SELECTED REFERENCE LIST

Note: Tim Chason has worked with the professionals listed here in various capacities since entering the business world in 1983.

GEORGIA

Mr. Jimmy Allgood
(Member, Development Authority of Dublin and Laurens County)
Allgood Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 891
Dublin, Georgia 31040
478-272-6271

Mr. Robert L. Brown
(Former Chair, Georgia Chamber of Commerce)
President and CEO
RL Brown & Associates, Inc.
250 E Ponce De Leon Avenue
8th Floor
Decatur, Georgia 30030
404-377-2460

Mr. Edward Callaway
President
Mr. Ralph Callaway
Senior Vice President
Callaway Gardens Resort, Inc.
P.O. Box 2000
Pine Mountain, Georgia 31822-2000
706-663-5085

Mr. Ben Copeland
Chairman of the Board, Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education
Patten Seed Company
Valdosta Road
Lakeland, Georgia 31635
229-482-3131

Mr. Phil Jacobs
(Former Chair, Georgia Chamber of Commerce)
President – Georgia Operations
BellSouth
1025 Lenox Park Boulevard
Suite 6B644
Atlanta, Georgia 30319
404-986-1716

Mr. Charlie Gatlin
Deputy Commissioner
Georgia Department of Economic Development
75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 1200
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-962-4017

Mr. Mike Gaymon
President and CEO
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce
901 Front Avenue
Box 1200
Columbus, Georgia 31902-1200

Ms. Cathy Henson
President
Georgia School Council Institute, Inc.
521 Village Trace, NE
Building 10
Marietta, Georgia 30067
770-690-9797

Ms. Melissa Hulsey
President
Ashton Staffing
3500 Cherokee Street
#303
Kennesaw, Georgia 30144
770-410-1776

Mr. Craig Lesser
Commissioner
Georgia Department of Economic Development
75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 1200
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-962-4017

Mr. Jackson McConnell
2006 Chair
Development Authority of Elbert County, Elberton and Bowman
President and CEO
Pinnacle Bank
884 Elbert Street
P.O. Box 430
Elberton, Georgia 30635
706-283-2854

Mr. James McCoy
President
Cumming-Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce
212 Kelley Mill Road
Cumming, Georgia
770-887-6461

Mr. Steven Purvis
Chair
Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 505
Ellijay, Georgia 30540
706-635-7931

Dr. Larry Siefferman
President
Athens Technical College-Elbert County Campus
1317 Athens Highway
Elberton, Georgia 30635
706-213-2139

Mr. Nathan Sparks
Executive Director
Brunswick-Glynn County Development Authority
P.O. Box 1079
Brunswick, Georgia 31521
912-265-6629

Mr. Lindsay Thomas
(Former President and CEO, Georgia Chamber of Commerce)
Senior Vice President Governmental Relations
AGL Resources, Inc.
P.O. Box 4569
Atlanta, Georgia 30302
404-584-3440

Mr. Andy Walker
2005 Chair – Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce
Chairman, President & CEO
First National Bank of Forsyth County
1800 Market Place Blvd
Cumming, Georgia 30041
770-888-0063

Mr. Otis White
President
Civic Strategies, Inc.
PO Box 15250
Atlanta, GA 30333-0250
404-873-5343

Mr. George Woodward
President
Dalton-Whitfield County
Chamber of Commerce
800 College Drive
Dalton, Georgia 30720
706-278-7373


FLORIDA

Mr. Mark Wilson
Senior Vice President
Florida Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 11309
Tallahassee, Florida 32302
850-521-1205


SOUTH CAROLINA

Mr. Hunter Howard
President and CEO
South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
1201 Main Street, Suite 1700
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
803-799-4601