Leadership

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

Vice Chair
Mike Garrett
President & CEO, Georgia Power Company

Secretary/Treasurer
Reuben McDaniel
President & CEO, Jackson Securities LLC

Past Chair
Phil Jacobs
Retired


Sylvia Anderson	President, AT&T Georgia

Brooks Coleman	Chair, House Education Committee

Kathy Cox	State Superintendent of Schools
Ann Cramer	Corporate Community Relations, IBM Corporation
Leslie Cushman Erroll Davis	Georgia PTA Chancellor, University Sysrtem of Georgia

Stephen Dolinger	President, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education
Sally FitzGerald	Director of Education, League of Women Voters of Georgia
Herb Garrett	Executive Director, Georgia School Superintendents Association
Sis Henry	Executive Director, Georgia School Boards Association
Ed Heys	Deputy Managing Partner, Deloitte
George Israel	President, Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Ron Jackson Emily Jennette Mike Kucey	Georgia Department of Technical & Adult Education 2008 Georgia Teacher of The Year Senior Regional Manager, Washington Mutual
Allene Magill	Executive Director, Professional Association of Educators
Lewis Massey	President, Massey & Bowers

Holly Robinson	Commissioner, Bright from the Start, Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
Maritza Pichon	Executive Director, Latin American Association
Jim Puckett	Executive Director, Georgia Association of Educational Leaders
Jennifer Rippner	Executive Director, Governor's Office of Student Achievement
Diane Sandifer	President, Georgia School Boards Association
Beheruz Sethna	President, University of West Georgia
Steve Smith	VP-Corporate Responsibility, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Rob Teilhet	Georgia House of Representatives, Education Committee
Michael Thurmond	Commissioner, Department of Labor
Linda Torrence	Director, Community Relations/Public Service, Fox 5 WAGA Atlanta
Chris Turner	Executive Director, Georgia Association of Educators
Dan Weber	Georgia State Senate, Education and Youth Committee
Pat Willis	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 just a sample of some of their past honors and accolades:

VOICES Award Winners

Four of the seven honorees at the first annual VOICES for Georgia’s Children “Big Voice” awards dinner have strong Georgia Partnership ties. U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, a current Partnership Board member; Tom Upchurch, past president of the Partnership; Mel Kruger, CEO, L.E. Schwartz & Son, Inc., Macon, current board member and one of the Partnership’s founding members in 1990; and Otis Johnson, current Savannah mayor and Board member, were all honored for their tireless efforts on behalf of making children a priority in Georgia.