of Schools


Chair, Education Committee, Georgia House of Representatives

Sheila Cornelius

 President, Georgia PTA

Erroll Davis

Chancellor, University Sysrtem of Georgia

Stephen Dolinger

President, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education 

Art Dunning

Vice Chancellor for International Programs and Outreach, University of Alabama

Sally FitzGerald

Director of Education, League of Women Voters of Georgia

Herb Garrett

Executive Director, Georgia School Superintendents Association

Erin Hames

Education Policy Advisor, Office of the Governor

Sis Henry

Executive Director, Georgia School Boards Association

Ed Heys

Managing Partner, Deloitte

George Israel

President, Georgia Chamber of Commerce

Ron Jackson

Commissioner, Technical College System of Georgia

Phil Jacobs

Principal, Pendelton Consulting

Otis Johnson

Mayor, City of Savannah

Allene Magill

Executive Director, Professional Association of Georgia Educators

Jeff Mango

GA/AL Region President, Verizon Wireless, Atlanta

Lewis Massey

President, Massey & Bowers

Milford McGuirt

Senior Partner, KPMG, Atlanta

Jackie Parker

Vice President, Global Inclusion & Diversity and Head of Corporate Philanthropy, Newell Rubbermaid, Atlanta

Holly Robinson

Commissioner, Bright from the Start, Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning

Beheruz Sethna

President, University of West Georgia

Charles Tarbutton

Assistant Vice President,  Sandersville Railroad Company

Rob Teilhet

Representative, Georgia House of Representatives

Michael Thurmond

Commissioner, Georgia Department of Labor

Linda Torrence

Publisher, Girl Friends Health Guide

Chris Turner

Executive Director, Georgia Association of Educators

Dan Weber

Chair, Education and Youth Committee, Georgia Senate

Pam Williams

Pat Willis

2011 Georgia Teacher of the Year, Appling County High School, Baxley

Executive Director, Voices for Georgia's Children

The Georgia Partnership's Board of Directors is comprised of professionals from many different fields but all are united in a common goal: raising student achievement in Georgia.  We are grateful for their governance and service and especially proud when they are recognized for individual achievement.  Here is  a sample of some of their recent and past honors and accolades:

Dr. Art Dunning

Ed Heys, Jr.

Michael Gerber

Michael Thurmond

Robert Brown

Mike Garrett

Sylvia Russell

Georgia Trend Magazine published its annual "Georgia's Power List - 100 Most Influential Georgians" earlier this year.  Several Partnership Board members are on the 2010 list:

Erroll Davis, Chancellor, University System of Georgia
Mike Garrett, President/CEO, Georgia Power Company
George Israel, President/CEO, Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Ronald Jackson, Commissioner, Technical College System of Georgia
Otis Johnson, Mayor of Savannah
David Ratcliffe, Chairman, President & CEO, Southern Company (Sustaining Board member)
Sylvia Russell, President, AT&T Georgia
Beheruz Sethna, President/Professor of Business Administration, University of West Georgia
Michael Thurmond, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Labor

Notables
Robert L. Brown, Jr., President/CEO, RL Brown & Associates, Inc.
Kathy Cox, Former State Superintendent of Schools